but current united head glenn tilton warned that any labor agreements would be focused on the new united. "we'll model our negotiations with our employees based on what's best for our company; not what's best for any other company. tilton and continental c-e-o jeff smisek will chair an integration committee to work through union and jobs issues. thanks paul - the merger between united and continental could mean thousands of jobs are on the line... and both airlines need the support of their own employees in order to make this work. captain herb hunter, spokesman for the united pilots is here to talk about what's at stake. welcome to the show herb. thanks for being here. so does this merger have the support of most of the employees? i can't speak for most of them. i think that there are a lot of people that see a lot of potential in this deal. i know from a pilot's perspective, there's a lot possible synergies. and we've read about that in the paper and we know companies that are out there. the key is how we go down this road. and basically there are two models out there that they can fol

a stronger mexico means a stronger united states. let us not forget mexicans are the second largest foreign buyer of american goods in the world. and a stronger united states, of course, means a stronger mexico. so i invite you to work with mexico and consolidate north america as the most competitive region in the world. i believe in that. let us create more jobs for american workers and more jobs for mexican workers. members of the congress, i'm not a president who likes to see mexicans leave our country searching for opportunities abrd. our communities lose our best people. the hardest working, the most dynamic, the leaders of the communities. each migrant will never -- president calderon: i want to say to the -- i want to say to the -- i want to say all those who are working really hard for this great country as we admire them, we miss them, we are working hard for their rights and we are working really hard for mexico and for the family. today, we are doing the best that we can do in order to reduce migration, to create opportuni

non-proliferation goes beyond russia and the united states.at is why i think these numbers are significant and the efforts of russia and the united states to work together on these issues is important for the international community. including what is happening in iran or north korea. the india-pakistan issues are also a major concern to all of us. i think it is extremely important we stay focused on the overall objectives as we look at the senate ratification of the start treaty, because it clearly has implications beyond russia and the united states. >> thank you. we are going to have the votes in a few minutes. i want to not interrupt the hearing at all. i would ask whichever senator is next in line on questioning, if they would leave, i will also leave immediately and then turn around and come back so we can continue the hearing without interruption. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. first of all, let me tell you where i come from on this. the first responsibility of of government is the protection of its citizens and the defense of th

all designed in the united states. not a single thing produced in the united states.y are all produced in asia. they are labeled as coming from china. china at -- they are the assembler of all this stuff being made in taiwan but principally in south korea. it is a good example of where apple computer plugs into a global production network and unfortunately we are not really part of that production network anymore because we don't seem to have much of a comparative advantage in the production of those products. what you suggest would go in the right direction but it would be a relatively minor -- >> on the u.s.-china trade balance if i could interject something, our imports from china are imports from asia. more than two thirds of the value of those imports are assembled in china but exports to china our exports to china. very little of that is exported out of china so we are comparing apples and oranges when you look at these. please wait for the microphone. >> richard harris from private equity new york and my question is for barry bosworth. you made the comment that

they declared that the united states continental shelf and all of its resources belonged to the united states, without qualification and without exception. that is how a sovereign nation should behave. this is our property, not yours. it is not a united nations commission who will have final say about the extent of our continental shelf, or whether any revenues that are generated from our continental shelf are going to be distributed. our president, congress, and the american people are aware sovereignty resides. accession to the treaty will change the status quo. it would place conditions as to how the u.s. may use its own continental shelf. it places certain commercial conditions -- conditions on surge in commercial activities on the shelf beyond the 200- nautical mile mark. specifically, it would require the united states to make royalty payments for the exploitation of mineral resources on the ecs -- up to 7% of the value of the production of resources would be paid by the united states to the international seabed authority, which would then redistribute the funds to other members

even if the united states -- my answer is this. even if the united states did not share these things, our global interest alone would bind us together. the relationship between my country in europe is today as strong and as important to all of us as it has ever been. this century has unleashed new challenges no less dangerous than those that came before in the 20th century, and together, together, we are taking them on one by one. they are difficult. there will be disagreements, but we are taking them on jointly. climate change, one of the greatest threats we face, the united states and europe are working together to ensure that all countries and major economies are contributing to a solution. we all look to, and we did take, a major step forward in copenhagen. now, we have to carry out those emission cuts, and we must help the most vulnerable nations from the arctic north to others that are the harbingers of this looming crisis. afghanistan and pakistan. we are working together to defeat taliban and al qaeda fighters and to train

president, thank you and welcome to the united states. more importantly, this visit is an opportunity for us to assess the progress of our shared strategy in afghanistan and to advance the strong partnership between our two nations, one that is based on mutual interests and mutual respect. i have reaffirmed the commitment of united states to in afghanistan that is stable, strong, and prosperous. afghans are proud people who have suffered and sacrificed greatly because of their determination to shape their own destiny. there is no denying the progress the afghan people have made in recent years in education, health care, and economic development. , as i saw in the lights of kabul when i landed, lights that would not have been visible a few years earlier. we cannot deny the very serious challenge is still facing afghanistan. after 30 years of war, afghanistan still faces daily challenges in delivering basic services and security to its people while fighting a brutal insurgency. there will be consequences for the united states and consequenc

united kingdom. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the speaker. i am so pleased to rise in enthusiastic support of this important resolution authored by my florida colleague, the gentleman, congressman lincoln diaz-balart. this resolution recognizes the unsurpassed friendship and abiding special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. throughout the history of our alliance and our friendship, we have stood by each other with a level of military, economic, and diplomatic commitment and coordination of such an unparalleled extent that it has even been referred to as the special relationship. the united kingdom has been a true friend of the united states, even to the extraordinary measures of sharing and even join

some people said door blaming the united states for the problem of poverty. while it is a poor nation, there are poor nations be less but i'm just trying to say we as a people have a responsibility to realize these people are dying on u.s. soil and we should do something to stop so my book is a small effort in that direction. [applause] >> the third panelist is philip caputo and he's a ringer. i say that because while technically this is to be in nonfiction panel negative to will agree that his experience and his tenacity and ability that has developed as a journalist shows up on every page of his brand new novel crossers. it takes place primarily in southern arizona and northern samarra. it's based on observations on foot on horseback and jeeps any way you can go. he talked to people both official and decided unofficial capacities. he's written about the border nonfiction mind he's written about the border for the atlantic and the virginia quarterly review. he's the second marine on the panel. you are surrounded by marines, margaret. she served in the marine

but there is very much an-- a lack of interest in the united states or a lack of desire by the united if you talk to u.s. military officials they will tell you, we have to wait until we get a specific group pressrom the iraqi government to even broach this topic. the other point i would like to make is that w don't have a lot of time when we are looking into this issue. we have got a lot of military issues and we have a lot of specific military programs that are beginning to wind down, because we don't have these by the iraqi government. they will bdifficult to wind up again at those sites should decide that a certain point that we want to renew this military relationship and extend it beyond 2011. the other point i would like to make is that iraqis ar beginning to lose a little bit of confidence in our commitment to their future, and this tends to reinforce the self-defeating strategies that we have seen on relying on ethnic and religious solidarity to avoid compromise and making the big political deals. we have ari-- always said the iraqi's need to make in order to secure their poli

half of which belong to the united states. competing groups continue to develop nuclear weapons under the pretext of deterrent. the trend constitutes a violation of obligations under the nuclear proliferation treaty or npt . >> warner: delegates from britain, france, and the united states walked out of the hall as he spoke. but that didn't deter ahmadinejad from also taking aim at the u.s. for retaining the right to use nuclear weapons. >> it is a misperception that it is okay to use nuclear weapons. regrettably the united states has not only used nuclear weapons but also continues to threaten to use such weapons against other countries including my country. >> warner: in a new nuclear strategy unveiled last month, the obama administration pledged for the first time that the u.s. would never use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state. if and only if that state was abiding by its obligations under the npt not to develop nuclear arms of its own. specter found ahmadinejad's remarks entirely predictable. >> iran's strategy is

the first was the united states.over time, it has become increasingly politically untenable for other countries like europe, australia, japan and russia. the kyoto protocol only had emission reduction standards for developing countries. in the decade between when it was signed and now, rapid growth in emerging economies made it clear that any long-term solution could not be a developing country solution alone. countries have been buoyed by a rise in both scientific convictions and awareness of the challenge. you will remember al gore on the intergovernmental panel on climate change kicking off the current round of negotiations, which we are supposed to conclude in copenhagen. in the two years between mali and copenhagen -- bali and copenhagen, at the u.s. saw encouraging movement. right before the agreement was supposed to happen, there was a change in government indeed -- in australia. there has also been a change in government here in the u.s. the government changed hands in and japan. that brought about much more

host: how would getting the united nations out of the united states bring down the debt? caller: it does not have to be out of the united states. how much do we spend on our thing in the united nations? that is, what, $25 million or something like that for our registration to be in the united nations. we should get out of the united nations. host: allen on the line for independents, calling from las vegas. caller: more stimulus is ridiculous. we need to reduce the deficit spending we are doing right now. host: where would you reduce the spending? caller: across the board. defense is crazy. matt amounts of money going into defense right now. -- mad amounts of money going into defense right now. across the board. another stimulus package would be devastating to our children and my children's children. that's where we need to stop. host: roll call has a special section this morning. five months until election day, and five ways lawmakers hope to spur economic recovery. we are taking a look and that. back to the phones. for me to the hills, mich., dorothy on the line for demo

united states. we need to be on the field when these matters are discussed. we should maintain our freedom and help shape the development of international law. detractors point to the dispute resolutions, claiming service members would be subject to international tribunals. i would not be sitting here today, nor would any predecessors support the cause if we thought our service members would be subjected to international tribunals. as you have heard, this is not some position the department takes. military leaders support the convention because it is good for our national defense. a letter to the chairman and foreign relations, every service chief was clear in their support for the convention. in the defense report, the department of defense urged that. the current and prior secretary of state and president clinton and george bush expressed bipartisan support, joining the convention as a non-partisan matter, as does president obama. the only thing that could hurt our national interest is remaining a

joseph biden, the 47th vice- president of the united states. [applause] vice president biden has been at key figure in american politics -- a key figure in american politics and a friend to colleagues in this chamber for many years. he was first elected to the u.s. senate in 1972. he served as one of the youngest senator is in his country's history. he was reelected six times before becoming vice president of united states in november, 2008. a former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and the senate judiciary committee, he is known to speak his mind. he defends causes which are far from popular at the time. he leads opinion, he does not follow opinion. so that is the reason for your speech today, mr. vice president, to the european parliament is so important and so crucial for all of us. let me thank you once again for your very warm invitation and you're very constructive and fruitful discussions last week in washington. today'sleagues, in world, europe and america can and should work together in a partnership for global stabil

the united states is without doubt most important ally of the united kingdom. fundamentally it is a relationship rooted in a strong alignment of our national interest and the scope o our corporation is unparalleled our military, our diplomats, our intelligent agents work hand in glove together. it's not a nostalgic relationship. it is looking to the future to combating extremism to combating poverty around the world. so i believe the u.k. and the u.s. share common priorities to an extraordinary degree. and we will continue to pursue these priorities. and what i think we can confidently say is an unbreakable alliance. and it's on that basis that i've so much enjoyed our talks today. thank you. >> madam secretary, spent a lot of time talking about afghanistan. so for give me if i talk about iraq. there's been a lot of turmoil in iraq. is the ministration concerned about this? how deeply are you concerned? and how might it affect the timetable of the troop withdraw? >> charlie, of course, we're concerned any time there is the level of violence that we've seen and

can that survive at citizens united? justices scalia, kennedy and thomas had previous expressed they think that is unconstitutional. this case suggestion that justice roberts and alito will likely be with them. what will that mean if corporations and companies can contribute money, not just spend money independently? are there five votes to say that all restrictions on corey buickses are unconstitutional. one of the pillars of buckley case in 1976 is that the government can restrict contributions, but not expenditures. here the supreme court has expressed the view that that aspect of buckley should be overruled. my guess is there are five votes for that. it is notable that in citizens united, the court upheld the disclosure requirements by an 8-1 margin. i think the case is important on a injures prudence level. what does this say about precedent in the roberts court? in january of 2003, the supreme court, mcconnell versus the federal election commission upheld the same thing. what changed over seven years? did the court

recognizing how much we represent the united states.emocrats, leaders that we've been working to protect the image of the latinos in a better way. we tell the united states how much we appreciate this country, how much we contribute to this country and how much we want to give back. including a soldier, a doctor, i feel, you know, people recognize that the way it is now, we're all criminals. it's definitely a lot of things that need to be fixed. >> but supporters of the law in arizona say they're not trying to portray all of you as criminals but they're trying to portray those who come in illegally as criminals, especially now recently the violence with all the drug war. if you look at the national polls, people support this law. 51% of the people think it's about right and 9% say they don't think it goes far enough. a rockie mountain poll says the majority of the people support it. the majority of the latinos do oppose it. some people say it's our business, our state's business, but forgive me, what right does a rich guy from miami who

he had other reasons for wanting to return to the united states. his friends, including schuyler and delta were proclaiming the united states, the future of the arts and sciences. so when his farewell letter to jefferson, humboldt spoke more broadly of the moral imperative embodied by the united states, which had offered him the consoling experience of witnessing true social progress whereas europe resents an immoral and melancholy spec goal, not that humboldt was unaware of problems shadowing america in his farewell letter to thornton, humboldt reminded his "washington post" that the abominable blog permitting the implementation into the carolinas. the laws of humanity dictated that the united states abolished slavery, an act that would cost humboldt estimated a little more than a dip in cotton exports. humboldt was good at making such mercantile calculations, but they always embraced him, quote, but alas highly detest this politics that measures and evaluates the public is simply according to the value of expert, a nation's wealth is just like in

i am here with workers united. i am here with united workers. we are and organization of housekeepers and elderly care givers, and we are fighting for power and respect, fair labor standards and to help make the movement for change. i am proud -- the proud -- i am proud of workers who came here to support their families. today, i represent the 2.5 million, mostly-immigrant people of color with the labor that makes it possible for all of us -- all of this happened. the domestic workers are completely vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. immigration law will keep us in the shadows. we are here with all of you, demanding recognition. we're here, demanding the domestic workers bill of rights in new york. this would finally put in place basic labor chat -- labor standards, protecting against discrimination. we're here demanding immigration reform. and human rights, and nobody is going to be left behind. we are here taking action against the hatred in arizona. allowing the state and local enforcement of immigration law, declaring open season on our p

you have the president of the united states agreeing with that remark.ou have polling of the american people that it's been done over years that says that would give us a good, strong, fair immigration system and we want to work to sustain that and have confidence moving forward that we will not have, in 20 years, another 12 million illegal aliens in the country. what is missing in this is bipartisan everyone on capitol hill recognizes that a bill would not pass without bipartisan support that does not exist right now. how will that be managed? what will happen? i do not know. i do not know whether there will be an attempt to go ahead and move it before the midterm or shortly thereafter. what i do know is that the president intends to keep working this issue. what i do know is that the president does not give up easily. i think we saw that with health care which took a lot longer than anyone predicted at the outset but nonetheless, it got done. the president is behind it. ultimately, we will get their. >> can i get a microphone up front here? >> how can

the united states approach we say in the book is bankrupt, because essentially the united states says to 90 different attorneys around the country, and 56 f. ei offices. it is a criminal activity. you have to prosecute it. they don't have a central organized approach that is able to deal internationally, successfully with the cybersanctuaries. some of the cybercriminals now are also participating in in the second phenomenon, cyberespionage. so if you are a business intelligence firm, and antiwar selling information to let's say a big company that makes airplanes in europe. they want business intelligence perhaps about bowling, their competitor. so the big european companies not going to hack into bowling. they will get caught doing that. so, they go and they hire a business consulting firm. a business intelligence firm, a business intelligence firm goes out and hires a hacker. they had their way into the company. industrial espionage. it is happening at a prodigious rate. about 18 months ago, the head of reddish intelligence, the british secret security service, mi-5, wrote a letter t

city like phoenix and that united states city, here in the continental united states, would be the second most prolific kidnapping capital in the world. this isn't the third world country where we have coup d'etats constantly and governments constantly changing hands so you don't know who is going to enforce the law. this is the united states of america. arizona is not some wild west territory. to have phoenix have the second st kidnappings in the world is intolerable. and it is an embrarsement for -- an embirsment for which this federal government -- embarrassment for which this federal government owes an apology to border states like arizona for allowing this kind of thing to go unstopped, unchecked. but this law is very reasonable. basically, there's just one page that people would bother to go check, you know, over on page 5, it talks about lawfully stopping someone who is operating a vehicle if he has a reasonable suspicion to believe the person is in violation of any civil traffic law. it's not an unreasonable law. but it does say repeatedly that a law enforcement official or agency

the challenge we face in the united states as my colleagues in governance studies here in the united states have recently described, we essentially have parliamentary parties. that is our parties have become more polarize and more hardened around ideological positions. but we don't have a parliamentary system that gives one party or the other a mandate to do whatever it wants. we have this bicameral system that is -- or divided government system between three branches of government and then bicameral in the congress which as we saw in health care makes things so difficult on the energy side it's done the same. what you've seen in public awareness on climate is a growing acceptance of climate change in the center part of the country, which is where the sort of -- the bedrock of public opinion is. the political extremes in the united states, the left has for several decades believed climate change to be real. the right for several decades has been quite suspicious but among the center you've seen a growing awareness and acceptance that climate change is a real problem. there's been a s

it is the same logic as the united states. we have converging interest. -- we of convergent interests. the united states has a lot of problems with these countries -- iraq, iran -- but not china. china, unlike the united states, has never compensate -- has never contemplated war with these countries. united states has. we had two wars with iraq. we had the war with iran in the 1970's. we're now debating whether there will be another one. we continually confront this question of war or peace with these countries that we think nuclear program. china does not. china has had fine and cordial relations with iran and iraq. the second cut is that, although we share brought interest in non-proliferation, on closer inspection, there is a series of very significant, divergent interests regarding the importance of nonproliferation in the middle east. why is china so unenthusiastic about u.s. push for abiding sanctions -- for tough sanctions? this is not new. they have opposed u.s. sanctions since 1980. that was when iran seized american

and he could do a better job of uniting the party. i think if robert kennedy had been nominated i think john, at texas, lbj would've helped us win texas. and i think of bobby kennedy had been nominated, the wallace vote, because they're so and anti-kennedy, i think the walls that would have shrunk. that he would have been weekend. so i think we would have a far easier time beating robert j. that we did was hubert humphrey. because wallace was a 23% when he shrunk to 13%, they're all the northern catholics i was talking to you about, they all went back to the party. they didn't go to nixon. they didn't like republicans. they were just anti-what was going on. so they went back to the democratic party. and i think, i think that if, i think if we would've done an awful lot better, quite frankly, if the situation had been different. >> host: dawn and pennsylvania. you are on with pat buchanan. this is booktv. please go ahead. >> caller: i have a couple quick points. one is before you does msnbc that you're on, there's a running joke about

united states and united kingdom are also firmly committed to the nato mission in afghanistan. we support the efforts by the afghan government to fight corruption and build a stable and secure government and country. we will continue our very close consultations on these matters going forward. we also remain united in our insistence that iran fulfil its national -- international obligations and prove that its nuclear program is for people -- is for peaceful purposes only. they had not indicated any interest in it or acceptance of to discussng offer of th international concerns over its international program. their senior officials continue to say they will not talk about their nuclear program with us. closely with our partners on a new security council resolution affirming that there are consequences should they continue to flout their international obligations and fail to comply with both iaea decisions and u.n. security council resolutions. we also are discussing the importance of signing an agreement in the middle east peace process. our countries will continue to work toget

he is part of this which is part of the eu, united states, russia, and united nations. i must say that personally so that there was this celebration , independence day -- he is a good friend. he keeps singing to me that he admires israel and our leadership. he comes from a country that is also threatened by its neighbors, but south korea. he is on very good terms with our leaders and former leaders i saw the way he was received in israel and with us. he is not part of the security council. he is effective in many ways. regarding the damage that was done in one area, he is the one who got together with others and led an investigation. he still explains that he must show himself very equal and opel -- open-minded. i am waiting to see in him on monday when he comes to the united nations. >> we have about 10 minutes left of this conversation. let us close the microphone right there and take the two questions. let's start with the ambassador. we have to close the microphone. peter? >> thank you, david. i would like to ask you about a slightly different situation of israel's

the issue of populism in the united states is instructive.populism movement in the united states driven by anger and focused on the anchor tend to peter out because while economic challenges can make is anxious and every time, we are not fundamentally angry people. we are optimistic people. that is what folks want to see and their elected officials or they want to see the positive spirit that can start a band of fans in the right direction rather than through doom and gloom and anger. i am still a glass half full guy. [laughter] >> one person who has made people mad is house speaker nancy pelosi. had you planned to employ her on the campaign trail? are there any specific districts you plan to avoid? >> you would have to look a long time that's because of the u.s. house of a representative to find somebody who has been if as effective in working with her majority. when you think about what the house did with respect to climate,+g"z economic recoveryd especially with respect to health care, that was legislative leadership in a very remarkable

we're all united now, the u.s. and the u.k., on trying to get's security council resolution that puts more pressure on iran. and then we will again work with the united states to achieve determined european action. and that, of course, is where we really come in and we have a very important role to play. >> warner: but, again, here, there has been a difference between the conservatives and the liberal democrats. liberal democrats have said no military action ever, even as a threat or an option with iran. the torys, of course, have not said that. what's going to be this government's position? >> we're not in any case, at the moment, calling for military action. if we have a different view of that, at the moment it does not surface. at the moment it does not matter. we are united about the need for stronger sanctions. we haven't ever ruled out supporting military action but we've also been clear we're not advocating military action. we're not calling for that. that's why we want to intensify the peaceful pressure on

united kingdom. we had elections held about ten days ago. those elections resulted in a hung parliament with the conservatives as the single biggest party but not enough to form an overall majority. the conservatives won 306 seats out of 350 seats in the house of commons. you need to have 326 for a majority. so therefore the conservatives tried desperately to form a coalition government with the liberal democrats, at the same time of course the liberal is the smallest party they won just 57 seats tried to form a coalition with both the labor party and the conservatives doing separate deals. now, the deal between the labor party and the liberal democrats of course collapsed. the liberals then formed a government with the conservatives which came into place on tuesday. gordon brown resigned and david cameron became the prime minister. what does this mean of course for the future of u.s.-u.k. relations? we've already seen a distifpkt improvement in the relationship between london and washington. just ye

and the united states is still the most attractive. it's what my colleague -- former colleague says, it's the cleanest dirty shirt. it's not a clean shirt, but it's the cleanest dirty shirt. so the u.s. will get some inflow. however, let's not forget what's happening in europe is deflationary for the world as a whole. and what's happening to europe is increasing risk aversions so equity markets in particular will come under some pressure. >> you said it's a clear example of what could happen. what do we need to do in the united states to ensure it doesn't happen? >> we need to get our act together. we need to recognize that fiscal adjustment is important and we need to be credible about adjusting over the next few years. the best way to do that is in a high growth world. so you have to take advantage of whatever growth we have right now to make sure that that is combined with a credible medium-term fiscal adjustment. >> so, in other words, slow down the spending and raise revenue so that we could put a dent in the deficit? >> that's ri

it's united the community.i'm not being partisan here but i believe it against the republican party. time and time again we see the republican governor signed a bill. in arizona from the republican lawmaker and that is consistent with what's happening all around the country. someone may want to take a toll. we have to look at numbers with an open mind and how did this information come about? but i personally reject we're going to be driven by where the wind is blowing and instead we need to be firm and hold to our convictions. and i'll just end this part by saying a long time ago in the washington metro region to construct a metro system was proposed. many people said no wait a minute. no, no. that's going to destroy our streets. it isn't going to happen. it's the worst thing that will ever happen. today is the background of our transportation network in the washington metro region. this is a subject that we don't talk about at some point someone rejected that idea and it's one of the things that happened. they

growing problem, united states approach we say in the book is bankrupt because essentially the united different u.s. countries and 66 fbi offices is a criminal act today, you have to prosecuted. they don't have a central organized approached that is able to deal internationally successfully with the cybersanctuaries. some of the cybercriminals now are also participating in the second phenomenon, cyberespionage. so if you're a business intelligence firm and your selling information to let's say a big company that makes airplanes in europe, they want business intelligence perhaps about a link, their competitor. and so the big european companies not going to hack into boeing. they don't want to get caught doing that. they go and hire a business consulting firm. the business intelligence firm then goes out and hires a hacker. they hack their way into the company. industrial espionage. it's happening at a prodigious rate. about 18 months ago the head of reddish intelligence, domestic intelligence, the secret security service and my five wrote a letter to 300 ceos in the u.k., the 300 large

grown usually that's not north korea's style, but having got the unit' states.no they have lost south korea. they certainly don't have japan. in the russian case, the north koreans still owe them about cer $8 billion bid the russians have tried very hard. it's a very unsettling picture, so as richard said, before the question was posed to mr. pollack and is a question for a private equity firm, richard said to me, it's got to be, who's interested. again it's not easy nor quick - could be a- productive societygs and system under alternative kob circumstances. but it's a long way from hereve today. in front that i think the cer chinese have just decided to play ata waiting game in which e again they could be disappointed yet again, but it is also a way in which they think it's kind of a damage limitation strategy.whh but it begs the iseysue about hl much there is intrinsic concern about the existence of some kind of nuclear capability of thethec north, some kind of a believe o that the north will still be n constrained from undertaking major risk-taking behavior, but that remains to be

if they commit a crime in mexico, they hide in the united states if they commit a crime in the united states they run back to mexico. this is a, i think, a phenomenal statistic, 37% of the people in border county jails in texas on this one day were foreign nationals. so i think the obligation of the federal government is to quit talking about this, get rid of the politics and do what governments are supposed to do, protect the people. especially the people of the united states, not just the ones on the border, but all the people on the united states from those who wish to come here illegally, primarily criminal gangs and drug cartels. with that i yield back to the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: i thank the judge from texas. i came across the language i said i would look for in president calderon's speech, he said, i fully respect the right of any country to enact and enforce its own laws but what we need today is to fix a broken system. i would argue, yes, there's a lot of burden on the system but i'm not seeing the department of justice come to us and ask for more money for judges, m

united states is without a doubt the most important ally of the united kingdom. fundamentally it is a relationship built a strong alignment of our national interest. the scope of our cooperation is unparalleled. our military, our diplomats, our security agencies work hand and glove together. it is not backward looking or nostalgic relationship. it is one looking to the future from combating about one extremism to complex issues around the world. i believe the u.k. and u.s. have common priorities and we will continue to pursue these priorities, and what we can confidently say is that an unbreakable alliance, and i've certainly enjoy our talks today. thank you. [inaudible] >> forgive me if i switched the subject to a rock. there's been a lot of violence in the wake of the parliamentary elections in iraq. does the minister -- is the administration concerned about this? how deeply are concerned and how might it affect the timetable of the truth withdrawal? >> of course we're concerned any time there is -- there's a level of violence that we've seen and destruction th

and if you come anyway, you are subject to being removed from the united states. those laws are not being enforced. there is no, virtually no interior enforcement going on. we haven't built the physical barriers at the border that we know work. and, indeed, the enforcement initiatives are being held hostage in the congress to this larger, i think, delusion of comprehensive immigration reform. the proposed solution to illegal immigration is to legalize the people that have come illegally. that's like saying we're going to cure the greek debt crisis by loaning the greek government more money. that's not a solution. >> suarez: are we really talk being two different things, what to do from here on out and what to do about the people who are already here? >> no, i think the two have to be considered together. and part of what i think professor ting omits from his analysis and there is no question that people are here without papers. there's no question that individuals are here that under our current rules should nobody the here. you have to include as well why people

i believe very strongly at that time united states must ratify the treaty. right now we are at a bit of a stalemate. the white house is looking to the senate to lead and the senate is waiting for stronger support from the administration. in part perhaps the senate calendar is to blame. it is anticipated that, should the majority leader move the treaty to the senate floor, it would consume time. it would probably take a week of floor time and considering we have less than about 40 legislative days before the august recess, it is highly uncertain that such time will be carved out unless it becomes a priority for the administration. but, given the president's focus on advancing the start treaty i see it unlikely to schedule the law of the sea treaty. i won't say it is impossible but i would say it is unlikely. unfortunately, failure to ratify continues to keep the united states at a disadvantage internationally and outside the process without a seat at the table. until the u.s. accedes to the toyota it cannot -- treaty it can't -- without a commission recommend

he spoke about his reserve unit here in the states. he said that he was proud to be with motor transport because they have spent at least two tours in vietnam. he always stood up there for the rights of the veterans. it is outrageous for anyone to take one quote where he misspoke and attack him on it. after hearing him speak as many times and i'm a little redid you understand ant here, i could see where that quote could have been misread. i only talk a few times throughout the year to represent the marine corps league. dick has spoken many and many times. and being in vietnam, the word was during vietnam. during vietnam, he wants the message out there that the veterans do not get treated. he wants us all to stick together in honor and support our veterans here today, yesterday and in the future. [cheers and applause] >> i just want to say he has always stood by us and we are proud to stand with him, dick, we love you. [cheers and applause] >> i would like to turn the microphone over to a friend of mine, geen who brought it to coventry

united states is the most important ally of the united kingdom.damentally, it is a relationship rooted in our strong national interests. the scope of our corporation is unparalleled -- our military, diplomats, -- the scope of our cooperation is unparalleled -- -- islitary, duiplomats unparalleled. we share common priorities to an extraordinary degree. we will continue to pursue these priorities. we can, please say there is an unbreakable alliance. -- we can confidently say there is an unbreakable alliance. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> madam secretary, you spent a lot of time talking about afghanistan this week. forgive me if i switched the subject to iran. there has been a lot of violence in places which had been fairly quiet recently. is the administration concerned about this? how deeply are you concerned? how might it affect the timetable of the troop withdrawal? >> charlie, of course we are concerned any time there is the3 seen and loss of life and destruction that it has caused. we're not worried about the ability of that iraqi people and the

you need to have a state-by- state unit. if we do that, we can save up to another $100 million -- $100 billion. something i proposed that has not been addressed in washington but i put that forward some time ago. >> welcome to the program. quick question. >> i would like to know what our attorney general did aid the taxpayers and the people of central kentucky and kentucky american water. i was at every meeting. they handed a hundred $65 million to kentucky american water when it was -- when the kentucky river cannot be sustained 22 million per day. >> thank you for that question. i am glad i have the opportunity to address this point. the first meeting i took after being sworn in was on the kentucky american case. i inherited a brief that was due in 72 hours on that case. my predecessor was going along with the proposed treatment plant at the county line and was doing so without caps. as my first act, i said to my office of rate intervention, we are going to take an opposite approach. we will not sign off on this unless the

me blessed now and forever the united states of america. -- may keep less, now and forever, the unitedtates of america. [applause] [no audio] [no audio] [bapipes] ♪ [god bless america] [marines corbattle hymn of the ] [no audio] >> we want to thank the president of united states for his inspiring words. i hope they brought you comfort. i would like to take an opportunity to introduce a few of our distinguished guests who joined me in welcoming the president earlier today. beginning on my right, we have the representative of one of our most audible corporate partners, the chief financial officer of miller corps. thank you. [applause] earlier today, he accepted the president's award on behalf of miller, the fourth award given by the fop and we are happy you could join us today. this is a distinct pleasure to introduce a special guest, the incredibly talented leann womack. all of us are looking forward to performance and a little while. [applause] i would also like to welcome tommy myttola. he has attended many of these events and was one among -- and was among the first sponsors of this

it is the same logic as the united states. we have converging interest. -- we of convergent interests. the united states has a lot of problems with these countries -- iraq, iran -- but not china. china, unlike the united states, has never compensate -- has never contemplated war with these countries. united states has. we had two wars with iraq. we had the war with iran in the 1970's. we're now debating whether there will be another one. we continually confront this question of war or peace with these countries that we think nuclear program. china does not. china has had fine and cordial relations with iran and iraq. the second cut is that, although we share brought interest in non-proliferation, on closer inspection, there is a series of very significant, divergent interests regarding the importance of nonproliferation in the middle east. why is china so unenthusiastic about u.s. push for abiding sanctions -- for tough sanctions? this is not new. they have opposed u.s. sanctions since 1980. that was when iran seized american

so if the united states - in order for the united states to pass such legislation some people consider them to be legal, some to be illegal. the biggest is when these thing get phased in. they get phased in in a 2030 frame work that appears to be enough time for china to estaish enough domestic rules and more importantly than the rules, the ability to implement the rules so tt onean say whether or not they have acted on climate change. it it's setting a stan dhard we haven't proven we can liv up t and the chinese haven't had an opportuny to demonstrate they have the domestic capacity to move forward on. >>> finally i want to sketch out cropuation that the two r countries can continue to rk on. pethe biggests the issue that came up at copenhagen which is the verification and accounting of emissions in developing countries. this is an enormous issue of enormous complety. the reason for opposing this, although they did end up aknologying this, but as again the lake of governmental capacity within china to you can simply look at the fossil fuel inputs that a country takes. how much oil the

on foreign exchanges without oversight from united states regulators. this means there's no cop on the beat to shield u.s. oil prices from manipulation or excessive speculation when they're traded in foreign markets, like commodities exchanges in london, dubai or shanghai. the amendment i'm proposing along with my colleagues would allow the cftc to require foreign boards of trade to register with the cftc, which would give the commodities futures trading commission the enforcement authority it needs. it is supported by the chairman of the cftc, larry gentzler. this provision was in president obama's original proposed financial reform bill and i think it is critical to pass in this bill. now, let me explain what has become known as the london loophole. in the wake of the california energy crisis, we learned that most energy trading had been exempted from regulation by the commodities futures modernization act of 2000 at the urging of a company by the name of enron. using the enron loophole, this firm pioneered over-the-counter energy derivatives trading.

certainly, there would be united on that. -- they would be united on that. you look out and use the nuclear armed india, nuclear armed pakistan, nuclear-armed russia, nuclear-armed israel and u.s. yourself some questions. -- and you ask yourself some questions. if there was some change, we would see it -- we would not see some overnight abandonment of the program. most obvious in measured man. he is not ahmadinejad his son when you can talk to. he has denounced --musabi is not ahmadinejad. he has renounced -- he is someone you can talk to. we did sit down in geneva in october. there seemed to be a deal to get the low enriched uranium that would, under the worst- case scenario, the a-bomb. i'm fortunate, when that bill went back to tehran -- i unfortunately, one that went back to teheran, it fell apart. we need to make the breach and try to move forward. that is what we need to try to do. >> besides the snide remark that i have not been in iran, it is true that you have been there five weeks. of course, that makes you an expert, maybe seven weeks. >> know, fi

s is the main killer of the united states troops in afghanistan. we must do all we can -- all we can -- to limit its use. i understand that if ammonium nitrate did not come from pakistan, that smugglers would identify new sources from other bordering countries. well, this may be the case, it appears as though the primary source today is pakistan. and in this case pakistan is where we should focus our attention. so let's get at the supply of ammonium nitrate. let's make it much harder for terrorists to kill u.s. troops. let me move next to the policy overall in afghanistan. i was honored to be one of just seven or eight senators to have lunch yesterday with president karzai. and during his time in washington, we were all pleased, i think both sides of the aisle in the senate were pleased that president karzai reiterated his commitment to improving governance and reducing corruption. they are commitments, but i think the people of pennsylvania and people across america need to see results from those commitments. i also hope that president karzai will