destruction or the material for weapons from north korea to someone else, i think today's imported and united actions demonstrate the importance that the world takes their provocations. i will say this, and i think you heard ambassador rice say this, and you are certainly followed up. i would fully expect, as they have said, - you have certainly followed up. they have said that they will continue taking provocative, and i think in the eyes of many in the world, irrational actions, and i do not doubt that they will continue those steps. yes, sir? >> i have two questions, robert. first, how do you respond to the charge that in a hurry to muggy president's deadline of closing guantÁnamo within one year, some decisions are being made -- how do you respond to the charge that in a hurry to meet the president's deadline of quotas in guantanamo -- the deadline of closing guantÁnamo -- >> i did not want to parse the word, but if i read most of those stores correctly, they were not pleased with the government. >> the obama administration is what we had been told. >> maybe i misread both of those stories, but m

united actions demonstrate the seriousness with which the world takes their provocations. i would say this and i think you heard ambassador rice say this and you followed up and asked about it. i would expect as they have said, a leading up to the vote in the un, just as they said for many months that they will continue taking provocative and i think the eyes of many of world -- the world, irrational actions. i do not doubt they will continue on those steps. >> how do you respond to the charge that in a hurry to make the president's deadline of closing guantanamo within one year, some decisions are being made without proper consultation and a senior state department official said yesterday the british government was "pissed" there were not consulted. >> if i am not mistaken and i do not want to parse the word "pissed." they were not pleased with the governor of bermuda. >> they were "pissed" at president obama. >> there may be a lot of them. i think that -- the issue of the fact that you are trying to make this deadline. for that reason, there has been criticism that the d

the mustin fordham action that the united states is taking right now is the action against violent extremists al qaeda's and the groups like that. it involves hard work by the central intelligence agency, by military units and these actions so far have been successful in putting al qaeda back on its heels. their strength has been whittled down. they have been put on the defensive, and that has been the result of a great deal of hard work supported by a good intelligence. there is also the aspect of the campaign against, by countering radicalism as an ideology. you heard the president's speech last week, an important step in that event and again it is important to inform that with intelligence so that it can be done in a smart way. as frs regional actions are going on, we are supporting field units and continue to support field units in iraq as our presence there is being drawn down and shifting our emphasis to afghanistan and pakistan where the effort is ramping up now. last week, during my trip, i was checking on intelligence support both for military and the civil units we have there. we se

if the united states is required to gain u.n. authority for military action, what punitive actions might the united states be subjected to if unilaterally uses preemptive force? would our navy seals have had to wait for authorization from the international body before rescuing the american being held hostage in the horn of africa? i think 99% of the american people said that they should have that authority and we shouldn't have to go to any kind of an international court. i don't know where this obsession has come from that nothing's good unless it's international anymore. in 1992, george will said -- and i'm quoting now -- "there may come a time when the united states will be held hostage to the idea that the legitimacy of u.s. force is directly proportionate to the number of nations condoning it." that was back in 1992 and this is what's happening today. and i hope that day never comes. the decisions made to protect our great nation should not be made by members of an international body, but by men and women who are elected by the people of these united sta

action under the u.n. auspices. i would think that the united states would if it took action, seek approval at the united nations. again, i don't think we're going to do that. i don't think we're going to go to war with north korea. and i personally don't think that would be a very good idea. host: democrats line. welcome to the program. caller: hi. host: good morning. caller: good morning. you know, i was thinking that it reminds me of the pirates in somalia. like is north korea holding these journalists for money because their people are starving? and maybe they're on the verge of, you know, a civil war of some sort. and is that why they're possibly holding these journalists, for money or for some sort of something else? guest: another very good question. the north koreans have taken a number of actions after their missile and nuclear tests this past spring. they have threatened us out. they have pulled out of the agreements with the south. they have threatened the south -- the south koreans. so to put a bigger context on this, i think what th

congress previously supported the united states-brazil joint action plan against racial discrimination and house resolution 1254 and called for both the united states and brazil to promote equality and they continued to work toward eliminating racial discrimination. the joint action plan helps to facilitate the exchange of information on the best practices of anti-discrimination measures and development of ideas on how to bilaterally promote racial and ethnic equality. with this amendment we request that the secretary clinton report on plans and efforts to address the plight of afro latinos and indigenous peoples in the western hemisphere and we also request a report on the status of the u.s.-brazil joint action plan so that we can gain a greater understanding of how to increase our collaboration on similar initiatives and i retain the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? >> claiming time in opposition, madam chair. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. . it reck nyes the commitment of our government to promote quality and opportunit

would find it troubling, indeed, even if you believe the flawed ipcc or united nations science that science dictates any unilateral action by the united states will be completely ineffective. the e.p.a. even confirmed it last year during the debate on the lieberman-warner bill and the same would hold true for this year's bill. put simply any isolated u.s. attempt to avert global warming is a futile effort without meaningful or robust cooperation much the american people need to know what they will be geting with their money all costs and no benefit. and this shows the u.s. action without international action would have no affect on world co2. this is asiewching there is no change in the -- this is assuming there is no change in the manufacturing base, which there would be. this brings us to whether a new, robust international agreement can be achieved. in addition to the -- the u.s. is involved with negotiations for a new international climate change agreement to replace the flawed the keyo treaty, this process is scheduled to culminate in copenhagen. the prospects of such an endeavor look bleak at best. following the co

is needed to defend our nation from harm, that we must get united nations' approval or actions are illegal. this is an incredible position for the chief legal advisor to the state department to adhere to. some may argue that mr. koh's position on the iraq war is merely a principled liberal position. however, his belief that countries -- the presiding officer: the senator has spoken for ten minutes. mr. demint: i ask unanimous consent for one more minute just to conclude. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. demint: thank you. i would encourage my colleagues just to look at the record. mr. koh has a very winsome personality which i appreciate. but the record gives us many reasons for concern that the state department may not be acting in the best interest of our country under his legal counsel. i think the president -- i thank the president, mr. president, and i yield back, yield to the leader. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: mr. president. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 84, h.r. 2918 which is

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, provocative action, action defying world opinion, defying resolutions to the united nations, and absolutely defying agreements that have been made with the six parties over the previous years. mr. speaker, president clinton reached out and tried to engage north korea. president bush obviously reached out, tried to engage north korea, began the six-party talks, made china a part of that process, and yet at every stage when it comes to weaponizing uranium, plutonium, moving forward, north korea has refused to respond in good faith. and when they do make an attempt to good faith, it's a deploy and they renege after any concession is made by the united states or any of our allies. mr. speaker, i think it's important that we send a message to the north korean government. now, let's be clear about this. when talking about the north korean government, we're really talking about an organized crime family mass crading as a state. i mean, kim jong il defies every standard of decency that is built up in the community of nations. i think it's important to realize that, especiall

they put an agenda of action before the american people that they would pursue if elected president of the united states. only one could be elected. both would have followed through on the commitment that this president has. this is a transformative moment. this is the moments to build a clean energy future for our country. this is a moment, to create jobs in america. this is a moment to take on a defining challenge of our time, global warming. i know my colleagues and see if this moment. that is if they only will. there is a manhattan project that is being talked about. i think the sentiments expressed in the substitutes are good ones. the objectives are good ones. america voted for action not additional steps. they voted to make a difference not to make a point. america voted for the change we could believe in. that is what this bill represents. i know they can look back on a future in which america is independent of foreign or oil. there has been much talk about taxes. every bill has been about raising taxes. my fellow americans know about having their expenses raised because the foreign peopl

last week the united states climate action partnership hosted a congressional briefing to discuss the business reasons for passing legislation to reduce global warming pollution. the it -- it is a coalition of many american businesses who support the legislation including the energy sector. they include alcoa, b.p., conocophillips, dow, duke energy, du pont, general electric, general motors, johnson & johnson, energy-energy, shell and siemons. environmental groups are also members. many of these companies have built billion-dollar companies through the processing of fossil fuels. most of b.p., shell and conocophillips is in oil exploration and production. duke energy produces 75% of its electricity from coal. manufacturers such as g.e., alcoa and dow consume a great deal of electricity and would be negatively affected by higher energy prices. they support this bill. these businesses worked for two years with environmentalists and members of congress to develop a blueprint for legislative action that laid out a plan to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, create jobs and spur investment in

action war united states was going to other countries and regulatory agencies in europe and elsewhere asking them to take certain actions. the big difference now is the u.n. security council resolution that calls for the designation of certain entities for financial sanctions makes much more of a multilateral effort and i think it becomes much easier to gain cooperation among other countries regulatory agencies and banks. the second point that i want to make again addressing some of the questions in the earlier recession is this whole question of the inspection regime. to me, although we don't know everything about the u.n. security council resolution, to me what is most interesting is a strong effort by the administration to develop an inspection regime to counter the proliferation potentially of weapons or fissile material by north korea. this is a very important step and institutionalizing some sort of inspection regime what i think have even more value on the counterproliferation side than the financial measures themselves. uscm the financial measures would be taken after the nucl

strong, unified and persistent response by china, russia, japan, south korea and the united states to test provocative actions north korea's actions to proceed with the latest nuclear test? do north korean officials believe their relationship with iran or syria will be permitted to develop without consequence if those relationships include cooperation on weapons of mass destruction. what is the nature of the cargo and north korean planes and ships arriving in burma, which is sometimes a transit point for further global destinations. russia has been transparent in its cooperation with burma in the development of a nuclear reactor reportedly for medical research purposes. is north korea contributing to the development of burma's nuclear program and if so, what way? what level of international cooperation exist to scrutinize north korea's global trading network and its potential proliferation route and can sufficient cooperation be improved? is there is efficacy and current status of agreements related to the six-party talks and the north korean nuclear program? in essence, would any new negotiations be starting

the gentleman knows the united states is involved as are the other countries in overseeing the distribution of i.m.f. funds. there is no intention and there will be no action, certainly that the united states would support, to give any assistance, i don't know whether they have talked to the i.m.f. or not, the gentleman may have more information on that issue. mr. cantor: reclaiming my time. i tell the gentleman, "new york times," may 27, 2009, hointpointed out hezbollah the shiite militant group involved in lebanon and its government had talks with the i.m.f. to discuss the possibility of extension of credit. are we not, i'd ask the gentleman, affording the i.m.f. the ability to extend credit to groups such as that in countries such as that, as well as the potential for countries to access the credit, including iran, venezuela, simbabway, burma, etc. we are very, very concerned. there is a real possibility that some of the world's worst regimes will have access to additional resources that will be providing to the i.m.f. is he not concerned about that? i yield. mr. hoyer: of course, we are all concerned about the fact that any money would go to those regi

security assistance, and requires a report to congress on actions taken by the united states to maintainisrael's qualitative military edge. this legislation is supported by a wide range of organization from the united states chamber of commerce and national association of manufacturers on one hand to human rights watch and amnesty international on the other. from the aerospace industry's association, the satellite industry association, on one hand to care, oxfam, the peace corps association, refugees international and the genocide intervention network on the other. the save darfur council, church world service and american council on education, a coalition of all the major public and private universities in this country all strongly support this legislation. i urge all my colleague on both sides of the aisle to support this important legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- the chair: the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i would like to take our time in oppos

released to another country without notice to us, nor can they be released here in the united states without further action. so that the gentleman's premise is i think not correct that we are going to -- this president has the authority to or the intent to release people at this time in the united states before or after trial. now, having said that i would say the gentleman continues to talk about the add-ons. but will i tell the gentleman as the gentleman knows, over 80% of this bill deals with the funding and security of our troops and the prosecution of the effort to defeat terrorism. over 80% of this bill. it is in that context that i would hope the gentleman would see his way clear to urging his colleagues to join with us in passing this needed legislation. i yield back. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman very much for his suggestion and counsel. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on monday next for more hour debate. and furthe

action. proceeding through the united nations security council makes a great deal of sense and working with our partners in trying to get more effective health from the major countries in the region including china is our best chance to secure an effective policy to accomplish our goals of removing this threat. >> i agree with that. >> thank you. >> mr. ambassador, we are grateful for your service and your testimony today. i wanted to ray is primarily 2 issues, maybe 3. the first centers on china. i was noting in your statement, you said china has an important role to play in influencing the half north korea follows. you spoke of your trip, china shared a, quote, deep concern about north korea's recent actions, working with china to turn its commitment into effective implementation of security council resolutions. i was going to ask about resolution 1718 in october 2006 and the enforcement thereof. since that was passed, we can track this. china's trade and investment in north korea has expanded. how can the obama administration, you are playing a central role in this, and urged china to enforc

united states. we have an opportunity to take action that will make a major difference in the security and independence and environment of our globe as well as our country. we have been given the privilege by our fellow citizens to serve in a time of historic change and meeting challenges that were the subject of this past presidential campaign. in this past presidential campaign, there were three major candidates. you could perhaps name more. but there were two certainly at the end. and the campaign of senator mccain and senator obama had something in common. they were both for comprehensive cap and trade legislation. the candidate you supported and the candidate i supported. they put an agenda of action before the american people that they would pursue if they were elected president of the united states. only one could be elected. but presumably both would have followed through on their commitment, and this president has and we are today. this is a transformative moment. this is a moment to build a clean energy future for our country. this is a moment to create jobs in america. this is a moment to ta

actions from this point forward? what are your conversations with china about that? they're obviously concerned about destabilization. >> first, it would be unwise for the united statesother members of the security council to fail to take strong action in response to a very provocative and illegal action on the part of north korea. out of concern that they may take strong action. the point is that we needed to demonstrate, and today we have demonstrated, that provocative, reckless actions come at a cost

united states. >> i thought the action the administration had taken was inconsistent with the dictates of pfizer. as a result, i thought the policy was unwise. i think the concerns i expressed then have been remedied by the fact that congress has now -- >> did you think it was a legal? >> i thought it was inconsistent with the statute and unwise as a matter of policy. >> has something happened that has changed your opinion that would make it hard for you to simply stay we did say that what the president said was that it was illegal? >> i do not think so. who >> it sounds a mild compared to a very clear principle here which is not only that this has to do with the scope of the law but the underlying constitutional issue which people believe that if this statute is that explicit that is unconstitutional for the president and illegal for him to override the expressed will of the congress. >> i am not sure if i used the term illegal. i have used the term inconsistent. >> that may be. i would hope you would use the word illegal now. i sent a letter to the president's and that the administration would

and, what therefore can flow from his words as actions as our representative in the united states state department as its legal advis advisor. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

bottom-line is that president obama and this administration will take whatever actions are necessary to protect the unitedstates from this and any other threat to our national security, and i will not go beyond that. >> last week, in france, president obama said it was clear that diplomacy was not working with north korea and that he wanted tougher resolutions, and he said we would take it very hard look at how the u.s. is approaching north korea. is this, the passage of this resolution, does this fulfill that, or does that sort of very hard look -- is that still underway and that we should work for future actions? >> our actions in the security council are one element of our larger approach to the challenge of north korea. these are multilateral sanctions that are tough and powerful. we have other abilities to act in different worlds, economic, diplomatic, and the like, -- in different realms, and those remain available to the united states. i think our approach to north korea remains under active consideration. >> how concerned were you as a negotiated about whether or not north korea would take action

united states. >> well what i'm say something in that speech is i thought the action that the administration had taken was inconsistent with the dictates of fisa and i think i used the word contra invention. and as a result i thought that the policy was an unwise one and i think that the concerns that i expressed then had really been remedied by the fact that congress has now authorized -- >> did you think it was illegal? >> well, i thought that, as i said, it was inconsistent with the fisa statute and unwise as a matter of policy. >> has something happened that's changed your opinion since your june, 2008, statement that would make it hard for you to just simply say what the president said, that it's illegal? >> no, i don't think so and don't think what what i'm saying now is necessarilyistist ept with what i said at the -- necessarily inistent with what i said. >> it sounds awfully mild compared to some very clear statements and very important principle here which is not only that this has to do with the scope of the fisa law but the underlying constitutional issue that people like me, many people,

here and we just need to understand the risk factors and take the appropriate actions and i think that proceeding from the united nations security council makes a great deal of sense working with our partners to get a more effective help from the major countries in the region including china is our best chance to secure a policy to accomplish our goal of removing this threat. >> i agree with that. >> thank you. >> senator casey. >> thank you mr. chairman, and mr. ambassador we are grateful for your service and your testimony today. i wanted to raise primarily to issues, maybe three but the first one centers on china. i was noticing in your statement in pertinent part he said china has important role to play influencing the path north korea follows. you spoke of your trip and china shared, quote, deep concern about north korea's recent actions to turn the commitment to effective implementation of security council resolutions. i was going to ask about resolution 1718 passed in october, 2006 and enforcement thereof since of the past as you know and we can easily track this, china's aid and trade and investment in n

if we take action now, we can get jobs, growth, clean energy and energy independence for less than the price of a postage stamp a day for each of us. with this bill, the united states will be able to argue persuasively and credibly for global action on a challenge that knows no borders. we understand that if the chinese do not act, or the indians do not act, the air that they belch will soon come to this continent and our children and families will be at risk. this is a global problem, but america is the leader. america must lead. america must set the example. this bill does exactly that. at the same time, action on global warming will spend a powerful job-creating signal to the private sector, creating jobs, jobs, jobs. a business coalition has argued that the way we produce and use energy must fundamentally change both nationally and globally and that this coming change represents an excellent opportunity for growth. that is why and other coalition of 19 businesses wrote to president barack obama that this would drive investment into cost-saving, energy-saving technologies. it would create the next wave of jobs in the new energy economy and would provide p

inside al qaeda with some people arguing that the 9/11 attacks would provoke the united states into a series of actions that would alienate the muslim world and create a mass uprising where muslims around the world would rise up against local pols tight regimes, throws them off and enable al qaeda to look as the vanguard of the muslim population. that was the al-zawahiri in lowden theory. there are others who argue differently and say the americans will come down like a ton of bricks and completely wrecked the progress we've made building a consensus to support us across the muslim world. that group of people ultimately lost out and then the 9/11 attacks were the result. of course the massive uprising didn't happen but a lot of things the united states did alienated people probably unnecessarily in some cases but other cases led to a substantial backlash against the united states and the end of 2004 bin laden issued this statement which i think it's to some a justification of what they had done but he said the strategy here is to soak the americans up in unsustainable interventions all over the world s

use doing an eloquent piece of analysis on something that is not going to -- the united states is not going to take action on, so i know that a great deal of analysts time is being spent near-term questions. that is not all bad. the question though preserving the corev expertise on areas you only developed by working on for years is also -- is also important. the sort of difference between analytical skills and expertise. i think it is true the intelligence community realize a great deal for its expertise on going outside the intelligence community think tanks, academia, and yes -- yes, contractors. i am not sure that is all bad as long as we keep contact -- to contact with the world, keep current says current and we can bring them in. a typical example our national intelligence estimates, the premier intelligence community judgments on major and important topics for virtually all of those we sent them to a group of sight readers after the government does its work and these are eckert experts in the field who do spend their whole life worrying about just that one country or that one group and then we take

his actions since the conviction show a haughty spirit and total disregard for misconduct. in the united states we don't pay federal judges to go to the penitentiary. he should be impeached today by this body. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, also a member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding. first i want to thank all of those who volunteered on this task force for impeachment and i want to thank chairman conyers and ranking member smith for pulling this together in their professional fashion and people on our side of the aisle and mr. schiff of california who has conducted himself, i think, with a solid degree of professionalism throughout the proceedings. i'm very well aware, mr. speaker, that this is a rare and ex

appropriate place in the record as if read and that the president of the united states be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection, swithout obj. mr. reid: i ask consent, mr. president, we now proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 814. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 81, 4 a bill to provide for -- s. 184, a bill to provide for a conveyance of a parcel of land held by the bureau of prisons of the department of justice of miami d da e county, florida, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with to intervenin

i would like to see the united nations security council be prompted to take action. like to see further economic sanctions, but i thought it was important that, as the president took a posture in the first few days, to use his phrase of not meddling, i thought it was important that the people's house step forward and unambiguously express our support for the dissidents in iran and unambiguously denounce the violence. my hope it was -- my hope is that it was encouragement. >> one of the biggest stories this week was mark sanford of south carolina. he is under a lot of pressure to step down over the admission he had an affair and was traveling out of the country to visit his mistress? should he resign or not and if so why? >> i was in south carolina a year ago speaking to a large republican gathering there. i know the governor as a friend and i know a great number of people there. i am sure that he and leadership in the state legislature will do the right thing at the right time. >> you have been known to say you not be alone with a female staff member just for proprie

officially existed until the 1960's, a century after the end of official slavery in the united states until congress took action to end it, but the vestiges of jim crow continue to this day. whereas african-americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and jim-crow laws long after both systems were formally abolished through enormous damage and loss of tangible and intangible including the loss of human dignity and liberty. whereas the story of the enslavement and the segregation of african-americans and the dehumanizing atrocities committed against them should not be minimized in the telling of the history of the united states. whereas those african-americans who suffered under slavery and jim-crow laws and their descendants exemplified the strength of human character and provide a model of courage and perseverance. whereas on july 8, 2003, during a trip to goree island, a former slave port, president george w. bush acknowledged the continuing legacy of slavery and life in the united states and the need to confront that legacy when he stated that slavery was one of the greatest crimes of histor

the bill also fails to take any action to address corruption at the united nations. in fact, not only does the underlying bill and the manager's amendment remain silent on the u.n.'s misuse of american taxpayer funds for activities that undermine u.s. interests, but an amendment offered by the gentleman from indiana, again, mr. burton, which sought to prevent u.s. taxpayer dollars from paying for the legal fees of corrupt u.n. officials was rejected at rules and will not be considered today. because, mr. chairman, the u.n. has decided to pay the legal fees, possibly almost $900,000 of savan who ran the u.n.'s corrupt, disastrous oil-for-food program which was supposed to help innocent iraqis but instead was exploited by saddam's regime. u.s. state prosecutors have charged him with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. but this bill before us does nothing to protect taxpayer dollars from bank rolling and rewarding corruption at the u.n. the underlying bill also helps foster the culture of corruption at the united nations by failing to leverage u.s. contribution

actions. there has been strong in a density within the united nations that there will be -- it anonymity within the united nations that there will be a resolution. progress has been made it on the negotiations we have been making in new york. it will get north korea's attention, but if they choose to remain isolated, we will deal with that fact down the road. one of the purposes of deputy secretary steinberg's trip to the region, they not only talking now high-level about what is going in new york, but what can you do after we see a resolution in new york? what we do from that point forward? had we make sure that north korea has not destabilize the region. they remain united with our partners in the six party process. >> i would ask about what ambassador bonds worth had said. they said he had confidence that the north korean's may come back to the talks. >> you have had a pattern here over a number of years. we want to get the attention of the international community. they think they are not being paid attention to. we are not going to reward bad behavior, but we really want to make sure that t

alexander vnder griff brought the issue before the congress of the united states and the general presented the lidgeage and let those actions speak for themselves. after hearing the general's remarks, our congressional leaders did the right thing, not only preserving our core but -- our corps but ensuring its roles, mission, and size become the law of the land. the colonel further stated, the stroke of a men, adding three words, and marine corps, will complete general vander griff's actions of some 63 years to ensure our leaders, their staff and constituents recognize the co-equal status of the marine corps and will ensure once and for all the equity of the marine corps in the eyes of the nation around its people. i ask unanimous consent to submit the full text of counselor kaiser's letter for -- letter for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, i have beside me an actual copy of a letter sent to a marine family. s the -- mr. jones: madam speaker, i have bd my an actual copy of a let every sent to a marine family. on behalf of the department of the navy we extend our deepest simply

sharing some moments with us and for all you do with the values action team to keep us alerted to issues that are important to all in the united states. when i started this a few moments ago, i was talking a little bit about the new administration and the new president and matching his words with his actions. i'd like to go back a second, i have a transcript from the saddleback forum which was back in august of 2009, and i got this off cnn and i just want to read you a couple of paragraphs so that, madam speaker, you understand that i'm not taking what then-candidate obama, now president obama has said, i want to give you the full text. pastor warren after asking then candidate obama about his views on religion, pastor warren said, well, then-candidate obama said, i thought that was pretty tough. warren said, let's go through some tough questions, tough ones, now the most and then-candidate obama said that was pretty tough. pastor warren said, that was a freebie. that's a gim me. let's deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since roe v. wade. as a pastor i've had to deal with this all the time. all the pain and all the confl

united states and russia? and according to a previous document of the global z zero action plan, there will be another summit next year and he will present the final version of the plan. this plan we are holding today is the final version? if not, in what perspective you will refine it? thank you very much. >> i have to remember all those questions. the first one, as i think i said earlier, united states and russia have 95% of the world's nuclear stockpile, roughly speaking. that is why i referred to them as the big boys in terms of nuclear weapons. how many questions, 7 or eight or nine? in terms of total commission, we have representative from nine nuclear weapons states. we couldn't have nine because we have so many from north korea. i am sorry. that is correct. we have representatives from seven nuclear weapons states, and we have also representatives from two countries that are non nuclear but have a great deal of interest in this issue, japan and germany, the republic of germany. again, this handout you have is really a summary of the link to your document which is still under preparation. as i said before,

united states. they are not people that have a right under the actions they have taken to have the protections that have already been so well discussed by mr. kingston and mr. lungren and others. . the fact that there's no money in this supplemental, as i understand to close out the facility is a good thing. and i'm glad the chairman and others worked to see it was not in there. this is a debate that's harder from the administration's point of view than it was during the campaign. troops in the field need our support. the house acted quickly. it was a large bipartisan vote to support the troops in the field, and where is that bill now? that bill's in the committee somewhere trying to figure out what else can be added to a bill designed to support our troops. people talking on those topics understand that the members of the congress have a history of supporting our troops in the field, our troops in iraq, our troops in afghanistan and so suddenly, well, maybe we can also put more money in the international monetary fund. a fund that we would put that money in by increasing our debt. we all know that

when president obama said the bond between israel and the united states is unbreakble, then we ought to do that in our actions as well as our words. so i thank the gentlewoman for sharing this time with me. i know we're going to continue to fight for a strong u.s.-israel ties. again, i'm glad there is bipartisan support in this congress for israel and i'm glad that we pointed out that israel has made many, many concessions for peace and has only gotten war. we hear a lot about what the israelis must do. let us hear about what the palestinians must do. the palestinians must stop the incitement, stop the sensation of violence, stop the terrorist infrastructure and say that it recognizes israel's right to exist. the not all right for president abbas to say he recognizes israel's right to exist. let hamas say it. let the palestinians say it. and let them mean it. i yield back. ms. berkley: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. poe of texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. duncan: i ask unanimous consent to assume the time of mr. poe of texas and speak out o

the united states seems to be one of the only populaces that does not take much action except maybe it egging the motorcade of president bush once they realize what is going on. msnbc, fox -- the leading question every night is what is the president going to do about this? they lead the ignore public to get involved in things bigger than they are. it has already cost us so much money in other parts of that area. it is the media here who feeds on ignorance of the populace to lead them into situations. i think they should do what they're doing and iron it out, but not get us directly involved. thank you. guest: you know, i do think anyway real change comes to any country from within that country. i do understand the new i myself and and it iranian- american. anything that goes on in this country deeply affects me. i am as concerned as any other american. i am speaking to not just s and irani. this is the only country in the world where people carry their past with them. -- i'm not just and running. that is why this country become so expensive and in need. -- so and expansive

actions to change course. i have prohibited the use of torture by the united states, and i have not ordered the prison of guantanamo bay close by early next year. [applause] -- closed by early next year. [applause] america will defend itself respectful of the sovereignty of nations and the rule of law. we will do so in partnership with moslem communities which are also threatened. the sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer. the second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between israelis, palestinians, and the arab world. america's strong bonds with israel are well known. this bond is unbreakable. it is based upon cultural and historical ties and the recognition that the aspiration for a jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied. around the world, the jewish people were persecuted for centuries and anti-semitism in europe culminated in an unprecedented holocaust. tomorrow i will visit one place which is part of a network of camps where jews were enslaved, tortured, shot, and gassed to death by the