koh supports the idea that the united nations should be granted the power to standardize national laws and procedures with member states of regional organizations. mr. koh feels that the u.s. should establish a national firearms control system in a register of manufacturers, traders, importers and exporters of guns to comply with international obligations. this regulatory regime would allow the united nations members, such as cuba and venezuela and north korea and iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on american citizens. this is not constitutional government in america. taken to their logical conclusion -- and i'm continuing the heritage quote here -- mr. koh's ideas could lead to a national database of all firearm owners as well as the use of international law to force the u.s. to pass laws to find out who owns guns. all who care about freedom should read his speech. senators need to think long and hard about whether koh's extreme views on international gun control are appropriate for america. let me just cover a couple of other things. this one about the ir

last year american taxpayers crbts contributed $5 billion to the united nations, making the united states the largest member donor to that institution. seeing the amount of american investment and the influence the united nations has on world opinion and world advance, it's important how manies -- americans know how their money is being spent and it's not subsidizing activities which hurt american security, values or our national interests. the amendment i'm sponsoring today would make this requirement for the president to submit to congress a report of u.s. cash in kind contributions or u.s. cash and in kind contributions to the united nations and u.n. affiliated agencies each fiscal year. the funding would be reported on u.s.a. spend -- usaspending.gov and this amendment would expire after two years. without the report, americans would be in the dark concerning the ways in which their money is being spent in funding the united nations. i urge the adoption of this amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. berman:

in our own defense and of future generations, the united nations -- starting with the organization of the american states, the organization of people of the caribbean, many of whom are good friends of honduras. the organizations of the country's of all southern america who have expressed their voices unanimously condemning the barbarity that a small group of people have sought to inflict upon our country. the rio group in return, which brings together all at american countries, yet today adopted the same resolution -- yesterday adopted the same resolution. countries affiliated through the central american bloc of countries, salvador, costa rica, panama -- at a significant meeting served the country. they to eductive this resolution condemning, rejecting, and calling for respect for the democratic decisions taken in honduras. they too have come to the floor for the organization of central american and caribbean countries. so has central america. this includes mexico and colombia. they too have used the same terms and their institutions have expressed their view. europe, by the european

ambassador susan rice from the united nations is with us. i think many of you know that the resolution that was crafted on north korean sanctions passed unanimously a short while ago from the united nations, and ambassador rice will talk to us a little bit about that and answer a few of your questions. >> thanks very much, robert. afternoon, everybody. we are very pleased that the security council just, within the last 1.5 hours, passed unanimously a brand-new resolution imposing tough, new, meaningful sanctions on north korea in response to its nuclear tests and its other provocative behavior, including recent missile activity. this resolution is unprecedented. it is innovative. and it will cause the sanctions regime on north korea to be strengthened in five critical areas. first, the resolution begins by condemning north korean actions in the strongest possible terms and demands north korea halted a all nuclear activity, halt all missile activity and returned to the negotiation table. with the prerogative and threatening behavior of north

the united states is relatively unpopulated and in a world of declining populations, the united nations -- denies states knows how to live in a continent with relatively few people and how to welcome immigrants very effectively. this is not a argument we are more virtuous than anybody that we are smarter than anybody it is simply a geographical fact we are in the right place at the right time. and it is an attempt to put things into perspective things that looked absolutely horrendous right now want to look so horrendous and five years. to check that out go back 21978/to 79 the last time we thought the world was sending. let me stop there and i invite questions [applause] >> i read how the world works today and how that defines how it will work in the future of like to open up to questions and i just ask that you identify yourself. >> please wait until the microphone comes to you. >> professor huntington cannot within influential article in the early 90's where he essentially argued that now that the east-west conflict was over , now the ideological conflict between communism and capita

at first it was -- we got some toughly worded sanctions at the united nations. and after that i think we started to negotiate with the north koreans. host: tony from chapel hill, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead with your question. caller: all right. first two points. host: sure. caller: serve twisting this around to make them hostages. they got into north korea on their own. so i think they're just prisoners of north korea. why do we always have american enterprise institute speaking for us? that's the jewish lobbyist. that's one of the problems with our country right now. host: our guest is here at our invitation. and whether it's the wilson center or brookings or a.e.i. or the "weekly standard" or "nation magazine" or "american prospect" the purpose of this prax is to hear from a number of different points of view. we appreciate dan blumenthal's time to be with us. if you'd like to respond? guest: yeah. i work on asian issues. i don't work on any middle eastern issues. that's it. host: what will happen next? can you walk us throug

national power. mr. speaker, the united states must be more serious about its dip plo lowe mattick commitments, responsibilities, and presence overseas to ensure a more secure future for her own citizens. i open hope all my colleagues will join with us in supporting this legislation and send an important message that will be heard loud and clear around the world. thank you. i yield the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman from california has 20 minutes remaining, the gentlewoman from florida 10 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield to the gentlelady from california, ms. woolsey. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. woolsey: as a member of the committee, i thank our chairman and -- for all he's done to make sure that this is a foreign relations authorization act that we can be truly proud of. i'm pleased this bill

of the united nations. and those principles are contained in resolution 1874. thank you. >> good afternoon. as you know, the security council just adopted unanimously a very important resolution, 1874, against the nuclear test by the dprk. you remember that in may i requested the emergency meeting of the security council to send a clear message. and immediately on that day, the council had issued the remarks that the council is united, resolved was issued promptly. it took a little more than two weeks during this time there was intensive discussions going on. and since you have noticed that the content of the resolution is unprecedented compared with many other past resolutions by the security council. it sends a very strong message and not only that but will be very effective and control the goods and arms and financial resources that are related to the wmed program. and i think the reason why it took a long time shows very clearly that important and very strong content of the resolution itself required th

>> without going into details, but we clearly intend to vigorously enforce the united nations security council resolution 1874 to include options, certainly a carrot -- a pale and queried. -- a hail and querry. if a vessel like this is a query and is not allow a permissive the search in port, then the country of that port is required to inspect the vessel and to also keep the united nations informed if a vessel like this would refuse to comply. but the united nations security council resolution does not include an option for the post boarding or noncompliant boarding. -- an option for opposed boarding or noncompliant boarding. if we have a vessel that we think is in noncompliance, that is a report that goes back to the united nations as well. >> what has made use suspicious of this ship? >> i will not go into any details at this point in time except to say it is very clear the resolution prohibits north korea from shipping these kinds of materials, the kinds of weapons that were laid out from conventional weapons up to fissile material for nuclear weapons. we expect compliance, and i h

this is from the united nations again their a1b mid range scenario. what do you see?bout 1500 parts per billion in the atmosphere and it keeps going up, up, up to 2050, at the same rate. this is what's used today. in the latest compendium by the ipcc. here are the concentrations of methane in the atmosphere. while they were being predicted to increase at the same rate. the concentration was beginning to drop. so that finally in recent years, there are actually some years in which the concentration in the atmosphere has gone negative. and yet this wasn't -- nobody challenged this in the ipcc process. i was a reviewer. i wrote, hey, look at these numbers. no change. so that's the climate of extremes that's not just in public discourse. it's clearly in the scientific discourse. well, you know, this is cato and i would be foolhardy if i said this but, in fact, there's an assumption that people are, that as places warm, as our cities warm, people will just slowly fry and die. that there will not be adaptation. the united nations wrote that by the year 2020 the death rate i

, which is composed of countries who are governed by crooks and cooks and the united nations having the power to set regulations in order to save the world from a climate sfroof, which itself would be a catastrophe to the freedom-loving people of the world. al gore must be a bit embarrassed now that he has to clues the word climate change rather than global warming. it's an inconvenient truth for him. he must think we are stupid to think that we haven't noticed that it is climate change and not global warming and there are a large number of scientists that are opposing -- he must think we are stupid that these taxes and laws that are being proposed are things that we will just accept because we have been frightened into submission. wake up, america. we need to save our country and future generations. and we need to save the world from this incredible power grab, the greatest power grab and worst power grab in the history. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would entertain a motion -- mr. rohrabacher: i move that the congress do adjourn

and on the bottom are the northern hemisphere temperature departures from average from the united nationsnmentañ panel on climate change of which by the way i am a member and a rather active one.jat what you see here if you look on the y axis, here's the 49% that gore was talking about.n gore was talking about.n now, is therea between this and global warming? you don't have to waste your time running excel on this because the correlation is obviously zero. simple fact, not checked. or we could look at longer term climate history of the pacific southwest which is one of the i places we really care about drought. the energy secretary who has a nobel prize in particle physics which is somewhat not related to climatology said recently that global warming will destroy agriculture in california and cause the loss of the major cities in california. this is absurd. but the reason he said that is because of stories about major drought in the pacific southwest and the colorado water system. and, of course, if we take a river stream flow as measured by tree rings and other kinds of fossils this is

international treaty or vowelly acknowledging that the gulf is widening between the united states and what the other industrialized nations are willing to do and what countries like china want them to do. i suggest that the gulf has always been wide, but will continue to widen. recent actions by the united states and china continue to confirm my chief. take china's initial reaction to the waxman-markie bill, it was hailed on capitol hill as a historic breakthrough woarcht like a thud during the international negotiations. get this waxman-markie which will be economically ruinist to the united states was criticized by china for being too week. after another troubling aspect coming out of the meetings, a united states government official mission is here -- many here in the senate may be surprised to learn that this administration's position is to let china off the hook. now, you might wuntder why would -- wonder why would china look at this thing that would destroy us economically and say they don't think it is it strong enough. they want it stronger because the stronger it is, the more manufacturing jobs will leave the uni

we went to the united nations, as i remember, to get a resolution. i have yet to hear that publicly put out so that everybody hears about it. host: so, moving forward, how do you suggested the united states handle this situation, assuming that mahmoud ahmadinejad will retain his presidency? caller: #1, we have hillary clinton as the secretary of state. she is powerful, but she needs to act. president obama needs to give her more leverage so that she can act with these countries. we need more support from allied countries as well. nato and united nations affiliate's. we need that to back them up. we need to get more stern in the nuclear area over there. we need to get inspectors to find out what he is doing and not allow this to continue. host: thank you, secretary. the secretary of state, in canada, made remarks over the weekend. "we obviously hope that the outcome reflects the genuine will and desire of the iranian people." back to the phones and our discussion around the iranian election and the position that the united states has been put in. espe

it is to be in concordance with the principles of the united nations of the charter of the united nations. those principles are contained in resolution item 74. >> a good afternoon. as you know, the security council has adopted, unanimously, i very -- item 74. i requested an urgent meeting of the security council to clear -- to send a clear message. on that day, the council has issued remarks that the council is united and result to issue, effectively, the response to that. during this time, a very serious and intense a discussion was going on. the content of this resolution is unprecedented. there are other resolutions passed by the security council. it has a very strong message, but not only that, we hope the measures will be implemented effectively to control the flow of goods and arms and financial resources that are related to the wmd program and missile technology programs. the reason why it took a long time shows very clearly the importance and strong content of the resolution itself, the kind of technical, legal, and other examinations. the reason we ask for the special meeting wa

which the royce amendment would designate eritrea the state sponsor of terrorism and call on the united nations security council to impose sanctions against eritrea i strongly oppose. while i certainly respect my esteemed colleague from california, ed royce, who served as an excellent chairman of the subcommittee on africa for several years and we worked closely together on many issues and i have a great deal of

shoals "i can smell of official washington is not all jubilant about the decision taken by the united nations and backed by the white house. he wrote i see a great deal of disappointment coupled with bitterness among many who do not like the idea of the jewish state's and who will not easily digest it. he was right. the state department went out on its own to do what they could to reverse the policy. first, without telling truman, the state department instituted the famous arms embargo so they could defend. of the embargo was declared on the state department without checking with tremendous and was it was done he felt he could not publicly then oppose them, it will look foolish if he acknowledged publicly this was not his order but the state department for co-chairmen went along with their probably because he was anxious to proclaim anything that had the effect to lead to american military troops entering the battle field. at this point* the state department proceeds of the plan to turn back partition and the trusteeship. one of the things german gets first-come a couple months right after th

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taxpayer funding authorized for the united nations by nearly 1/3, without requiring the united nations to undertake necessary reforms to improve efficiency and stop blatant corruption. while failing to place accountability standards in this bill, the majority decided to include provisions in the pack stand assistance act which is also being brought to the floor with this one rule that will micromanage u.s. policy toward pakistan. in a letter to the armed services committee, secretary of defense gates and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mullen wrote that the degree of condition alt and limitations on security assistance to pakistan in the legislation, and i quote, severely constrains the flexibility necessary for the exec branch and the department of defense given the fluid and dynamic environment that exists in pakistan, end quote. this rule bringing forth two pieces of legislation, limits the number of amendments the house will be allowed to debate. out of the 85 amendments submitted to the rules committee, the majority decided to make 27 amendments in order. i understand the ma

the united states has led efforts at the united nations with bilateral partners to meet humanitarian needs while pressing for the full deployment of peacekeeping missions to help protect civilians. in addition to supporting efforts to negotiate and implement the darfur peace agreement, the united states also was at the forefront of efforts to resolve the conflict in southern sudan, a conflict which has left over two million people dead and another four million displaced. today, there's universal acknowledgment that if the comprehensive peace agreement between the north and south fails there can be little help -- hope for darfur. unfortunately, the terms of this peace agreement have not yet been fully implemented and observers consistently warn that it could fail at any time. with the national elections due this year and reports of deadly conflict within and among various armed groups on the rise, the stakes cannot be higher. during the presidential campaign, each of the candidates assured voters that sudan would be a major priority for their administrations and spoke of robust action

the united nations security council has finally passed a resolution with some teeth. unfortunately, the u.n. resolution 1718 passed in 2006 after pyongyang's first nuclear test was ignored when north korea returned to the negotiating table. north korea's response to this latest u.n. resolution has been more bluster and brinkmanship. the north korean's reveal to no one's surprise that they have maintained a highly enriched uranium program all along in addition to their plutonium program. they now threaten the world with more bombs and possible nuclear war. earlier this month, kim jong il sent a patrol boat into south korea waters to back up his threats made against our south korean ally. some are now convinced that there will be a future military confrontation along d.m.z., or in the yellow sea. and today 28,500 u.s. military personnel still stand guard in south korea, a country often called the last frontier of the cold war. the dear leader's obviously testing the medal of this president and this congress. kim jong il has responded to the outstretched hand of presiden

the world spoke through the united nations. also this collective concern and there are now collective authorities given to us and we hope it doesn't just fall off on us to respond to this but in the sense that the security council resolution was much more comp hence i have that than that. there are new economic restrictions and sanctions and financial restrictions and sanction it's, so i would pursue y'all to pursue some of those angles as well, but there are other components to this other than just the military one. >> geoff? >> it's been pretty widely reported that the president signed off on this new fiber sub command? >> yes. >> can you talk to us about what exactly he did authorize and what it will bring to the fold and when we could start looking for some of this to be standing up ? >> i think this has been reported ad nozz yum! by now. it was the least best-kept secret in washington and recently signed. yesterday. this does offer a sub unified command for the united states under the united states strategic command. so th

meeting in response to a letter dated may 25th, 2009, from the representative of japan to the united nations addressed to the president of the security council, contained in documents. members of the council have before them befores 2000 9/3 01, which contains a text of a resolution by the republic of korea, united kingdom, great britain, northern ireland the united states and japan. i wish to draw the attention to the document containing a letter dated from the representative of mongolia, said -- addressed to the security council. it is my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to vote on the drive privilege -- resolution before it, unless i hear any objection, i will put the draft resolution to a vote. there is no objection. it is so decided. will those in favor of the draft resolution please raise their hands? thank you. the voting is as follows, the draft resolution received 16 votes in favor, the draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 1874 of 2009. i shall now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make a statement after the voting. i now. a floo

and we are very fortunate that we've had those scientists working at the united nations. the intergovernmental panel on climate change has come out with a series of reports all of which tell us temperatures are going up more rapidly than we thought, thetithe ice in the arctic is mg faster than we thought. we all saw the picture of the poe all right bears. and that picture is worth so much to us. we can see what is happening to the habitat there. i will lead a trip to alaska for a couple of days at the invitation of senator mark begich who wants to show me and a group of senators and also senator murkowski has been gracious enough to say that she will join us in this. we're going to see ground zero for global warming in alaska. i know greenland where i went is -- you can see thetic melt. you can sit and actually see thetic break off if thes off frt icebergs and watch them go to sea. so the scientists have proven it and we know it's absolutely true. so when senator inhofe comes down here and he flies in the face of science, those of us who have been working on this -- and i

he believes that the united states should -- and i quote again - -- "establish a national firearms control system and a register of manufacturers, traders, importers and exporters of guns" to comply with international obligations. this would allow u.n. members such as cuba and venezuela and north korea and iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on american citizens. as dean of the yale law school, mr. koh was a leader in another effort that i think is troublesome. it was an effort to deprive students of the freedom to listen to military recruiters who wanted to explain on campus the benefits of a career in our military services. we all, every one of us in this body, frequently express our gratitude to the people in the united states military services who protect us, who put themselves in danger in order to protect the very freedoms we're talking about here. and yet as dean of the law school, he would not allow the recruiters for these military institutions to come on to campus, and yet he would protect students' freedom to listen to antiwar speakers on campus. but y

it was in compliance with the united nations resolution. i say, by the way, that was a legal international resolution. now, a lot of people will say that mr. koh had a distinguished career in government service and legal academia. i am concerned he spent a little too much time in the ivory tower and he wish he would return to that jurisdiction. given my previously stated concerns, i cannot and will not in good conscience vote in favor of his nomination. i recognize that mr. koh may be headed for confirmation, but i would ask those who may have previously voted for cloture to go to this nomination, think about what he said about congress, about the work that we've done here and about what he has said about america. are you comfortable having him as a legal adviser to the state department after what he said about america being part of the axis of disoh, bead snens are you comfortable with what he said about those of us who voted for the war resolution, about those of us who voted for the fisa amendments act? i'm certainly not. if he is confir

he should first go to the united nations and ask them to intervene. not, it is simple and can be done by executive order. anyone who does business with north korea this not do business with the united states. very plain, simple, cut and dried. host: two stories this morning. the conviction of the journalists and the comments from secretary clinton yesterday, concerning putting the north koreans back on the terrorism list. in the piece this morning, while mr. obama is willing to reopen the six-party talks that mr. bush began, the other participants -- he has no intention of offering new incentives to give the north to fulfil agreements previously. all these agreements were recently renounced by north korea. chicago is next. caller: good morning. listening to the previous callers it is upsetting to think someone wants to think about paranoia. i believe that this man wants to keep these reporters as some kind of bargaining chip. to ask our president to jump the gun is ridiculous. mrs. clinton is doing the correct thing and checking everything out and mak

who goes to war should have, must have united nations security council authority, going as far as writing that the united states was part of an access -- axis of disobedience by invading iraq, or should we say by liberating iraq. in october of 2002, koh wrote -- and i'm quoting now. he said "i believe it would be a mistake for our country to attack iraq without explicit u.n. authorization, because such an attack would violate international law." additionally he supports ratification of the international criminal court which could subject our troops to prosecution in a foreign court. implementation of this interpretation of the international law raises a number of alarming questions. 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 shoul

we have worked with the united nations to restore humanitarian assistance in darfur. the united nations and others have been able to increase their capacity, and we have closed the gap, that existed when they were expelled. the situation remains fragile, and the short-term gains still need to be strengthened. a constructive dialogue will also help us to negotiate a cease-fire, so the people living in these camps, the refugee camps, can move back to a place of their own choosing, to live in safety and security. disengagement is also helping us in the second round of the talks, this is designed for a political settlement. this is designed to improve relations, to stop the fighting and the violence that has been so disruptive. this will be critical as we implement all the parts of the comprehensive peace agreement. before the referendum for self- determination is held, we have a lot of work to do. we have to secure this on the power sharing, to make certain that all the parties are involved, to make certain that they do not become the same war zone. we need the support o

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secretary general took the stage is ever handed over the power from the united nations to the people, and the love -- rebel leader ascended to the podium and unfurled a the flying of the democratic republic of east timor the lighting of the firm works was reflected in the tear stained faces of the people of timor. they had resisted and they had one and an unbelievably high price but they had one. we were broadcasting this historic moment over the airwaves a pacifica radio free up the united states and at that moment we called noam because it was noam chomsky since 1975 and to lay on his birthday on december 7th when indonesia invaded east timor when never let the story die. and so many of his books, so much of his writings, so many of his speeches often introducing to people of this point on a map summon a thousand miles from las and he let people know what was happening in your name appear again it was noam who told us about what was happening in timor and let us to tape those trips to try to expose what was happening. and i bet almost everyone here tonight in the sanctuary has a sto

it makes sure unequivocally that the world understands where the united states of america is in our support of a not only friendly nation but a democracy, one of the few democracies in the region. and the united states, this house of representatives, and united states policy should be to support openly, to make sure the world understands, not maybe where, oh, i thought we had done that. ankn

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

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 the north -- that north korea returns to the process.

by the year 2000 the united nations adjusted its temperature record so that the readings around 1955 colder so there was more warming in the same data and it was discovered that the satellite had a driftnet to -- a drift in it so that was corrected and there are various corrections to the satellite record began to show warming and then by the year 2005 or 2007 there is a tremendous adjustment that was made to the weather balloon data where it got much, much colder. remember that in the early portions of the record? and so now all the records agree and the point in my article is he would have to say at that point that warming israel which you also have. >> it up with the understanding of the way science works which is why people try to get data to fit the theory. that is really what we do in case you don't now. it's up to you to decide -- six changes in the record all of the same direction, flipping a coin is six times and getting all heads, chance is to add a 100. it was possible that it was real but the probability is low. one question in the back and we're out of here. back in the

. >> i understand the united nations resolution has been agreed to that would expand and toughen the multilateral sanctions toward north korea and i recognize you're probably able to share very little of that because it is an ongoing discussion but i am interested to hear what specific mechanisms exist or will be used to enforce new and existing sanctions and by raising this because u.n. security council resolution 1718 which passed an 2006 appeared to be a strong multilateral toole and band atomic explosions and long-range missile launches and imposed a limited financial sanctions as well and partial trade arms. however as you well know the measures have been widely ignored and on and forced and thereby basically rendering a multilateral effort to toothless. what steps are we taking to ensure this new resolution if it passes doesn't have the same fate? >> one of the things that would be provided by this resolution assuming it is adopted is the dprk sanctions committee would have an enhanced mandate to focus on compliance investigations and outreach and also a panel of experts would

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transfers to or launches by china, no satellite or related component shall be removed from the united nations munitions list? mr. berman: would the gentleman yield? mr. rohrabacher: i yield. mr. berman: i appreciate it. the answer is that i certainly do agree. in the case of china under our legislation all satellites and related components must remain on the united states munitions list. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i thank you and the ranking member. this is a vitally important clarification for our aerospace industry which is -- and at the same time while opening up better trade and technology with friendly countries, it ensures that we do not send technology to the chinese. i yield. mr. berman: the gentleman's remarks are worth elaborating on. the whole notion of a domestic commercial satellite industry is very much at stake if we can't in appropriate situations export and arrange for those kinds of transfers. i think it is part of what the gentleman pointed out that is why both the satellite industries association and the aerospace industries association support thi

what that means is international organizations, like the united nations, which is filled with corrupt, corrupt governments and representatives from corrupt governments, filled from representatives who are gangsters who murder their own people. we should not be transferring power globally. that's the worst possible scenario. but this, too, like the manmade global warming theory is their dream, the dream of a planet being planned out by been off lent people as if people are naturally more competent and more benevolent. what can we expect? as this moves along, this is the first major step, this bill that will be coming up this week, the cap and trade bill, based on fraudulent science, this will be the first step towards what? towards centralizing money and power in the federal government. the next step is centralizing that power globally, all in the name of stopping this horrible threat that's hanging over our heads, manmade global warming. they don't use that anymore again. remember, every time the word climate change is used is an admission that the people who advocated manmade global

it but exercising the capability shifting over to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and united nations peacekeeping operations. so it started out fairly aggressive and ended up not just peacemaking but peacekeeping all under the umbrella of exercise cobra gold. we're in our 35th year never had participation been more vigorous and more spirited. so that's the readiness piece. it is essential for us to be able to field forces that can move out and exercise across the full spectrum in a military operational capabilities that you would expect. the third, is the presence. junior officers in our headquarters say it this way. virtual presence equals absolute absence. we're all used to the wonders of video teleconferences and multiple secure telephone calls and all that. you got to get out there. you got to get out there real boot dirt. you got to get honest to goodness grime underneath your fingernails and work with the folks in this very large area of responsibility so that they can develop an intense understanding of what we the united states of america offer. 36 countries in our air respon

in 2007, a joint report by the united nations office of drug and crime and the world bank linked some of the rising crime rates in caribbean nations to an increase in drug shipment. in the previous congress i introduced h.res. 1504, which calls for increased cooperation between the united states and caribbean officials to combat this problem. last week i stood proudly on this floor to express my support for provisions which were in h.r. 2410, the foreign relations authorization act of 2009, which added the caribbean community or caricom to the ma ridia initiative. i also want to commend the honorable barbara lee for her work in establishing the cheryly chisholm education alex change program authorized within the bill -- educational exchange program authorized within the bill. madam speaker, it is with great pride think a stand here a descendent of caribbean immigrants, able to stand in the house of representatives, second generation representing a constituency that is the dispora of the caribbean region and i'm proud here that we here in the u.s. capitol take this time to commemorate

now, at this point the issue is going to be turned back to the united nations. the head of the american delegation to the united nations was a man named warren g. austin. and warren g. austin was -- gave a few speeches, i'll concentrate on the most famous one in march. frita kearsewiggen was studying and talking to the all the delegates tu-u.n. warned truman that she thought the u.n. delegation in conjunction with the state department was planning to double-cross truman and that she had spoken to secretary of state robert lovett and that he was telling the press that state was beginning to take steps to revise partition and she warned truman in a couple of telegrams, they're really trying to double-cross you. austin prepared this speech in march. this is a speech that he is going to say among other things that trusteeship might be a possibility if and when it proves necessary. now, truman was given a draft of this statement and this is an issue of contention. what happened? austin said he gave truman a draft of what he was going to say. and that he had approved

witnessing the united nations security council resolution. as far as shipment of proscribed cargo, i can't comment on operational matters like that or intelligence matters. our president has said he is satisfied that the pacific command, the military of the united states is well-prepared to execute whatever direction he give us. and you can read whatever or not you choose to read into that but that's where i'll have to leave it. as far as the launch from north korea, the recent launch following by a couple of years in july of 2006 launch, secretary of defense just said a couple of weeks ago -- i think he said it very well we're prepared to protect americans and american property and american citizens and american territories. we don't want to tip our hand too much. we want to indicate specific areas of readiness or operational patterns but we're prepared to execute whatever direction the president and secretary give us with regard is to taopedong as well. yes, sir. thomas, how are you? good. >> it's tom chancre for the "new york times." i wan

time and time again check the united nations website. it's 140-4. who stands with america? israel, marshall islands and micronesia. those are the four countries who gets it? they are the caring compassionate altruistic ones and everybody else is a conspiracy against our freedoms when it comes to child labor, global warming, land mines, militarizing space, maintaining embargoes on places like cuba, third world debt relief, water issues so it's complicated. but we are -- whenever i write that america might be an empire, it gets a lot of upset, you know, that's very, very sensitive stuff. and i don't even say we're an empire. i say 96% of humanity is inclined to look at us like an empire because they think we act like an empire given what i just explained to you and there's never been an empire in the history of this planet that didn't have angry people on its fringes nipping at it. and any of those people that have other values than ours knows there's only two things you can do if you're going to fight the united states. you can die or you can be a terrorist. you see, there's

the actual boundaries of what became the state of israel were set by the united nations in 1947 when formally established in 1948, the attacks on the state of israel began immediately by the neighboring arab states. arafaf formed the palestinian liberation organization or the p.l.o. in 1964. he formed a state within a state and the palestinian homeland of jordan. arafat stated that jordan was palestine. not until the 1967 war that the arab nations backed the p.l.o. for the purpose of taking back land that israel had won in that defensive war of 1967. in 1967, arab forces massed against israel surrounding the tiny nation. the egyptian president sicked them out which acted as a buffer. the world watched hundreds of thousands of troops tried to quote, drive israel into the sea. the unexpected brilliance of the israeli military stopped the aggression in all directions and israel was secure for a moment. as a result of that war for survival, israel fairly won land, the sinai, west bank and gaza. everywhere else in the world, territory in self defense was returned in the context of a negot

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we have done that over the years to the united nations and would like to see the continued. you have made important steps here in united states and through financial market regulation. you can see where these regulations me -- meet. we are very grateful that we are able with the united states, we now have to emerge and -- from the economies. this morning when i was in congress, i sensed this is a sea change. this points to the fact that the united states -- it should be not underestimated to come to a good, sustainable results during the conference. i have been in many debates in my country and european union. i know what is at stake. it is tricky when you try to come to certain common grounds. i wish you every success. i think it is so important to say we want success in, and we want to talk to emerging economies thank you for the graciousness that was offered to me. >> we have time for some questions. >> we apologize for installing yourself in iranian affairs? >> how many questions are you getting in here? first of all, what i said originally was that given the structure o

it is just because their turn to get their intention -- the united nations is in the united states. -- they're trying to get their attention. they do not realizrecognize ahmadinejad's government as iranian government. when the time comes for him to come to speak to the american people we hope that americans do not give him a visa. he is the one who claims to have democracy and freedom of speech. i want americans to know that iranians are just looking at the united states and try to get their voice out

balkans region or double i, acts obstructing implementation of the date and accords in bosnia or united nations security council resolution 1244 of june 101999 in kosovo that led to the declaration of a national emergency on june 26, twin, and executive order 13219 and to amendment of that order in executive order 13304 of may 28, 2009, has not been resolved. the acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity outlined in executive order 13219 as amended are hostile to the u.s. interest and pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary let to the national security and foreign policy of the united states. for these reasons i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to the western balkans and maintain in force the sackses to respond to this threat. signed, barack obama, the white house, june 22, 2009. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 , the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yea

>> it is a discussion within the united nations. a big discussion. for me there is no reason to make a difference between it states and people. .. >> how do you feel about these development in iran? stack i have been several times in iran. i have had opportunity to talk about this book in the iran in the diplomatic excluding of iran. i had the opportunity to attack the government, to attack ahmadinejad. it was not very easy, but i was allowed to do so. and i had discussions with grand ayatollah, he is the biggest religious figure. and with the biggest one i said that ahmadinejad has damaged the image of islam as much as bin laden. and this grand ayatollah stop the discussion. he said to finish, i will talk to you anymore. he felt it was too hard. and it was hard, and i think ahmadinejad is an extremist. he is an extremist. he is a propagator. he doesn't represent this wonderful country with these wonderful people. wonderful people. we have an image of the muslim world that is so wrong. these people are so different from what we believe. we say they a