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the existing international organizations, there has been many discussions on the reforming united nations system, but still united nations is functioning like before, the last indication was veto, in the -- as if cold war was continuing. so, we have to make first, we have to see big picture. we are facing a huge global economy crisis and a policy crisis around turkey but you have to understand where we are coming from. since there was no adjustment of international system and no new set of norms and no set of reformation of the international organizations, i can tell you that there were three big earthquakes in the last 20 years. earthquake is a good analogy for turks, and maybe for americans who came from los angeles, maybe, i don't know, it was not good for others in washington, last year, so you can at least understand the psychology of earthquake. earthquake means the existing system is shifting. when i say political earthquake or international earthquake, it means the international system is changing and the main attitudes of the actors are changing. during cold war, we could predict all th
the existing international organizations, there has been many discussions on the reforming united nations system, but still united nations is functioning like before, the last indication was veto, in the -- as if cold war was continuing. so, we have to make first, we have to see big picture. we are facing a huge global economy crisis and a policy crisis around turkey but you have to understand where we are coming from. since there was no adjustment of international system and no new set of...
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there have been many discussions on the reforming united nations system, but still united nations is functioning like before. the best indication was veto in security council as if cold war was continuing. so we have to see big picture. today we are facing a huge crisis, global economic crisis, and a political crisis around turkey, but you have to understand from where we are coming. since there was no re-adjustment of international system, since there was no new set of norms, sense there was no reformation of the existing international organizations, i can tell you there were three big earthquakes in the last 20 years. earthquake for turks, maybe for americans who came -- from los angeles. maybe i don't know it was not good for washington until last year. last year -- so you can at least understand the psychology of earthquakes. earthquake means the existing statistical is shifting. when i say political earthquake or international earthquake, it means international system is changing and the main attitudes of the actors are changing. but in cold war we could predict all the assumpti
there have been many discussions on the reforming united nations system, but still united nations is functioning like before. the best indication was veto in security council as if cold war was continuing. so we have to see big picture. today we are facing a huge crisis, global economic crisis, and a political crisis around turkey, but you have to understand from where we are coming. since there was no re-adjustment of international system, since there was no new set of norms, sense there was...
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there has been many discussions on reforming the united nations system, but still the united nations is functioning like before. the last indication was the veto and u.n. secretary council as if cold war was continuing. so we have to make -- first it to see the big picture. today we are facing a huge economic crisis, global economic crisis and political crisis in turkey. but we have to understand from where we are coming. since there is nobody adjustment of international system, since there is no new set of norms, since there is no information of existing international organized nation, i can tell you that there were big earthquakes in the last 20 years. earthquake is a good analogy for turks, maybe for americans who came from los angeles. maybe i don't know -- it was not a good analogy for washing until last year. so you can at least understand the psychology of earthquake. earthquake means the existing natural status quo is shifting. when i say political earthquake or international earthquake, it means the international system machine chain and the name added to idea cursor changin
there has been many discussions on reforming the united nations system, but still the united nations is functioning like before. the last indication was the veto and u.n. secretary council as if cold war was continuing. so we have to make -- first it to see the big picture. today we are facing a huge economic crisis, global economic crisis and political crisis in turkey. but we have to understand from where we are coming. since there is nobody adjustment of international system, since there is...
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president of honduras as ben's the officials in charge of the national prison system after a huge fire kills three and 50 inmates. >> the united states downplays the significance of what iran says of a two major advances in its nuclear program. drones are widely known for their use in remote and dangerous military operations in pakistan and afghanistan. there is a thriving business in the development of the aircraft known as unmanned aerial vehicles or uav's. the u.s., israel, and china had invested heavily in the market. we went to take a look at some of those on sale this year at asia's largest air show in singapore. >> could this be the future of surveillance and intelligence gathering systems? the drone was developed by northrop grumman. it is used by the u.s. military. it is being deployed to hot spots and disaster zones. this photograph was taken in 2003 after the fall of saddam hussein. it was shot from 60,000 feet. it shows looters outside the presidential palace. this one shows the devastation at the presidential palace in haiti. images like this help the u.s. emergency crews decide where to deploy aircraft and vehicl
president of honduras as ben's the officials in charge of the national prison system after a huge fire kills three and 50 inmates. >> the united states downplays the significance of what iran says of a two major advances in its nuclear program. drones are widely known for their use in remote and dangerous military operations in pakistan and afghanistan. there is a thriving business in the development of the aircraft known as unmanned aerial vehicles or uav's. the u.s., israel, and china...
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network critical to national security because their disruption will cause a huge love the life or a systemic economic disruption or will damage national security capabilities of the united states. the concept of letting the narcotic drive security is really important, because that's one of the ongoing conversations we had with the business community. i think that, you know, for a lot people involved with the bill, where the market is able to drive security and drive innovation, that's what we want to see, and that's absolutely right. i don't know anybody wants to legislate to get in the way of that. there are areas within the critical infrastructure sectors we're looking at where the market is unable to drive security and innovation. here i wanted to pick up a little bit on what secretary chernoff has said, because i think there's a few reasons for that that are important to understand. one is when you're looking at private sector innovation towards security, when there's competition in place, there's a real incentive to ennotice vat towards security. for me when i go home and make a decision where to get my internet service, i don't have to use comcast. i can use veriz
network critical to national security because their disruption will cause a huge love the life or a systemic economic disruption or will damage national security capabilities of the united states. the concept of letting the narcotic drive security is really important, because that's one of the ongoing conversations we had with the business community. i think that, you know, for a lot people involved with the bill, where the market is able to drive security and drive innovation, that's what we...
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system. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively relies not through hostility to russia a true cooperation with it. i think russia and the united states can we just settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system with. this plan reset is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations. broncs decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and must go didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we want to defend the whole europe not just some european countries with one or european allies and friends to join on missile defense strategy. in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic in
system. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively relies not through hostility to russia a true cooperation with it. i think russia and the united states can we just settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system with. this plan reset is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations. broncs decided to deploy a missile...
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after second world war we had united nations. and a systemhich was very much complicated, compared to the previous experiences, economic political. at a time when i came to, i said cold war was a long, big work, great work, lasting almost half a century. but after the cold war, still there is no new set of marks reflecting the needs of the post-cold war situation but there is no congress like congress of vienna. uus.. >> since there was no new set of morals, since there was no reformation of the existing international organizations, i can tell you there were three big earthquakes in the last 20 years. earthquake is a good analogy for turks, maybe for americans who came from los angeles. maybe, i don't know, it was not good for washington until last year. [laughter] so that you can at least understand the psychology of earthquake. earthquake means the existing nature of status quo is shifting. when i say political earthquake or international earthquake, it means international system is changing, and the main attitudes of the actors are changin
after second world war we had united nations. and a systemhich was very much complicated, compared to the previous experiences, economic political. at a time when i came to, i said cold war was a long, big work, great work, lasting almost half a century. but after the cold war, still there is no new set of marks reflecting the needs of the post-cold war situation but there is no congress like congress of vienna. uus.. >> since there was no new set of morals, since there was no reformation...
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collapse there's no check on american power and so is the united states is the indispensable nation and as its social political economic systemis the only one that works. we have a right and a responsibility to impose a system on the rest of the world it's kind of like a replay of the french revolution two hundred years ago so. it's it's a and e. ology. and the expansion and that has come up i mean why in the world does the united states think it should put marines in australia i just i i don't i had interrupted here but i want to move out of the next question one area of dispute is china's trade and currency policy something many americans blame for a job losses in our country's manufacturing sector do you think that's warranted. no not really the reason that china originally paid its currency to the doll it was when it was making its transition out of a communist country and to a capitalist country and it wanted to assure the world that its currency was good as the dollar off that's the reason pegged it now the reason for the chinese trade surplus with united states is not simply the chinese currency being undervalued it's
collapse there's no check on american power and so is the united states is the indispensable nation and as its social political economic systemis the only one that works. we have a right and a responsibility to impose a system on the rest of the world it's kind of like a replay of the french revolution two hundred years ago so. it's it's a and e. ology. and the expansion and that has come up i mean why in the world does the united states think it should put marines in australia i just i i don't...
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united states. the study said the nation's voter registration system is low tech and filled with errors. in addition to current registrations for those who are dead they said three million voters registered in more than one state and 12 million have incorrect addresses. in addition 51 million eligible to vote are not registered at all. >> a new law could require all cruise liners to hold an abandoned ship drill before setting sail. tonight why that may not be even enough to satisfy lawmakers. >> and a tough new smoking ban plan is again rating heat. what opponents plan to do to try to fight it. bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest phones. verizon wireless and xfinity. tv, home phone, internet and wireless together. no the board of supervisors took up a proposal to clear a path for the city's central subway projectt. calls for extending underground train service from south market to china town but a building
united states. the study said the nation's voter registration system is low tech and filled with errors. in addition to current registrations for those who are dead they said three million voters registered in more than one state and 12 million have incorrect addresses. in addition 51 million eligible to vote are not registered at all. >> a new law could require all cruise liners to hold an abandoned ship drill before setting sail. tonight why that may not be even enough to satisfy...
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nations including the largest economies in the world are fighting the e.u. unilateral move to charge airlines for carbon emissions the international air transport association which unites all major passenger and cargo allied says the system is unfair as it should be imposed globally not region the airline industry
nations including the largest economies in the world are fighting the e.u. unilateral move to charge airlines for carbon emissions the international air transport association which unites all major passenger and cargo allied says the system is unfair as it should be imposed globally not region the airline industry
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we are moving as a nation much more toward refined electronic medical system in the united states congress and the affordable care act is helping with that and we appreciate that. but our committee did delineate just as you suspected that even though we have a lot of data, a lot of demographic data that is already in hand, there is much more that we need. and it's one of the recommendations that we made to the secretary of hhs and the related agencies to really facilitate a better collection of information that could help guide much more deeply the impact of pain on individuals. the metrics that we have are important but relatively limited. and i agree with you that this would be enormously important going forward. >> yes? >> yes, i agree. and i think we have very, very good methodology available to us to rapidly assess both in-patient and out-patient levels of pain. and i think it can be easily implemented into electronic patient record. i think the larger problem is how is that information acted upon by the health care system. so when there is really a substantial pain, do we have well-t
we are moving as a nation much more toward refined electronic medical system in the united states congress and the affordable care act is helping with that and we appreciate that. but our committee did delineate just as you suspected that even though we have a lot of data, a lot of demographic data that is already in hand, there is much more that we need. and it's one of the recommendations that we made to the secretary of hhs and the related agencies to really facilitate a better collection of...
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president of honduras suspends officials in charge of the national prison system after a fire at a jail kills more than 350 inmates. >> the united states downplays the significance of two major advances in iran's nuclear program. now to the u.s., where two weeks ago jeremy lin was an unknown basketball player sitting on the bench of the new york knicks. now, but papers are full of his images. the post calls his performance thrilling. the new york daily news reads "lin and a prayer." taiwan has embraced him like a son. >> lin-sanity in action. jeremy lin doing what he does best. scoring crucial point in the last few seconds of the game. helping the knicks win their sixth straight match. the news channels cannot get enough of him. his parents were born in taiwan. although he was born in america, he can speak mandarin and has it taiwan to cook players. the taiwanese consider him a local son. even his relatives have become a hit. there is talk of his father's hometown making him an honorary citizen. one of only a handful of asian players who have made it to the nba. he has become an inspiration to youngsters. >> we feel very proud.
president of honduras suspends officials in charge of the national prison system after a fire at a jail kills more than 350 inmates. >> the united states downplays the significance of two major advances in iran's nuclear program. now to the u.s., where two weeks ago jeremy lin was an unknown basketball player sitting on the bench of the new york knicks. now, but papers are full of his images. the post calls his performance thrilling. the new york daily news reads "lin and a...
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despite great pressure to conform to celebrate the united states as the best system in the world the nation does not lack for critics. the last two decades have seen numerous works criticizing u.s. foreign policy, u.s. domestic policy, in particular economic policy. the court system and military and media, corporate influence over american life and so on. most of this is very astute and i have learned much from these studies but we do things in particular are lacking in my opinion and have a hard time making it into the public eye partly because americans are not trained to think in a holistic or synthetic fashion and partly because the sort of analysis i have in mind is too close to the bone. too difficult for americans to hear it and somebody would say i don't know. the first thing they lack is an integration of various factors that have done the country in. these studies done to the institutions specific as though the institution under examination existed in a kind of vacuum and could be understood apart from other institutions. the second thing i find lacking is the relationship to the
despite great pressure to conform to celebrate the united states as the best system in the world the nation does not lack for critics. the last two decades have seen numerous works criticizing u.s. foreign policy, u.s. domestic policy, in particular economic policy. the court system and military and media, corporate influence over american life and so on. most of this is very astute and i have learned much from these studies but we do things in particular are lacking in my opinion and have a...
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united nations needs to figure out how they can deploy peacekeepers in the digital borders of a nation. >> the problem with cyberspace is that traditional borders no longer exist. the commercial world can protect its interest with systemscompanies like this. the challenge for the world of business is keeping pace with cyberattacks. the sheer volume of those attacks, the fast-changing nature, and where they're coming from. >> we received a spam message just outside oxford. the message was actually sent from an infected, compromised machine just outside warsaw in poland. when you click on the web site, it ticket to a location just outside new york. -- it took you to a location discuss and york. then it redirected you to another location just a said beijing and china. it uses the vulnerability of your browser to install a banking program hostedhen you ek account details next time, it collected those in details and send it to the bad guy in brazil. >> some say we need to make it easier for companies hit by cyberattacks to own up and talk about what went wrong so others can learn. at the moment, there is a tendency to close up. >> you cannot go back into your cocoon and say we're not going to deal with the outside world bec
united nations needs to figure out how they can deploy peacekeepers in the digital borders of a nation. >> the problem with cyberspace is that traditional borders no longer exist. the commercial world can protect its interest with systemscompanies like this. the challenge for the world of business is keeping pace with cyberattacks. the sheer volume of those attacks, the fast-changing nature, and where they're coming from. >> we received a spam message just outside oxford. the...
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constituents, she writes, quote, unlike many nations elsewhere in the world the united states has nurtured a vigorous respect for higher education, under such a systemmerica higher education has flourished. but if recent trends continue, they seek to substitute their own judgments about what mission and institution should pursue and how that institution can best achieve that mission, we risk damaging the country's leading institutions. in other words, these are my words, the department's rules strike at the heart of our excellent higher education. but whether these rules are in effect or not x doesn't matter, if students can't afford to go to college. my amendment to this legislation to require pell grants be maintained at at least the current level of $1500 was not made in order. in new jersey, 213,000 students use pell grants to make college affordable. there's bipartisan agreement on mrs. fox's bill, but unfortunately, this is a partisan matter, the republicans in the house, have three -- may i request -- the republicans in the house have three times approved the budget to slash the maximum pell grant to the slowest since the 1988 it would put co
constituents, she writes, quote, unlike many nations elsewhere in the world the united states has nurtured a vigorous respect for higher education, under such a systemmerica higher education has flourished. but if recent trends continue, they seek to substitute their own judgments about what mission and institution should pursue and how that institution can best achieve that mission, we risk damaging the country's leading institutions. in other words, these are my words, the department's rules...
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of the things that separates the united states from most other advanced democracies, which elect their national legislatures at least in part through proportional systems. i think there is zero percent chance of that changing in any way and the one major effect i think that one person, that the single member districts have is it requires and puts a lot of pressure on courts to draw plans if legislatures can't. you might think and indeed in 1964 and 1966 i believe alabama was actually ran its primaries this way, if you can't draw a new plan that complies with the constitution and gets put into place in time then all of your congressional districts will be elected at-large, but because of this statute, courts don't do that. courts will enjoin an existing plan because it violates one person one vote and if the state doesn't come back with a new plan they'll draw a plan themselves for congressional districts and that's probably the major importance of that. >> section five of the voting rights act, let's talk about it while it's still around. >> oh, stop that, nate, it will be around until 2027. [ laughter ] then it will be renewed. >> i think there are fi
of the things that separates the united states from most other advanced democracies, which elect their national legislatures at least in part through proportional systems. i think there is zero percent chance of that changing in any way and the one major effect i think that one person, that the single member districts have is it requires and puts a lot of pressure on courts to draw plans if legislatures can't. you might think and indeed in 1964 and 1966 i believe alabama was actually ran its...
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of political aims, the social order and economic system as it is in the south on one side and the preservation of the national union and in tact united states on the other. as those limited war aims are being transformed all around us, as the scale and purpose of the war were undergoing the revolution to determine whether racial slavery will survive this war or become, in great part, the reason one side or the other may win or lose this struggle. no american in reality or symbolicly looms more important than the most famous fugitive slave in the world. frederick douglas. a little more on his background. he was the son of harriet bailey. in all likelihood, her white master. although we don't know for sure and he never knew. he came into the world and probably the cabin of his grandmother, betsy bailey, who had a cabin and a relatively independent economic life and more than 20 children depended upon her at the bend of the tuckahoe river in the maryland shore. betsy bailey, his grandmother, was a master fisher woman who would wade in the tuckahoe river with the nets. she was sort of queen of the neighborhood. she was the only semblance
of political aims, the social order and economic system as it is in the south on one side and the preservation of the national union and in tact united states on the other. as those limited war aims are being transformed all around us, as the scale and purpose of the war were undergoing the revolution to determine whether racial slavery will survive this war or become, in great part, the reason one side or the other may win or lose this struggle. no american in reality or symbolicly looms more...
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system between japan and other countries. like in the u.s., parents can have joint custody of a child. in 1989, our united nations convention of children's rights said it's better for both parents to look after the child. but in japanese law, custody is given to only one parent, and that's typically the mother. why? experts say the idea dates back to the 1960s when the japanese economy started to boom and the father's role was to bring in the money. mothers were the caregivers who stayed at home. and even half a century later, it's still conventional for a japanese mother to look after a child after divorce. >> all right. if japan signs a treaty, will that solve the problems? >> some people fear that it won't. one article in the draft legislation is called in concern. the hague convention states that if a child is taken from a country without one parent's permission, the other parent can demand legal help to bring the child back. but japan's draft legislation says a mother can refuse to return a child when in case of domestic violence. a japanese family law expert says most abduction cases in japan stem from viol
system between japan and other countries. like in the u.s., parents can have joint custody of a child. in 1989, our united nations convention of children's rights said it's better for both parents to look after the child. but in japanese law, custody is given to only one parent, and that's typically the mother. why? experts say the idea dates back to the 1960s when the japanese economy started to boom and the father's role was to bring in the money. mothers were the caregivers who stayed at...
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while the united states, based on these interviews, suggested that afghan national army members were incompetent, drug users, cowardly, lazy, unreliable. so i think there's system atic underlying tones here. there's some real break points between the united states and the afghan soldiers it seems to me right now. it's growing. it's a cumulative effect. >> woodruff: andrew wilder, how do you read this? how wide and deep is this feeling? >> afghan attitudes towards international is ambivalent. on the one hand incidents like the koran-burning incidents or the videos of troops urinating on dead taliban don't win afghan hearts and minds. on the other hand i don't think that translates into afghans wanting international forces to head for the exits right away. if there's one thing afghans fear more than anything else it's a return to anarchy and civil war like they had in the 1990s. i talked to one cabinet member there in kabul who said if you took a poll today and asked the majority of afghans do you want the international forces to stay, they say no. if you turn around the next day and ask them do you want them to leave, they also say no. there's an ambivalence of
while the united states, based on these interviews, suggested that afghan national army members were incompetent, drug users, cowardly, lazy, unreliable. so i think there's system atic underlying tones here. there's some real break points between the united states and the afghan soldiers it seems to me right now. it's growing. it's a cumulative effect. >> woodruff: andrew wilder, how do you read this? how wide and deep is this feeling? >> afghan attitudes towards international is...
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system between japan and other countries. like in the u.s., parents can have joint custody of a child. in 1989, a united nations convention on children's rights says that it's best for children to be looked after by both parents, even if they are separated. but in japanese law, custody is only given to one parent, and that's typically the mother. why experts say the idea dates back to 1960s when the japanese economy started to boom, the fathers rule was to bring in the money. mothers were the caregivers who stayed at home. and even half a century later, it's still conventional for a japanese mother to look after a child after divorce. one article in the draft legislation is caused concern, the convention states that if a child is taken from a country without one parent's permission, the other parent can demand legal help to bring the child back. but japan's draft legislation says a mother can refuse to return a child when in case of that domestic violence. a japanese family law expert says most abduction cases in japan stem from violence. he says the parent often has good reason for not returning the child. >>
system between japan and other countries. like in the u.s., parents can have joint custody of a child. in 1989, a united nations convention on children's rights says that it's best for children to be looked after by both parents, even if they are separated. but in japanese law, custody is only given to one parent, and that's typically the mother. why experts say the idea dates back to 1960s when the japanese economy started to boom, the fathers rule was to bring in the money. mothers were the...