we're funding forty percent on average of the united nations budget and they vote against the united states ninety two percent of the time all right gentlemen we're soldiers that are already you and i really want to get a ceremony you know it's very short break and after week after our break we'll continue our discussion of the relevance of the united nations today stay with our to. the community. just. sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched the street fight. to fly in from the colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. sergeant in the us army. tried to become an american by getting part in the. ranks and reason is different but one thing brings them together once they disobey . him. welcome back across computor look i'll remind you we're talking about the u.n. today and in the future. but before let's see what russians think about this organization the u.n. it was established in one thousand nine hundred forty five to replace the league of nations mission was set to facilitate corporation promote world peace and p

presidents of the united states think the u.n. is a very convenient tool to help execute u.s. foreign policy doesn't make the organization a necessary tool for the rest of the world as we go into the world and look into the future today i mean the u.s. the u.s. was a global superpower in one nine hundred forty five and has been one until recently it is no longer the world's sole superpower it may be so militarily but not politically or economically you've got other powers like russia like china and other regions that are saying you know what we don't like this organization you have most americans saying they don't like this organization the organization isn't working so why propecia wait something that is dysfunctional and as nathan pointed out corrupt it is basically the employment agency of corrupt officials from the third world with their mistresses and girlfriends or wives and the it serves no valued political military or economic purpose it is very easy to either restructure it entirely or come up with a new organization wher

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the stop leasing other units and the developer cannot be leasing units while he tells the tenant whois hanging around to scram. they have to stop leasing units and finally, the developer has to deliver a 60-day notice that is the rent board standard. 60 days. all existing tenants are required -- entitled to full relocation. that means up to a maximum of $13,500 per household. no difference. the developer may lease vacant to be replaced units to new tenants. until the 60-day notice to vacate decided to stay. let me be clear. if a tenant says they are ready to relocate, they leave, and other tenants say they don't want to leave, the developer has a right to release the unit to a new tenant. but this building is slated to be demolished and that tenants knows that before they enter the lease. it is fair and transparent. they are moved into a building that will eventually rejoin down. the concept is pretty basic, you have a fully informed agreements to read that unit and knowing it will be demolished. we are not proposing giving that same assistance to new tenants that come out after a fu

i will touch on a portable units right now. -- on affordable units right now. we have made efforts to create new, affordable housing, and to build it in all neighborhoods, not just concentrated in certain neighborhoods. we want to make sure all parts of the city help to achieve our goals. this project will, at a minimum, me to the existing inclusion mary housing requirements in the planning code. the project has agreed to provide 1/3 of their required units on site. projects have the option to build on site, off site, or elsewhere. they would build at least 1/3 on site. that would amount to a least 271 unit. the other options, if all of the units were on site, there would be 812 on-site, based on the proposed project. if they build 1/3 on-site, we would have over 1000 units built as a result of the project. if they paid a fee for the other 2/3, that would be a hefty payment of over $220 million that the mayor's office of housing would spend as it saw fit around the city. then, the last set of policies in the housing element of wanted to touch on, regarding hous

we're funding forty percent on average of the united nations budget and they vote against the united states ninety two percent of the time all right gentlemen we're soldiers that are already on primarily because they're going to you know it's very short break and after week after our break we'll continue our discussion on the islands of the united nations today stay with our team. and. we'll. read you the latest in something you could see some of. the future covered. it'll. be more news today. if these are the images girls world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations or the day. welcome back to peter lavelle remind you we're talking about the u.n. today and in the future. but before let's see what russians think about this organization the u.n. was established in one thousand nine hundred forty five to replace the league of nations mission was set to facilitate cooperation promote world peace and provide a platform for dialogue however recently the relevance of the un took global issues into question critics say it is unable to handle international conflicts for examp

we're funding forty percent on average of the united nations budget and they have voted against the united states ninety two percent of the time all right gentlemen we're soldiers that are already only really going to say they're going to you know there's a very short break and after week after our break we'll continue our discussion of the rolands of the united nations today stay with our team. and. this. elementary school five hundred thousand. television show video game. is now. a. staple. makes the pill easier to swallow. everybody loves. welcome back peter lavelle remind you we're talking about the u.n. today and in the future. but before let's see what russians think about this organization the u.n. was established in one thousand nine hundred forty five to replace the league of nations mission was set to facilitate cooperation promote world peace and provide a platform for dialogue however recently the relevance of the un to keep global issues has come into question critics say it is unable to handle international conflicts for example and that it fails in its primary mission the ru

has implications for the united states. it's difficult for the united states to disengage from those, those, uh, those issues. and one, one last way of thinking about the security, is that while we are at some distance and so the horn can be of a secondary level of concern, it is not secondary to allies like ethiopia, egypt, saudi arabia, kenya, who are very concerned about what happens in somalia. >> dan, you're chafing' at the bit. >> well, i, you know, i accept the validity of the humanitarian interests. but i think that was pretty much satisfied about 1992. >> oh, there's tremendous humanitarian interests... >> sure it is. that's because they keep fighting. and one of the reasons they keep fighting is because we keep helping them fight. for example, in late '06, the united states provided intelligence, air support, and arms for an ethiopian invasion of somalia. somalians hate the ethiopians, and so there we were, come rolling into somalia with, with ethiopian troops. as far as i'm concerned, our role there has exacerbat

haitians in the united states. non-governmental groups have to play an important role because the haitian government is extremely week and doesn't have a great, a great deal of capacity. but in order to get to a point where it has greater capacity to deal and resolve its problems, i think non-governmental groups can play an important role. so you have to figure out a formula, ah, for all of these actors, ah, to work togeth. >> ray, should the s. gernmt step aside d let others take the main responsibility in haiti? >> i think we have to play an active role. clearly, american tax-payer dollars are at work or involved in haiti. we have to have accountability. we have to have transparency. we have to combat corruption. ah, we cannot be, clearly, indifferent to what we're going to do. we've pledged to, ah, support with several, and i think the current supplemental is about two billion dollars. ah, that's almost the rest, that's almost equal to what we're spending in the rest of latin america. how we're going to continue

you first arrived before they were right on the eve of the visit of the chinese president to the united states and tim geithner joe a few days before through the chinese a bone as it were saying you know well maybe we'll consider our ban on selling high technology. products to china as kind of a you know a sweetener to kind of nudge the chinese along to appreciate their currency a little bit faster do you think this is the chinese will bite i mean is this just a snow job because the u.s. doesn't have a lot of leverage here. first of all clearly more and more the chinese are in the driver's seat so there can be no doubt about that actually even independent research association based in the us in new in new york maybe michael taylor to tell us something about it if you know them there's that conference board they recently came out as a projection of saying that china at the size of the chinese economy in real terms of physical production terms when you adjust the currency for the undervaluation of on the purchasing power basis then china may overtake the united states next year to become

recoveries facilitated by the united states you also have nato was mentioned and the e.u. is also a project that benefited a lot i think from from american policy and then finally there's the world trading regime which is a very important institution for knitting together disparate. societies and economies in the u.s. played a leading role in all of those except obviously for the e.u. which you. played a facilitator of but certainly certainly did. so that's one thing the second thing is that the fact that a statement is arrogant and that it. causes negative reactions around the world does not mean that it's false. mean that said in a different way unless the west's. you know assertive or aggressive way but it doesn't mean that it's false. the third thing to say is that let me jump in here a bit we ok if i can just say something about woodrow wilson i mean would your wilson said in a speech in philadelphia that there is such a thing as being too proud to fight it was not too proud to attack mexico twice and in fact he did get involved in the one but what he did do was to su

housing units. it is located at 2652 hairston between 22nd and 23rd street. it is a pipeline project. sponsor has elected to utilize planning code 1756 to seek approval under heavy commercial, the c.m. zoning district and 40 x height district. under the neighborhood's control, it is urban mixed use and is within a height and bulk district. the sponsor seeking conditional use authorization to provide a rear yard that doesn't meet 134, 14 requires that the rear yard at the lowest level have a dwelling unit. it does not provide a rear yard where two units located that provides that at the second level and above. the response err seeking conditional use authorization to for the comply with exposure for nine units. the section 140 requires dwelling to open into a rear yard. these nine units open on to the rear yard which is not code compliant, therefore, the project doesn't provide exposure for the units. the project sponsor seeking conditional use authorization to establish dwelling units within the c.m

when the united states and when the united states fights the war in afghanistan and iraq it does the same thing. it borrows money to fuel this context. there is an economic stimulus that comes from spending on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. now, it's not as direct and as great as was in the 1940s because much of it is spent in other countries and doesn't find its way back to the united states. but there is another element that is poppy more central, and that is when the united states borrows money today, instead of borrowing money for the future american generations it borrows money from foreign countries. and if you're simply barring for future generations it's a bit, we owe ourselves. yeah, one generation owes another but it gives no foreign country any particular leverage. or to put it another way, by and large the interest of the creditors in the interest of the debtors align come if they are all american. but if the creditors are the bank of japan and the bank of china and other sovereign, then it's unclear that the interests the creditors are lineditst of. when the united st

-- united states. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from alabama, mr. bonner. mr. bonner: all, or any which articles, when ratified by 3/4 of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. hanabusa. ms. hanabusa: articles in addition to, and amendment of the constitution of the united states of america, proposed by congress, and ratified by the legislatures of the several states, pursuant to the fifth article of the original constitution. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the the gentlelady from arizona, ms. giffords. ms. giffords: congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from new hampshire, mr. guinta. mr. gui

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that will be a family housing unit because of the way most sell two bedroom units. but two bedroom units are are -- often a bedroom and a office. we have a continuing problem with people saying, well, we're going to provide generous rooftop open space. we -- we're -- we're going to a place where we are assuming people are going to change the way they live to be different from the way it is. rooftop open space creates noise for the neighbors. creates privacy problems for some neighbors. and it is generally not as well used as -- as levels that are at the ground or accessible to the unit because it is gold up there. so i request that you support the staff recommendation and require the building to be pulled back to meet the code and not have all of these exceptions on dwelling unit exposure and rear yards. thank you. >> thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? >> commissioners, good afternoon. i got the -- i got something prepared but in light of the long day you had already, i'll be brief. the spur in the back is -- was owned by southern pacific tr

they didn't go ahead stephen you know the united states has been the prime united states of their primary supporter of dictatorial regimes in the middle east and elsewhere in the world for many many decades we've even overthrown democratic governments like of mohammad mosaddegh and the jury right in the shard with his brutal socks secret police we armed and trained you know that this is a no for in a democracy even during the bush era that was just window dressing their enemies of iraq was about oil and empire it didn't have anything more to do a democracy than it did about the so-called weapons of mass destruction. that the bush administration's allies fabricated you know the reality the reality. he talked bush talked about spreading democracy for damascus to tehran well i think we all agree that syria and iran could use more democracy he didn't talk about spreading democracy from riyadh to cairo and in fact under bush we increased our security assistance to oppressive regimes which. which use these security assistance to suppress civil society organizations struggling for democracy and

in the ego unit, -- eco unit, you see a monitor or a dash board installed. you can see energy being consumed throughout your unit, my kitchen, water consumption, etc. you can see where money is going and where you are consuming, and where you can conserve. this is one of the most effective ways to reduce energy consumption. other obvious things will be done will be to incorporate low- flow fixtures to minimize water consumption, as you perhaps remember. the analysis showed we can reduce water consumption by over 60% for a dwelling unit as this project moves forward as implemented. part of what gets us there is low-flow fixtures, as mentioned. this is a view of the kind of kitchen that is anticipated. energy star, low-energy appliances will be part of it. the simple incorporation of energy star refrigerators throughout the last 15 years in california has reduced and made an incredible reduction in the amount of energy used in california. this is part of the goal for parkmerced. likewise, the question has been asked about the nature of outdoor space and how it

to the united states.the historic normalization of relations between the united states and a peoples republic of china. on that day, dung ping talked about the cooperation between our two nations. [speaking in native tongue] >> looking back on that winter day in 1979, it is now clear the previous 30 years had been a time of estrangement for our two countries. the 30 years since have been a time of growing exchanges and understanding. and with this visit, we can lay the foundation for the next 30 years. [speaking in native tongue] >> at a time when some doubt the benefits of cooperation between the united states and china, this visit is also a chance to demonstrate a simple truth. we have an enormous stake in each other's success. in an interconnected world, in a global economy, nations, including our own, will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together. [speaking in native tongue] forei [speaking in native tongue] >> the united states welcome back china's rise as a strong prosperous and succe

they worry about whether the united states can control their debt. it's not just the united states. in terms of sovereign debt and places that are doing much worse than we are, and you, as the financial leader, care about that around the world. >> there's no argument there. >> rose: do you worry and do the chinese worry-- mainly, do they worry and they reflect this to you, that their economy may be too fast and that they've got to be careful about that. >> charlie, they do, and when i was there in december, bank rates were ticked up. that is the world. they've had kind of the dream run here. they've had growth and low inflation. >> rose: right. >> so they're very concerned about the inflation and what it can do to their economy. again, after having said that, i think they're very focused on it. their central baek bang is very focused on it. >> rose: you urge people to go to china. >> i do urge people to go to china. the most exciting place in which change has taken place at a velocity you have never seen before. >> charlie, that's true. but it's not just china. go to brazil. go to i

you cannot put two units on this lot. you can only put one unit on the lot. when we talk about the neighborhood compatibility, there were all kinds of comments made by the zoning administrator that this is compatible with the neighborhood. it is not compatible with the neighborhood. there are seven lots in the east of this project, all zoned rh-2. there are single-family homes. there are two in front and some else. and this is 1800 square feet in the back. this is not compatible. we take the remaining lots that are east of this project, and one happens to be my property, including one entirely in the rear of the lot. i have to make the other thing clear that all of these range in size from 3400 sq. ft. to 5400 square feet. this is the smallest lot on the block. the two properties next to this project, each one has a two- family dwellings and a cottage in the rear. the cottage adjacent to this property is 850 square feet. they are proposing to take a 975 sq. ft. noncompliant building that is in the rear and replace that with an 1800 sq. ft. building that is ne

what is regulation, and are we doing it well in the united states? for example, in 1991, we adopted a very strong bank regulation system, the fdic, uh, improvement act, uh, called fdicia in the united states. and that did not prevent us from having what was, in effect, a huge banking crisis in 2008 and 2009. uh, the, so, if, if we are supposed to be having a, a world leading regulatory system, we oughta rethink our regulatory system, so we are doing it right. my sense is, the only effective way to have a good regulatory system, is to make sure that the regulators cause financial institutions to be more transparent, uh, require more information about financial institutions to be distributed to the public and to investors. it's investors, especially creditors, who take most of the risks associated with, uh, financial institutions. and if they don't know what's happening there, the belief that the regulators are able to follow, uh, financial institutions and the risks they are taking, actually creates moral hazard. so what we wanna do, i think, is make

-- united states. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from alabama, mr. bonner. mr. bonner: all, or any which articles, when ratified by 3/4 of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. hanabusa. ms. hanabusa: articles in addition to, and amendment of the constitution of the united states of america, proposed by congress, and ratified by the legislatures of the several states, pursuant to the fifth article of the original constitution. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the the gentlelady from arizona, ms. giffords. ms. giffords: congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from new hampshire, mr. guinta. mr. gui

the cut close cooperation with the united states, between the united states and china.if our two countries worked together, most of the problems that are before us will find a creative solution. and if they don't, then there is no possibilityfor si o the her achieving success over the other. ,there wca this summit a success not because it helps out every problem but because it has shown a way by which the problems can and will be solved, and the manner in which our two esidents have worked together and the arrangements they have set up indicate a direction and an obligation to all of their sissy s twkretive. is is gat chievement, an it makes us proud to be in this room now looking back to 40 arofassocon toe nd an o tamians here, china is not a foreign country. china is a countryana thtawm hae edaneeriences and which create an imperative within us to ntuethi direction. i began by saying that the prime minister said we've done something to shake the world. this generation has different task. this generation came together in a period of controversy. this generation lived i

ping to the united states 32 years ago. these momentous events bare witness to the historical process in which the people of our two countries ended enstrangement and reviewed friendship. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> translator: china-u.s. relations have traveled an extraordinary path in the past four decades. in the beginning, leaders of our two countries would meet only once every few years. in the past two years ago, president obama and i have met eight times. bilateral trade was just over $2 billion u.s. dollars when we established the diplomatic ties. but it's exceeded $380 billion u.s. dollars last year. between 1949 and 1972, the total number of people who visited each other's countries was less than 5,000. today 3 million tourist travel between the two countries every year. not to mention the 120,000 chinese students in the united states, and over 20,000 american students in china. there was no providence state and the relationship at a start of our diplo

lastly, we added an additional bedroom to the lower unit to make the lower unit a 3-bedroom unit. "we are proposing for you today are two 3-bedroom units. our architect says we can do a three story with two-units -- with two units using three- bedrooms, but this is not possible. we've been asked to create a light well of 30 feet. we do not think that is appropriate. we have matched the light well of the neighborhood by the amount the planning code requires and the planning department asked us to do. we do not block any windows with our building that are light ports. despite these concessions, we have not been able to reach agreement with the neighbors. one reason is because anne never even made herself available to speak with us and address her concerns. in addition, i spoke with one of the neighbors that lives across the street on lloyd street. he thinks the design is much improved but believes we have not reached agreement because some of the neighbors would prefer that nothing be built. lastly, i would point out that after each of the three meetings we had this since the octobe

but first a look at today's top stories egypt's opposition unites under a new figure out after six days of bloody anti-government rallies the extreme from the international atomic wants more on that el baradei is being viewed as the man who could president mubarak. ukraine's prime minister demands to know the whereabouts of kiev's missing mayor the need to know that scheme known for his eccentricity hasn't been seen in public for six months but it's sad to still be running the capital. and a danish court has acquitted of free speech activist who is on trial over critical remarks he made about islam was how to guard slammed domestic violence with him and . peter the valen his gas debate how effective it is to export or limit democracy to achieve one country's geo political interests crosstalk. if you can. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle is outside democracy promotion an oxymoron what is america's track record in the arab world and is invoking security interest over democracy the greatest haven for tyrants. to discuss democracy promotion i'm joined by teddy in paris

kaplan, commander of the united states navy. one thing i couldn't help but notice is the five members of the security counsel happen to the the five countries in the world that have ballistic missile submarines, and i also noticed as the indians put their finishing touches on one of their own that president obama today gave a formal endorsement of their perhaps membership of the security counsel and rated or not, what are the thoughts on those developments? >> yes, well the security counsel represents the balance of power at the end of world war ii. it doesn't represent the balance of power today. president obama has said that the united states is in favor of india joining the security counsel. you know, that's going to raise issues with the chinese with, you know, should brazil be a member, south africa be a member? clearly, this is an issue with a lot of complications. ballistic missiles are you, you know, are now spreading to an extent. i mean, ballistic missiles and submarines are spreading to an extent where there was a gre

states and its allies and then the united states has been a huge impediment to democracy in the arab world since its inception since independence so what is its track record. its track record is very negative as many serious american historians admit to themselves throughout the cold war period when the big enemy was communism the united states not just in the middle east but also in south america who is prepared to tolerate tyrants to date. butchers of their people because it's there in cross with the end of the cold war. humanitarianism became one of the ideological pillars except in those countries where it wasn't convenient so we've seen in the middle east in particular. the dictatorship in egypt which appears to be collapsing as we speak which has been there for the last twenty five to thirty years we have seen regimes over twenty years long in the matter of be in countries to morocco algeria we've seen the toleration of a completely authoritarian brutal monarchy in saudi arabia jordan itself has been reduced to the status of an israeli american protectorate and iraq has been oc

it is an attack against the united states and a knack of war in some respects against the united statesle complex dangerous problems. it was a military solution, it wasn't a diplomatic approach, it was let the police and the courts sort it out, and that is the model followed for many years. so in 1996, when the town were was attacked it was attacked by a group of saudi hezbollah members, and the was discovered fairly shortly after the event because host country, the kingdom of saudi arabia had detained and arrested several of the actors who said yes, we were recruited by the irg sea, we were trained and got our passports at the iranian embassy in damascus and $100,000 cash from the general in the irg sea. this took a long time to get sorted out but although it was evidence of a crime, it was also during substantial proof that the attack in june of 1996 was an attack by the government of iran against the united states of america. and not very different, the attacks against the u.s. embassy in east africa. the attack against the u.s. s. coal. we sifted through evidence, actually giving pe

and so no one is certain that the border between the united states between the united states and canada, but in the republic and the entire is fixed and permanent on the contrary most people assume that it's either going to move north or it's going to move south rather than stay put. so the people who live on either side of the border are regarded as in play in terms of their allegiance, and though war is to be open to the possibility of switching their allegiance. deep within the republic, the politics are so bitterly partisan that the republicans regard their opposition, the federalist as crypto loyalists. in 1812 a writer explained that ideology rather than nationality distinguished the north american republican from a north american loyalist and these people could be found on both sides of the border, both republicans and loyalists. quote come as much as people of the two nations resemble each other and face, it is notoriously evident that there are some in america whose souls are perfectly british. and it is believed that there are some in britain who are americans at heart. it is

most importantly united l leachs. elites argue with each other and have feisty debates but they are not so/fundamentals of foreign policy as ours are at times. that is why i say we are not entering a realm of perpetual peace. we are entering a nineteenth century european realm of strong nationalism. this does not necessarily foreshadow war or violence because europe was very land centric. this is a very maritime center area. maritime center areas tend overall to be more peaceful. less volatile. acquistion, with china becoming a great power, isn't it reasonable to assume that china would be what robert zelig when he was trade representative said china needs to be responsible stakeholder in the world system? if china is going to dominate the global system it should help protect the lines of communication, cooperate with the united states on various things. it has been a challenge getting the chinese to see it this way. from there point of view let the americans struggle in afghanistan. if they succeed that is good for u

exceptionalism yes united states is. because of its prison inmate population is quite exceptional death penalty not too many countries in the world have that exceptionally bad health care maybe that will change social inequality public education none of these things are particularly proud beacons in american society right now if you compared to other countries i go to peter on the out there i mean all the things that we used to be so proud of in the united states there are a lot of them are lagging and blocking very badly. i would agree with that. and i would say as. we say in our book that excessive exceptionalism. has two sides of the coin there are some very bad ways in which we are exceptional as well as many good ways so i would not contest that at all what i would say is that the united states is unusually. it's usually strong in its self-criticism. for all the arrogance that may be perceived abroad the united states the mescaline is a very very self-critical people and so the the the process sees the political pro

we're funding forty percent on average of the united nations budget and they vote against the united states ninety two percent of the time all right gentlemen we're soldiers that are already going to the ceremony you know it's very short break and after week after our break we'll continue our discussion on the relevance of the united nations today stay with our team. and. just. children now see how eight thousand by the end of elementary school five hundred sounds of violence by the age of eighteen. movies television shows video games. twenty four hour news channels. every day formulate a stable. shakespear those while those who say this is. think about it while it was a legitimate artistic journalistic feature but most of the violence you see is what i call happy. god came down from heaven and stopped. at the. moment in a pretty while but you were makes the pill easier to swallow. everybody loves come down. to peter lavelle remind you we're talking about the u.n. today and in the future. but before let's see what russians think about this organization the un was established in one t

people in the united states of exaggeration how different the. outside how exceptional to world history and that is the history of the united states and many many important ways has been part of large and movements. roger ideas the protestant reformation the enlightenment all kinds of political and legal ideas which came from europe but also such great historical movements as the competition between the british and french and powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries industrialisation the industrial revolution all of these things said to present the united states to somehow create it by only american events and ideas such as you know massachusetts puritanism or frederick jackson turns the front seems to me to be distorting history that's the one idea the second idea which is probably more controversial is the idea that somehow since the end of the cold war an exceptional has become more nationalistic more aggressive and more of a problem for the rest of the world if i go to you peter i mean a lot of people say american exceptionalism is

states -- between the united states and china. if our two countries work together, most of the problems that are before us will find a creative solution. if they do not, there is no possibility for one side or the other achieving a success over the other. therefore, we can call this summit a success not because it has solved every problem, but because it has shown the way by which the problems can and will be solved and the manner in which our two presidents have worked together. the arrangements they have set up indicate an obligation to all of their associates to work creatively. this is a great achievement. it makes us proud to be in this room. looking back 40 years on associations, to me and many of the americans here, china is not a foreign country. china is a country of france said think -- sitting around these tables -- a country of friends sitting around these tables. i began by saying that someone said we had done something to shake the world. this generation has a different task. this generation, we came together in a pe