the reason, for one of those references, their unwillingness to prosecute, it would have meant that al would have had to testify in open court at the trial. and of course, that would've given my aclu lawyer a chance to cross-examine with all kinds of embarrassment. so some cooler heads did prevail on that. we never lost a wink of sleep over it. even if they had prosecuted, they would have lost miserably in court, at least on appeal. >> and you're saying the cia would have said openly in court -- >> that these were authentic, yes. that these evil things were disclosed in the documents were there. >> what were some of those things? >> all sorts of things to bring down the government and to grade disruption. the usual counterrevolutionary policies that the u.s. carries out after a revolution that they don't agree with. >> journalist william worthy in interview's day 1998 that we broadcast. i was talking to him with juan gonzalez. our guest is scott armstrong who took those documents and based the series and "the washington post" on them. randy william went with william worthy on a trip a

over concerns not just about what happened prior, but also the obama administration's reluctance, unwillingness to turn over her nsa files to the german government. it does not look like we'll be seeing any development in an intelligence sharing or no spy arrangement that is something some hoped could happen but it does not look possible. the u.s. does not see a lot of value in the intelligence that germany could offer. so we may see some warmth between the leaders, but you can bet behind closed doors there are much stronger wordings. >> and with the situation in ukraine, there was once that the two leaders stood side by side when it came to russia, and this time that is not a certainty. >> they realize that it would be in president putin's best interest to see daylight between what angela merkel and president obama want. however, they have different goals. germany is have codependant on russia when it comes to oil and gas, they do $100 billion in trade. and president obama pushing for much stronger sanctions and sanctions that have not yet hit the oil and gas industry. but even though they hav

is skocongress' unwillingness t fund security. a real issue. want to make embassies safer and make chris stevens future safer. what you do is allocate the money. that's what the party has been unwilling to do. >> uh-huh. steve, just to finish out the point there you were raising on the, on the, benghazi watch dog. language here. i have worked in politics. i have covered politics. i have some what of a high threshold for the crap and the ugliness. i find this ghoulish, i find this gross. disgusting. and i -- go ahead. >> it's like being a -- you know, one of the crazy futuristic movies where you are sitting, watching an audience there, watching a kind of gladiator show. it's -- it is disgusting in the sense that you are inviting americans to come in and look ghoulishly at -- a terrible unfolding conditions. there should be a look at it. at the time that happened. when chris stevens was killed. there were any number of 40, 45 other missions around the world. in similar precarious situations. i would are gau today that many of them sit in the situ

i'm not excusing his unwillingness at this point to use some of that.just understand the challenges you have. tavis: but he's not running -- >> is not violating the law. tavis: but it is a moral issue. and he is not running for reelection. so what is there to lose? >> i understand. tavis: cuba, for the 33rd year, was just but again on the list of terrorist nations. is it time to review that policy? >> no, on the contrary. cuba was a country sending arms violation ofa in the united nations security council resolutions. the greatest violation according to the security council arms experts that has come in years of any country sending missiles and other equipment to north korea. so if they don't understand that the violation of international is not acceptable, in it dish and that in addition to a whole host of individuals who are wanted in the united states, including the killer of a new jersey state trooper, just to start the list, they deserve to be on the list and that has not changed on my perfect -- changing my perspective. tavis: they are on the leve

but given the european dependency, especially germany, on the russian economy, there has been unwillingnessrope to take the tough measures that are the only leverage that will stop president putin. >> thank you so much for joining us. in other news from around the world, the taliban have launched their summer offensive in afghanistan on the day they said they would. several locations across the country have been attacked. lwo rockets hit kabu international airport but did not cause casualties. there were attacks on the u.s. air base. seven people were killed. the south african athlete oscar pistorius has had an anxiety disorder since childhood and was anxious about violent crime, a psychiatrist told his murder trial. the doctor said his actions when he shot his girlfriend should be seen in context of his anxiety. the prosecution has asked for mr. pistorius to undergo mental observation. he denies intentionally killing reeva steenkamp. the world health organization says alcohol abuse kills more than 3 million people every year. it has called on governments to do more to reduce harmful drinki

as a result of the obama administration's unwillingness to openly work with house republicans in our ongoing effort to uncover the facts surrounding the events of the 2012 terrorist attack on the american diplomatic mission in benghazi, lib yarks the united states house of representatives is left with no option except to select -- except to establish a select committee on benghazi. as the author of this resolution, i would like to take the opportunity to provide the american people with a sequence of events that have led taos this point to explain how the newly formed select committee will operate on their behalf. immediately following the attacks on benghazi on september 11, 2012, that took the lives of four brave americans, including then-u.s. ambassador to libya jay christopher stevens, four house committees began investigations into the events prior to the attack, those that occurred during the attack, and the administration's response afterwards. i want to thank our house chairman and the committees who did what i believe was an outstanding job in supporting this effort. chairma

>> young historically, there have been an unwillingness to necessarily take these cases seriously 37here was alcohol involved or involved he said-she said. most of these predators attack six victims on a campus before they're finally curtailed in their activity. >> sometimes, not always, but some of these alleged assailants could be athletes. many schools get a lot of money and prestige from sports and the donors that follow that. is that an issue? does that get mixed in with this at all do you think? >> i think the athlete/rape situation is handled in an inappropriate way in many circumstances. there is an effort to minimize the reporting, somehow, make it go away. find some other means by which to handle the situation. oftentimes, we find out after the fact, after the season is over as most recently was found out at the university of oregon where after the season is over, they are now told that they're no longer going to be on the team. you, of course, before this, were very involved in the issue of sexual assault in the military. do you see -- what's the pair legal here? what's th

european partners he did say that there is an unwillingness for dialogue at the moment now in terms of ukraine of course the everything that we're seeing happening right now in the business community comes from the politics involved with and that is with ukraine and he did state that russia has a. if i give it over i have the figure ten billion cubic meters of gas absolutely for free this actually equals the volume supplied to homeowners and very yet to receive any payments and any risks associated with the delivery of gas should not fall on russia the transit country because it's not russia that is having the issues or its is in ukraine let's listen in. it's not only that they have the debt but that debt is growing they stop paying even though we've given them discounts question where is our money what happened to those billions of dollars in aid that we've provided. well let's talk about all their billions i'm talking about the historic four hundred billion dollars deal between russia and trying a lot of it with and this point that out as well and that really and we did say that ther

western jews crisis in ukraine has revealed the extent of western media is inability or unwillingness to report this important story the western narrative is closely mirror talking points generated from the powers that be this begs the following question is was too media merely the instrument of the rich and powerful . welcome back preparations underway in ukraine as the country ready to elect a successor for also president amid the ongoing army offensive across the country's breakaway east where local authorities have declared a state of motion the interim leadership says a poll should stabilize the volatile state arches policy it is in cuba. preparations here are in full swing for these presidential polls that will be held this coming sunday there are twenty candidates who will be standing this often initial forty three registered but more than half were rejected by the city for the lection commission millions of dollars are being spent to hold the selection the poll will take place across the country except in those regions that have made it quite clear that they will not be holdin

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counterbalanceod to the private sector's inability or his unwillingness to assume credit and countryisk? big do not think there is a portion of that normally. initially it initially froze in 2008. we saw them take on the risks at a very slow pace. there has been an uptick in these agencies around the globe. that is going away now. i expect them to be able to hire most of -- change most of these risk. we are talking about the export/import bank. up with? did you come what is the total level of exposure? where is it most concentrated? billion.but $130 it is important to recognize the way the bank works, they have the appropriation to cover the credit risk. out he gets repaid you find if it was necessary. for the past several years it has not been necessary. this may not always be the case. there is a chance it would go bad. by and large, it exposure has been quite small. they cap it at about 140 billion. it might be too high. main criticism is that it favors large politically connected corporations. on the bank's annual report for fiscal year 2013, only $5.2 27 .3 billion in total auth

it is important to remember that the unwillingness of v.a. to honestly address this illness is the reason congress created the research advisory committee in the first place. the 1997 congressional research -- congressional report that led to the legislation entitled gulf d.r veterans' illnesses, v.a.- -- i'm sorry. v.a., department of defense continues to deny toxic causes to tronic health problems, unquote. science has made great progress since then. thanks in no small measure to the work of the research advisory committee as well as to the effect of gulf war research illness program that congress created at the congressionally directed medical research program. but this progress is all at risk if v.a. is able to again mislead science. mislead science down a blind alley. directing research dollars at the wrong target. as often happens -- happened in the 1990's and 2000, it is also portant -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute and a half. mr. coffman: it's also important to ask why the v.a. has purs

when any presidential administration engages in extreme resistance and demonstrates an unwillingness to cooperate with legitimate congressional investigations, we all -- not just people on this side -- have an institutional obligation to defend our rightful constitutional prerogatives. madam president, these executive abuses matter. the obama administration has clearly and consistently overstepped its authorities and ignored its obligations under our constitution and federal law. this overreach threatens the rule of law and it undermines the governmental checks and balances necessary to secure our liberties as americans. president obama promised unprecedented transparency that would restore trust and confidence in government. but his administration's lawless actions heightened the need for more robust and effective congressional oversight. as even a liberal "washington post" columnist opined earlier this week -- quote -- "the obama white house can blame its own secrecy and obsessive control over information" for the heightened scrutiny of its questionable activities. oversight invest

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diplomatic instruments and wielding of economic instruments has been less exceptional than obama's unwillingnessto yield with prudence the military instrument. that has actually been a challenge and one of the reasons why the last year has seen american views of obama on foreign policy at record lows. >> what do you think about ukraine? what do you think the russians are going to do? and how should the u.s. and the west respond? >> i give obama an a minus on the asia trip, maybe even an "a." on ukraine, i'm not grading on a curve. this is failed policy. this is the united states saying, russia, if you don't behave the way we want, we will isolate you. no we are not. russia is not iran. the sanctions process with the europeans, we almost lost that last week. we can barely get the europeans at the table. >> why? >> because the europeans do not want to punish the russians. they want to support the cranium. they have a lot at stake economically and they cannot coordinate. >> what do they have at stake? >> if you look at transactions, for instance, gas, even real estate. in germany, you have a german

first address entitlement and address entitlements, if you don't reform them and the issue on unwillingnesst, you won't make long-term progress if you have the piece mill reforms. >> do you like my penny plan?ot it's arbitrary, it actually works. >> of course that would be great. i think that when i was saying thequestsequester, you have to look in entitlements where the book of the money -- >> i agree. i know you as a very moral person. isn't this a moral issue? and shouldn't it be defined as a moral issue that we shouldn't on principle rob our children's piggy banks. >> i don't think they should feel like our leaders should feel like they can spend and spend and spend -- >> they do and don't stop. >> i think especially people who are, you know, in our generation have to think about the fact that, you know, where is social security going to be? >> forget it. >> we're paying for it and how is that okay? that's not okay. >> they will steal it before -- >> a note of optimism, remember in 2006, 2007 when republicans were reluctant to talk, they didn't want to talk about changing medicare and d

. >> part of it is this obama administration's unwillingness to say that we are not morally equivalento countries like russia. to say that, for example, even russian speakers outside of russia, russian outside of russian, have it better under ukraine's government, more rights than under putin. but we approach the world as if we're on a moral equivalent with the bad guys. that's been reinforced unfortunately snowden. we need president or presidential candidate to come and say, we're not perfect but we do stand for freedom and democracy and we're better than people like putin. >> christian whiten, thank you for joining us on this memorial day. >> thank you. >> coast guard teams showing how they perform search and rescue missions with a demonstration right here in new york city you. can't take your eyes off the screen. and to d.c. where the national memorial day parade began just about an hour ago. but hundreds of active duty service members marching. it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain. little things, anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence. insures

so there was this unwillingness to just give her some extra time and she would have testified. so this is all about the circus and the side show. and the fact that the speaker says this is not going to be that, i think is sending sub limb lally the message will be. >> let's talk about the underlying issue. the house voted to urge the department of justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate the irs scandal and targeting of conservative groups in 2010. what kind of safeguards would you propose to prevent that targeting from happening again? >> let's first address the issue of targeting. progressive groups were targeted and conservative groups were targeted. but how were they targeted? they were targeted to determine whether or not they were spending 51% of their time on political activities and if they were, then they would not have been eligible for a 501 c4 designati designation. ironically any of these groups could have self-certified under the law and allowed to move forward with anywhere activities -- >> but congresswoman, in fact when lois lerner was asked whether

the unwillingness to spend u.s.perations ground units and conduct a real search for the girls once the u.s. military locates them is eliciting bipartisan frustration on capitol hill. >> so i want, i don't see why that once we get these girls free, i'm going to tell you, for me, i want drones, i want something. because they don't belong on this earth. >> it is a struggle for the nigerian military to cope with this threat. and that's led some to say that we should not get involved. but it tells me otherwise. it tells me that u.s. involvement is critical. >> reporter: nigerian schools closed today to protest the nigerian government's failure to launch a meaningful rescue of the schoolgirls and to protect students across the country. families are still searching the morgue for their children killed when a twin set of suicide bombings left more than 170 dead two days ago in a separate boko haram attack. jon: that is an awful organization. thank very much, jennifer griffin at the pentagon. patti ann: well, prosecutors in

wielding of diplomatic instruments and economic instruments has been less successful than obama's unwillingness to wield, with prudence, the military instrument and that has actually been a challenge, and one of the reasons why the last year has seen american views of obama on foreign policy at record lows. >> charlie: what do you think at ukraine and what do you think the russians will do and what do you think the u.s. and the west, how should they respond? >> well, i give obama an a minus on the asia trip, maybe even an a. on ukraine, i'm not grading on a curve here. this is failed policy. >> charlie: failed policy. this is failed policy. this is the united states saying, russia, if you don't behave the way you want, we're going to isolate you. no we're not. russia is not iran. we almost lost -- the sanctions process with the europeans, we almost lost that last week. we could barely get the europeans to the digita table os issue. >> charlie: why? because they don't want to punish the russians. they want to support the ukrainians. but they have a lot at stake economically and can't coordinate.

obama, andpresident right away, i was really frustrated by the intransigence on both sides, unwillingness to change the relationship of hostilities, decade-long hostility that led to my imprisonment and which has led to so much suffering on both sides, so it was my job -- i was working with a group that helped negotiate my release. it was my job to try to get the u.s. government to give some kind of positive gesture in return for my release so that my friend and husband would be released, and everything i brought up was a no starter, from everything. we had direct information from beaumont, from the iranian gestures,, that small like releasing a few iranian students who had overstayed that it could be for the release of my friends, and another guarantee would be a letter from president obama to president ahmadinejad for general platitudes saying that i hope that our relationship will improve in the future and that there will be more peace and yadda yadda, and that was a nonstarter. my government was completely unwilling to change and it startedp, because i was caught in that ,rossfire, an

the administration's unwillingness to enforce the individual mandate which lies at the very core of obamacare demonstrates not only how the bill has failed to live up to its lot ofy promises, -- lofty promised, it shows how irresponsible the president has been in failing to live up to his constitutional obligation to take care that the laws, his signature law, no less, be faithfully executed. but, madam president, the administration's lawlessness does not end with the individual mandate. once again, it only gets worse. in massive law chock full of burdensome requirements, the administration has found it necessary to ignore mandates of all shapes and sizes. take also the employment. -- employer mandate. perhaps less public attention is focused on the administration's effort to dictate coverage requirement backed by stiff penalties to every american business with more than 50 employees. but this employer mandate would have devastating effects, first by discouraging small businesses from hiring and thereby leaving millions unemployed, second by forcing employers to cut their employees' work hour

now we understand certainly the unwillingness of the ukrainian government to have participants in these roundtables who literally have love on their hands but those who represent the regions where there are issues that merit serious dialogue around constitutional reform and levels of autonomy for different regions as it relates to the center are certainly part of this effort. >> on another domestic issue does the white house support private chelsea manning's request to be transferred to a civilian prison? >> that is not a conversation i think that takes place here. i have not heard. i don't want to discuss that here. >> tensions are rising in the southeast asia region over china's construction of a drilling rig in the south china sea area something the president sought to address on his tray. is there anything in that states can do to defuse the tensions there? >> well we have made our views clear most recently and publicly the various instances during the president's trip to asia where he was asked about these tensions and addressed these matters. our review has always been that these

lerner's actions, because of her unwillingness to fully testify, and because she has refused to legally cooperate with this investigation, i urge my colleagues in the house to hold ms. lerner in contempt. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. >> i yield to the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from maryland for yielding. in response to those recent allegations, i do want to point out that our committee did look at the question of political motivation in selecting tax exemption applications. we asked the inspector general, russell george, on may 17, 2013, in a hearing before the ways and means committee, and i quote, this was the question, did you find any evidence of political motivation in the selection of tax exempt applications? he -- he responded, the inspector general who investi

obama, andpresident right away, i was really frustrated by the intransigence on both sides, unwillingnessto change the relationship of hostilities, decade-long hostility that led to my imprisonment and which has led to so much suffering on both sides, so it was my job -- i was working with a group that helped negotiate my release. it was my job to try to get the u.s. government to give some kind of positive gesture in return for my release so that my friend and husband would be released, and everything i brought up was a no starter, from everything. we had direct information from beaumont, from the iranian gestures,, that small like releasing a few iranian students who had overstayed that it could be for the release of my friends, and another guarantee would be a letter from president obama to president ahmadinejad for general platitudes saying that i hope that our relationship will improve in the future and that there will be more peace and yadda yadda, and that was a nonstarter. my government was completely unwilling to change and it startedp, because i was caught in that ,rossfire, and

as a result of the obama administration's unwillingness to openly work with house republicans in our ongoing effort to uncover the facts surrounding the events of the 2012 terrorist attack on the american diplomatic mission in benghazi, lib yarks the united states house of representatives is left with no option except to select -- except to establish a select committee on benghazi. as the author of this resolution, i would like to take the opportunity to provide the american people with a sequence of events that have led taos this point to explain how the newly formed select committee will operate on their behalf. immediately following the attacks on benghazi on september 11, 2012, that took the lives of four brave americans, including then-u.s. ambassador to libya jay christopher stevens, four house committees began investigations into the events prior to the attack, those that occurred during the attack, and the administration's response afterwards. i want to thank our house chairman and the committees who did what i believe was an outstanding job in supporting this effort. chairma

there is an unwillingness to go too far with sanctions or go too far. we don't have a trans-atlantic sort of issue, and there are a number of forces in europe mainly commercial ones that really don't care at all about the fundamental principles of the western security architecture being blown up. they just want to make more money. what they did in crimea and eastern ukraine, in fact, is an analogy to cyber war. the little green men are bognets. bognets are these criminal groups that do work for money for governments. >> proxies. >> they're proxies. they get a cut what we see again is criminal groups giving deniability like the estonian attack. one government saying we have nothing to do with that. they were in themselves -- the government was not doing it, but who is doing it? the people who send you the agrispan. it's the same mechanism. they were concentrating these messages, pinging, chosen computers. we see complete and utter deniability of criminal gangs, organized crime gangs. when you look at the people involved in eastern ukraine and also in cri

i'm concerned about reports from our agricultural producers, seed companies about china's unwillingness to approve biotech products. it's a critical market, $16 billion last year in corn, beans, but we are told that corn exports are down 85% from a year ago. and that corn shipments to beijing has caused grain companies. given the situation in china i'm wondering, i think the folks who were impacted by this would like to see this issue elevated as much as possible as much as possible. witches were utilizing existing venues such as the u.s.-china joint commission and the use of china strategic economic dialogue to raise these issues in a forceful way with the chinese government and perhaps you could talk about other steps that ustr might taking to ensure that biotechnology concerns are consistent? >> absolutely. in fact, induce them winning of the joint commission on commerce and trade that secretary pritzker and i co-chair and secretary vilsack also purchase but it's actively in. this is one of the top issues on the agenda, talk about the biotech approval process, the need for to become

countermeasures should not be projected because either a lack of understanding or unwillingness to fund them. legislation was supported for training members and allowing dhs to challenge the decision not to implement countermeasures. nasco looks forward to working to find ways to support the mission to render federal property safe and secure for federal employees, officials, and visitors and an effective and cost-effective manner. >> i will now begin the first round of questions limited to five minutes reach member. if there are additional questions we will have additional rounds as needed. you highlight in your testimony challenges with the staffing of law enforcement officers and point out 67 officers are assigned to headquarters. do you know if they are assigned to fps headquarters or other parts of dhs? >> they are assigned to fps headquarters. those individuals do not respond to law enforcement calls for service on a daily basis. in my mind, they do not meet the definition of field law enforcement staff. >> you mentioned the delegation of law enforcement authority of building outsi

bentermeasures should not projected because either a lack of understanding or unwillingness to fund them. supported fors training members and allowing dhs to challenge the decision not to implement countermeasures. workingoks forward to to find ways to support the mission to render federal property safe and secure for federal employees, officials, and visitors and an effective and cost-effective manner. the firstnow begin round of questions limited to five minutes reach member. if there are additional questions we will have additional rounds as needed. you highlight in your testimony challenges with the staffing of law enforcement officers and point out 67 officers are assigned to headquarters. do you know if they are assigned ps headquarters or other parts of dhs? >> they are assigned to fps headquarters. those individuals do not respond to law enforcement calls for service on a daily basis. in my mind, they do not meet the definition of field law enforcement staff. mentioned the delegation of law enforcement authority of building outside fps and the duplication of services at other age

one of them was it was the apparent unwillingness of air traffic control units to accept responsibilityration of an emergency. that's what we're talking about here. we are talking about an almost five hour span of when 370 disappeared to when it was activated. if you imagine a lost point of contact, it travels about 300 miles an hour, five hours, that's a 1500 mile radius and then you draw that circle. that's an area of about 6 million square miles. so the quicker the search and rescue authorities can be alerted, the faster the recovery. >> you are not surprised that it took that four hour time span between when they realized it was missing to officially launching search and rescue. >> it takes a center amount of time to realize that it was missing. remember, they slipped away over a stretch of ocean where radar coverage was spotted because they were very far from land. i don't see that as such a surprising thing. to get to your question, look, if they had done it super quick and managed to make all the calls that had to be made and cross all the t's and dot the i's before you push the

ukraine has revealed the extent of western media's inability or unwillingness to report this important story the western narrative as closely mirror talking points generated for the powers that be the following question is was media merely the instrument of the rich and powerful. where. so. my name is se and i am a south african international broadcast journalist that's how i like i like the ring to that makes me some cool i was born in south africa and i moved to london on a scholarship to go into my masters now i'm in moscow i've been here for the last three years working for russia today i thought i would last three months i don't think i'd still be here three years later zoe time you feel glamorous in this job when you're in the studio it's all about being authoritative and calm under pressure especially during breaking news and sort of just letting in the viewer to trust you you know and when you're younger. you don't have gray hair it's very hard to do that to get people to to believe that do you know what you're talking about. but we do at least i do. the trash hour now. let me

am concerned about reports from our agricultural producers and companies about china's unwillingness to improve biotech products. fors a critical market american agriculture. $60 million last year. according to the feed and grain association it is 85% from a year ago. corn shipment is being rejected . situation in china, i'm wondering, they would like to see this issue elevated as much as possible. would you support utilizing existing venues such as the u.s. china joint commission on commerce and trade to raise these issues in a forceful way with the chinese government? and perhaps even talk about other steps to ensure that biotech concerns are consistent? >> yes. absolutely. in december we had a meeting of the joint commission on commerce and trade. the top issues on the agenda. talking about biotech approval process to become regularized and more fluid. it is something that we are intending to raise at the highest levels. in china we raised with the vice pamir. -- by sperm year venues, arehese those venues that you think would be appropriate to do that? >> absolutely. the first one

the unwillingness to understand the politics that enter. i am hope to get more good news. there has been progress and i was in afghanistan and observing on election day north of kabul. there was a lot of violence on election day but what we anticipated it was more peaceful and the afghan authorities deserve credit for that. and the out pour of support aftr the election on social media was a picture of what was done. the girls handing out flew flowers to the afghan police wasn't something we would have thought of years before. i think the police issue is important and we are lucky too an incredible gifted panel of experts here with lots of experience working on this issue. both in terms of the afghanistan national police but also the local police. i want to do a pr pitch. this event is also to launch papers that we have done on the police. the most recent being the afghanistan national police in 2015 and beyond by mitchell h hueghs and happy to have her. and you look at the afghan local meeting from the people who have joined us. prior to that a year ago we published this w

you can deviate even their unwillingness to cooperate.t is not even taken into consideration. were you aware that there was a change made? he also elevated a number of points. >> congressman, i am aware of the august 2013 memo. prior to that time, prosecutors were authorized to file what is called an 851 enhancement in every drug case. if a drug dealer is arrested and he has a prior drug felony conviction, the notice is filed with the court that doubles the mandatory. that tool has been a very effective in gaining cooperation. that is one of the tools we have used. now that has been greatly modified for assistant united states attorneys, and only in certain cases are we authorized to file that. also, there was in the memo that we are not to put the drug quantities in the indictment which triggered the minimum mandatory. >> it gives criteria when you do not put them in there. you do not put them in unless these things are present. >> in effect the minimum awaytory is have been done to a large extent by that memo. >> and cooperation used to

and foremost not a technical undertaking and that has remained a fairly consistent problem, the unwillingness to understand the politics in fact to that in the planning. lots more goodet news. there has been progress. i have to say i was in afghanistan last for the election and now observing on iection day north of kabul, think seeing the role of the police in that massive security out ration to protect the elections, we know there was a lot of violence on election day. i would not describe it as a peaceful election but compared to what we anticipated, it was more peaceful and the national security forces deserve a lot of credit for that. i think the out pouring of saw wasresolve -- we quite a testimony to some of the achievements that had been done. the pictures of young girls handing out roses to the afghan national police is not something i would have predicted four or five years earlier but it was a morale booster and a confidence building measure for their national security forces. policing is hugely important and we are fortunate to have an incredibly gifted panel of experts here today

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what do you make of the unwillingness to move away from the label itself?g to do with the fact, i mean, it's almost like they're radio active. the gop establishment, gop voters decided what we need to do is figure out how it is that we're going to stay in power, be relevant and part of the conversation and more importantly have some kind of -- make 2016 in some ways in play. not that long ago the conservatives were saying that a chris christie could never, ever make it out of a gop primary, and for example compete for president. all of the sudden, bridgegate aside, his lot is certainly looking a lot better. i think there are a couple of questions, though, we need to think about going forward, craig. f that has to do with, for example, for november, is the gop establishment able to convince the tea party to fold in and support establish. candidates in order to stay gop? for the gop to stay competitive and not give up the competitive races from democrats. in general, midterm elections as you know don't tend to be characterized by people going out in droves, t

possible breakthroughs, that sort of internal flaws largely on the iranian side because of the unwillingness of the supreme guide to get behind what was going on. but now, this effort a find a resolution to the nuclear problem and get the sanctions reduced and improve the climate in the region, so iran can become more of a partner than a foe. >> thank you for being with us this morning. >> 13 are working legally on america's tobacco farms under hazard conditions. kids as young as nine are being exposed to toxic chemicals, long hours and other dangers. the group documented children across four tobacco-growing states. >> they board a school bus every morning, but it's not school they're going to. they're heading to work. thousands of children, some as young as nine will put in up to 50 hours a week on america's tobacco farms, where according to human rights watch, they are being poisoned, exposed to nicotine and toxic pesticides. >> when you spray, you can tell the chemical. it is very, very, very strong. i couldn't work at all. i couldn't even stand. >> 141 children were interviewed by human