of interest that benefits just those that we represent from our state or just those that help us become u.s. senators. and all you have to do is look at campaign contributions and earmarks. and there's a stinky little secret associated with that. the correlation is close to one. that's not something this body should embrace, should tolerate or should stand for. the american people expect us to be transparent, above board, doing the best right thing for the country as a whole. the real process is, is that the appropriations committees ignore authorizing committees. $380 billion a year in discretionary funds are appropriated every year that are unauthorized. and with that rebuff to the authorizing committees, they also put in any earmarks that they want or any other member wants. esit's time that stops. it's time we reearn the trust of the american people. with that i'd yield to my colleague, the senator from arizona, senator mccain. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i want to thank senator coburn and i also would like to ex

can constitutionally first amendment guarantees free speech but he wrote sort of us david lindorff says the u.s. becoming a police state. there is a bit more aggressive attitude towards interfering with their free reign to the free press as your reporters found out down in georgia in the us we're moving slowly toward glacially maybe sometimes faster towards more of a police state where the police run kind of rampant and nobody controls them they're able to charge you or your journalists as demonstrators which is ludicrous that will intimidate you presumably from sending them to other events because you don't want to keep paying these fines and things the only way to do to deal with this is to fight them in the court i think you're going to see more and more of it the attitude that the police have is that they can do whatever they want and their first amendment is really at the air. you know what they are we have not something that we are guaranteed you're the only ones who are taking everything showing the guts to go and cover these things and now when you get confronted with it you should defend yoursel

us to become a photo. suicide levels among the u.s. press friends returning from conflict. and government negligence is playing. for a show. then marks defense ministry tends to whistle blows to establish its troops and use prisoners in iraq intelligence officers by its. influence. and well once. by police. as they fighting for its very existence. the nation the same time extinction. twenty four hour news on the air and online a welcome it seems the impact of war on u.s. troops is far greater than the american government could ever imagined.

twin dynamics-- in american attitudes toward energy use, and in the rapidly growing global demand for electricity-- the u.s. has surprisingly become a significant energy exporter. huge deposits in appalachia and the west make the united states the saudi arabia of coal. but because utilities are slowly phasing out coal-burning plants, coal use in the u.s. is likely to shrink in coming years. overseas, especially in places like china and india, demand for coal is buoyant. in the first half of this year, the u.s. exported $39.7 billion of coal, up an impressive 50% from the first half of 2009. there's another area for potential growth-- natural gas. just a few years ago, companies were building terminals along the coasts to facilitate the importation of clean-burning liquefied natural gas, or l.n.g. but thanks to huge new discoveries and drilling techniques, the u.s. now has abundant supplies of its own. in september, the department of energy approved the application of one of those import terminals in sabine pass, texas, to convert to an export facility. it turns out the u.s. still produces plenty of what the world needs. i'm daniel

to china friendly artie's lauren lister shows us how china has become the new bogeyman in u.s. politics but is that really in the u.s. interest to make this an all out battle it's on arch even children still made in china three common words quickly becoming bad words as part of smear campaigns made in the usa to be voted to give china's special trade status the chinese are being set up to be the next bogeyman and the only thing that's interfering with that is that the muslims are in effect of bogeyman for right now but that hasn't stopped china and its alleged us supporters from being the bad guys does your great holes help foreign companies create chinese jobs to make it with as seen in countless political campaign ads ahead of the two thousand and ten midterm elections with china in the u.s. china's ascent in the world is becoming the popular perceived threat from washington maybe you ought to run for senate trying to hollywood good to get it over to where they're remaking the eighty's flick red dawn. but this time around instead of soviet troops invading the west you guessed

us. oakland is set to become the first u.s. city to offer an i.d.debit card. the card will be available to undocumented immigrants and the city's poor. this card helps people without bank accounts to avoid carrying large amounts of cash or paying high fees at check-cashing outlets. connecticut's incoming attorney general is warning young people against imitating the kardasian sisters. now, it's not a moral judgment of the reality stars. attorney general richard blumenthal is worried of a prepaid master card they're promoting. they say usage fees are out of control. >> keeping up with the kardasians is virtually impossible. the value of the card is swallowed by the fees and charges imposed on young people who use it, and it is marketed actually as a money management teaching tool. >> blumenthal sent a letter to the bank distributing that car insisting that connecticut consumers be well informed of those fees. for many of us it don't seem that long ago we started using atms and debit cards. a cashless society may already be here. 7 on your side's mich

you all with all it's see it's good of you to join us today and still ahead later this hour when the judges become the judge we look at how the u.s. was accused i think u.n. of human rights violations plus. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions the siberian building is thrown straight away but if you know how to work with nature at work or if your survival you'll find that it has one thousand to one you can join our team and search for wild nature's treasures all of siberia in just a few minutes. an amendment to the law governing protest movements and rallies has been vetoed by the russian president dmitri medvedev the proposal supported by the russian government would have made the process of getting approval for a gathering even tougher maybe if defended his decisions saying that the legal adjustment would have breached human rights viktor linnik journalist and editor in chief of the slovo newspaper says that by vetoing the changes the president was just doing his job. they mad men inside the world of prohibitive nature because for instance they were a bit of a person who was under proceedings for bre

us to become the photo. says acting. as it ships russian business. to the u.s. to be tried for. striking to you at its core the euro president warns if the currency of the union will sink along with it . and the threat from islamic militants can be overcome by military force only contained britain's top soldier. twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is in the russian capital moscow has dropped to thailand's extradition of the russian businessman vic to boot to the u.s. as a legal washington is accused of using unprecedented political pressure to have him handed over america says the man nicknamed the merchant of death trafficked to dictators in conflict zones around the world he's got to change carney has the latest now from washington victor good lawyers family members and the russian embassy in thailand said they received no proper notification of this on this snap extradition claim here is what mr brooks wife said. it's hard for me to talk about but what happened was totally unexpected for both myself and victor's lawyer the thai cabinet held a clos

us while he was attending the national bishops conference. he will become one of 24 new cardinals. only two of them are from the u.s. a big story is breaking today in britain. we're just months away from a royal wedding. overnight, prince william and his longtime girlfriend in -- confirmed their engagement. we are in london with the voile reaction. >> it is official. prince william and his longtime love, kate middleton, are to be very >>. they are a lovely couple -- >> they are a lovely couple. we wish them every bit of happiness in the future. >> 30 years after the wedding of prince charles and princess diana. she was loved by the british, and the comparisons will be there. >> she is willing to put herself second to the job, in a way that diana was not willing to do. >> but kate is confident, independent, and is used to the public eye. the paparazzi has been all over it. congratulations have been pouring in. >> i am sure the whole country wants to pass along their congratulations to the happy couple. >> in this case, what is good for the royals is good for the country. >> it is similar to when diana got married, du

us. pushing the peninsula to the brink of war becomes a habit of a planned visit by a u.s. military official to a small island targeted by artillery shelling from the north which killed four the south was criticized for its slow response which forced the defense minister to resign china and russia have called for calm while the u.s. sent an aircraft carrier in response. police in rio de janeiro say they have regained control shanty town that have been taken over by a violent drug gangs five days of clashes saw at least thirty people killed most of the fatalities were suspected drug dealers although a fourteen year old girl at a sixty two year old woman also died drug traffickers have regrouped in vehicles zero after being expelled from other shanty towns in the city. the. presidential elections in haiti are going had despite the country's cholera epidemic more than fifteen hundred people have died so far with thousands more waiting treatment an estimated four and a half million people are registered for the elections on sunday but only forty percent are expected to turn out

. >> is one of those scenes that never of us -- that many of us never tire of seeing, when a group of people from another country become u.sy have all shared in the u.s. military and shared the same excitement about becoming citizens. >> well people are taking this oath to officially become a united states citizens -- 12 people are taking this up. >> i just think the country for letting me become a citizen. it is a great achievement for me and for my whole family, my kids, and my wife. >> the group was sworn in on board the uss constellation at the inner harbor this morning. all of them have already or are currently serving the united states as members of the military. >> these men and women have put their lives out for this country, and they chose to become citizens of the united states. they did not have to serve in our military, but they selected our country, and i think that is an honor for all of us. >> serving in the military puts immigrants on a faster track to citizenship. that is not the only reason many of them have chosen to serve. >> i have always loved america since i was in elementary school. i just thought i

u.s. convoy. led by their squadron commander, lieutenant colonel steve lutsky, the hunters become the hunted. the initial insurgent barrage momentarily pins down the u.s. unit on a barren mountainside. it pins use behind some cover but not much. the sergeant radios in the unit's position. one second later, a bullet misses his head. they fire a heavy barrage into a grove of small trees where the taliban is concealed. that is ended it. the soldiers returned without a casualty to combat outpost wilderness, a base that has seen more than its share of the tough end of this war. in late august, two soldiers were killed by an ied. 27 of their number have been wounded in action. most since mid-august. bravo troop's casualty rate approaches 50%, extraordinary number. what keeps you going? >> our guys. our family here. >> reporter: young soldiers turn to the elders of this war-time family, their sergeants. kind of like being a parent all over again. they look at you, they look to you for everything you do. >> reporter: so in spite of their loss, or maybe because of it, the rockesans continue to hunt for the insurgents who hurt so many of their buddies. they do it for the family. a promise from the men s

u.s. ambassador, you know, very difficult relationship between taylor and us. and so when i become premier, mr. henry cobberlodge come as new ambassador. >> what did you think of him? >> i can say, i like him. i like him very much. he's a true gentleman first, a diplomat, and i think an american officer. he's the only that understand me, see very clear what kind of a man i am and what personality and i think he's very close friend, and i really respect and like him. >> you were born in san tay in the north. >> yes. >> have you been back either to san tay or hanoi or saigon since 1975? >> no, no. >> do you ever intend to go back? >> not intention, but desire and hope, yes, someday i will be back. >> are you an american citizen? >> not yet. >> are you going to become one? >> i'm thinking yes, maybe. >> why? >> i don't know. you know, my wife and my family, my son, they always pushed me to apply for american citizenship. you are old now. you are living here for 27 years. it is about time. so maybe, yeah. i think after 27 years, you know, if my mother country is vietnam, still vietnam,

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become the judge we look at how the u.s. was accused at the u.n. human rights violations plus. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions to be involved in his throws your way but if you know how to work with make sure to work hard at your survival you'll find that it has plenty to offer join our team and. treasures site here in just a few minutes. an amendment to the law governing protest movements son rallies has been vetoed by the russian president dmitri medvedev the proposal supported by the russian parliament would have made the process of getting approval for a gathering even tougher than if defended his decision saying the legal adjustment would have breached human rights think totally nick journalist and editor in chief of the slope newspaper says by you vetoing the changes the president was simply doing his job they mad men inside the world prohibitive nature because for instance they prohibited a person resign or proceedings for breaking a law in the past from organizing new rallies number two is that it stipulated time notification of the rally should be extende

u.s. dollars in prize money and moved up to number fourteen in the world ranking us. international olympic committee movement is indeed becomingglobal russian olympic committee already has a cooperation agreements with several countries such as the united states and cuba to name just a couple remaining became the latest nation to sign a partnership agreement with moscow national olympic committee president alexander should cough and octavian money ari have pledged to uphold common international policies as well as maintaining cooperation in the areas like training processes and sports science and finally curling is a fairly new sport for russians but the country sports bosses are keen for it to dominate the next winter olympics in sochi so the national olympic committee has turned to canada for help run kozyrev has more. i. curling is traditionally popular in countries like canada switzerland sweden and denmark to name just a few and it's been that way there for hundreds of years however in russia which has had the same weather for requisites as those countries all along the sport of curling has somehow failed to reach the mas

become the judge you look at how the u.s. was accused at the u.n. human rights violations but. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions in siberia and wilderness throws your way but if you know how to work with nature to work more to your survival you'll find that it has. joined. search for truth treasures of siberia is coming up in just a few. an amendment to the law governing protest movements and rallies has been vetoed by the russian president dmitri medvedev the proposal supported by the russian parliament would have made the process of getting approval for a gathering even tougher defended his decision saying the legal adjustment would have breached human rights viktor linnik journalist editor in chief of the slovo newspaper says that by vetoing the changes the president was just doing his job. the mad men who saved the world prohibitive major because for instance they prohibited a person who was under proceedings for breaking a law in the past from organizing the rallies number two is that it stipulated notification of the royal they should be extended whereas obvi

us live from new york thanks for that report. military defense lawyer major eric montoya says boots case could become a pandora's box if the u.s. is not fair to other countries citizens how might be hard to protect their own abroad. he was approaching the point where he would have had to have been released had they not there were only two choices either release. he's free to go or the extradition and i believe that once that was identified to the president president obama he may intervene on our behalf for the united states behalf. attempted to get him extradited and that's what happened that's more of a political concern as opposed to a legal concern because there is an extradition arrangement you know he was moved under the guise of that that's not to say that it was a legitimate move but it was underneath you know the law the color of the law whether or not you know russia was informed of that or not that's a mental or a matter of political diplomacy that the state department's going to have to address the prosecution to set this case up in such a way as they can fall very hard so there is some indication that factually they

uses of this weapon. will become. children come on get on in the future. the. rubber stamping the treaty on nuclear arms cuts from dominates the talks of the u.s. and russian presidents on the sidelines of the apec summit in japan. president obama has assured president medvedev that he has communicated to the u.s. congress that the start treaty is of the top priority. for a group of at least seven people charged with illegal organ trafficking in kosovo fueling speculation of links to alleged organ pfeffer by the kosovo liberation army during the night ninety nine war. plus in a year of extreme weather across the board our reporter goes in search of what's behind it all. sifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to which tries to answer i simply there is a program. five am in moscow i match reza good to be with you here on r.t. our top story global nuclear security is coming into sharper focus on the sidelines of the apec summit in japan president dmitri medvedev and barack obama have discussed the future of the new start treaty which would see the atomic arsen

reading between the line, it becomes obvious that for all the talk of china and india, that hasn't sunk in in the u.s. selling to uso easy for so long. we had eager consumers and robust shipping systems. it made america the market of choice. not unlike children selling candy for a school fundraiser, merchants across the globe will have to learn that the rich old guy down the block is not the automatic answer to their sales problem. please, let us know what you think. send e-mails to info at usfarmreport.com or call and leave us a voice mail. coming up, upstream heros are found on an illinois farm. coming home can be hard if you're a veteran of iraq or afghanistan. you may feel like you're all alone. but you're not alone. at iava.org, your fellow vets are all around you. join our free online community. get the resources you need and connect to other vets who know where you're ng from. dairy producers continue to battle weak demand and high feed costs e15 faces a challenge from today , dare producers continue to battle demand and high feed cost. we learn about a new kind of hero on the farm. u.s. farm report brought

violence in areas bordering the us the city has become one of the world's deadliest with over six thousand killed that sense of drugs war began in two thousand and eight. u.s president barack obama is on a ten day trip to south and east asia here arrived in new delhi india on sunday the second stop on the tour has been local anger however that he fails to mention pakistan links to the moon by a terrorist attack in two thousand and eight when calling for better understanding between india and its neighbor both countries are deeply suspicious of each other but obama has said it's not the united states' responsibility to impose peace between the. after two years out of view george w. bush has come back into the public arena with his published level was looking back on his life his presidency and it was some mistakes from his past nori hoffa is the reporter called the resident went on to the streets of new york to head just how he that today. decision points george w. bush's memoir is hitting bookstores everywhere how do you remember him this week let's talk about that i remember him as will ferrell being dropped to the stage gently on the cable from a helicop

become a. bone of contention between. the u.s. . drug more than two hundred million dollars worth of. brewing. detained. to continue the. policies. the us overestimates the threat of terrorism and billions of dollars on military operations abroad that's according to anti-war activist blogger and author. who's been speaking to our team this interview. sitting down with tom engelhardt tom dispatch dot com a blog described as a regular antidote to that means to media and author of the american way of war how bush's wars became obama's sir thank you for sitting down with us today good to be here i'd like to start off by taking a look at the extent of the u.s. military presence throughout the world right now it's global i mean that's the first thing you can say the pentagon is a little hard to tell in detail the pentagon usually admits to about yearly to about eight hundred military bases or sites from macro to micro but in their count they don't include anything in a war zone and tom dispatch you know we've done some reporting for instance on the afghan war the present afghan war zone where we have upwards of four hundred bases again from t

u.s. citizen in '61. at the age of 39, he started what would become a quantum fund which he would use to attack currenciesthe globe. he later would be blamed for the financial collapses in thailand, malaysia, indonesia and japan and russia. who could forget that he was the man who broke the bank of england in 1992. shorting the british sterling betting heavily that the currency would collapse despite government assurances to the contrary. >> today has been a dif cut and tush leapt day. massive speculative flows continue to disrupt the functioning of trade. >> the money i made, on this transaction estimated at $1 billion. along with currencies, he also collapses regimes. with the open society fund. which was founded in 1979. he has helped fund the velvet revolution in the czech republican. orange revolution in the ukraine and the rose revolution in georgia. he helped to engineer coups in croatia, and slovakia. what is his target now? us. america. >> he said it himself on many occasions. he said what i have done in other countries in terms of overturning bad government, i'm going to do in this country. >> o

u.s. national holiday for. russia to become one of the top ten high tech countries by two thousand and fifty how the head of us another corporation explains. let me give an example. silicone electronics. which is produced not from silicon with all speed of all the silicon valley and that's something which is very interesting. there is the new generation of electronics which may be produced from not silicon from plastic. and that is something which of the unique possibilities and we become the best walt partner should the company place to put. this company will become a partner in building conversion a new factory which will produce the the computer made from plastic made from the same materials which of the mortal made from and the potential of the cost reduction in this sector of electronic industry is. at the start of. existence you talked about a three billion euro hundred ninety billion ruble a year industry at least you said can we now start to raise that estimate will be success is. currently we do have the final target the final keep which is the thirty billion euro production in russia. and you don't.

become a sore point with the afghan people and could worsen the insurgency. we've been reporting in the region for the last two years. she joins us from kabul. the u.s. says the troop surge has worked so why is karzai asking the u.s. to back off? >> lester, president karzai is loud and clear to both parties as well as the taliban leaders here in afghanistan and pakistan that he is ready to negotiate, but he wants the taliban to reintegrate back into the government as well as the society here in afghanistan. by using "the washington post" it's a megaphone for his message to d.c. politicians and it's a prominent enough newspaper for that message to make it bab to the tribal regions in afghanistan and pakistan. so the taliban leaders know he's serious as well. he has admitted to speaking to two level taliban commanders, one from the network that is notorious for killing both nato soldiers and afghan civilians. many of these taliban leaders including those within the network say they will not negotiate with the afghan government until nato forces leave. so he's bringing this message out. he wants the taliban to know that he's serious, because in the last

u.s. convoy. led by their commander, the hunters become the hunted. the initial insurgent barrage pins down the unit on a barren mountainside. it pins us down, too. the snipers are firing on us from a tree line just over there. we're behind some cover, but not much. a sergeant radios in the unit's position. one second later, a bullet misses his head but shreds his antenna. they fire into a grove of small trees where the taliban is concealed. that ends it. the soldiers return without a casualty, to combat outpost wilderness. a base that's seen more than its share of the tough end of this war. in late august, two soldiers were killed by an ied. 27 of their number have been wounded in action, most since mid-august. bravo troop's casualty rate approaches 50%, an extraordinary number. what keeps you going through that? >> our guys. >> our family here. >> reporter: young soldiers turn to the elders of this wartime family, their sergeants. >> kind of like being a parent all over again. they look at you, they look to you for everything you do. >> reporter: so, inspite of their loss, or maybe because of it, they continue the hunt for the insurgents who hu

lock on exports and we are going to become more and more dependent on those exports for our own at home use and in defense as well which is very critical right so the u.s. has rare earths but due to environmental concerns i believe if i know the story correctly here they kind of let their mining industry and these rare earths a lapse and they kind of just a furtive let china run with the ball now that this become mission critical to go back into a mine in the us is going to be difficult because of all these environmental laws of course that are isn't as toxic when you're mining these rare earths as let's say copper or goal yeah you know what absolutely that is one of the big hurdles here a lot of these mines were shut down for a couple reasons one was the cost of course related to any litigation would come up governmental red tape you know similar offshore drilling you know when we start to talk about offshore drilling run into all these political and environmental ramifications and red tape that's that's what has happened with the rare earths and also it's money you know it takes a lot to build the infrastructure and dig these metals out it's a commit

use clout in international politics? at the same time, u.s. and europe administration is looking at the global financial recovery. the u.s wants to fuel economic upswings with more deficit. things could still become a bit clearer. president obama has been expected to jump this -- joined the summit with the e.u. leadership later this month. >> that is our "in debt" on the new political landscape. stay with us. -- that is our "in depth." u forget it. yourself, so don't fall. u forget it. now he tells us. how far am i off the floor? about twelve inches. twelve whole inches?

become the judged. you look at how the u.s. was accused at the u.n. human. accused at the u.n. of human rights violations plus. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions the siberian wilderness throws your way but if you know how to work with nature and to work hard at your survival you'll find that it has plenty to offer during our close up team in their search for wild nature is treasures of siberia just a few minutes. first though an amendment to the law governing protest rallies has been vetoed by the russian president dmitry medvedev the proposal supported by the parliament would have made the process of getting approval for a gathering even tougher medvedev defended his decision saying that the legal adjustment would have breached human rights editor in chief of the slovo newspaper says by vetoing the changes the president was just doing his job the mad men were essentially rural british beauty of nature because. they were a bit of a person who was under proceedings for breaking a law in the past from organizing the rallies number two it stipulated notification of the rally should be extended. obvio

china and its alleged us supporters from being the bad guys does your records help foreign companies create chinese jobs to make it with in the u.s. china's ascent in the world is becoming the popular perceived threat from washington maybe you ought to run for senate trying to holywood good to get it over to go with their remaking the eighty's flick red dawn. but this time around instead of soviet troops invading the west you guessed it it's the chinese it seems for longer the us economy stagnates barely growing at all oh. and the more china celebrates the ten percent plus rise in its economic growth the more we see china vilified it's very important to see more progress by the major emerging economies with policymakers accusing the country of manipulating its currency to boost exports at the expense of the u.s. recovery and demanding they do something to change that every just look at the issue from that perspective you may think china is to blame here but if you want and china have a very dynamic interconnected relationship and when you look at what the us is doing because a lot less clear who is the bad guy but it's two to tango there are two sides to that core and t

u.s. russian relations. loomis owners welcome to the show thank you thank you thank you very much for being with us well first of all could the new start treaty become a casualty of the new political situation washington is that possible well it's certainly possible i don't think it has to happen by any stretch of the imagination certainly there are a number of senate republicans who have questions about the treaty but i think if the obama administration is prepared to work with them to answer their questions and particularly to deal with their concerns about modernizing the u.s. nuclear arsenal i think the treaty can still be ratified possibly during the so-called lame duck session that the senate and the congress has just started and if necessary after the new year in the new congress well a human should and some of the republicans that have questions about the treaty but some of them seem to have answers well for example former cia had republican james woolsey you wrote in the wall street journal recently i quote concessions to russian demands make a new start treaty and the except do you think that the the. new majority in the house of represent

us to tropicana hutto. global shift the asia pacific region becomes a center of financial power and influence with china taking over from japan as the world's second biggest economy. u.s. warplanes in exchange for a new pollutant west bank construction critics say. decades of talks. with. trafficking allegations in kosovo reignited claims hundreds of. yugoslav. to feel organized crime is rife. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is in moscow the center of economics and power is shifting quickly eastwards to asia pacific that's the view of russia's foreign minister who's been in china for a three way meeting of nations why do you see the shaking up the old order of global politics russia china and india a part of the increasingly influential bric group alongside brazil growing dominance of this block is seen by analysts is changing the world centers of power the host of today's meeting china has already overtaken ship. become the world's second largest economy. but the us. reports now on the awakening of an asian charge. from a pile of ruins right after the second world war to an economic powerhouse second only to the us all in the spa