and since i was aware that, i found it a comment on me and ville joins me in making life more comfortable to talk about it, to create an environment where they could leave their shame, if you will and guilt if you will at the door and we, people of color, can leave our blame at the door. and as he said we had movie stars, civil rights leaders, great humanitarians coming to talk about the subject. and it came out in this book that bill and i edited called "race & reconciliation in america" and so that is shorthand for a website, we call it bar we are. an acronym. it is a wonderful beautiful group of islands or mountains rather and south america so were all elevating to the where fight is to discuss issues that are often taboo. >> host: janet, i want to come back to you in just a moment and i want you to tell me something about your background, where you grew up and where you were born and where you grew up and how do you become so committed and so dedicated to the issue of race and reconciliation. bill, let me hear from you. bill, first of all, i really want to thank you for your service.

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you can drop an vill on them and they won't -- an anvil on them and they won't budge. we determined that gorbachev didn't follow through. he may have told his guys to follow through but they didn't. who knows the extent to which they reduced their tactical nukes at the end of the cold war. i see your point as that was the one piece of leverage we had big time. we didn't use it. i think they wanted an agreement to get the ball rolling on this and the fiscal material cut off and but -- it is clearly the case in my view, that anyone who tells you they are going to get the stuff that they couldn't get in this treaty or maybe didn't even try to get in this treaty, the stuff that, as peter said, the russians have insistantly refused to negotiate away. some of which, by the way, we have reason to believe is sitting off the coast of the united states right now pointing at this city among others perhaps. warheads of the size of higher oshe ma warhead that are -- hiroshima warhead were not counted. i don't think this is a sound basis for national security policymaking. peter, i

host: that is lloyd, from jones ville, virginia. john byrne, a veteran reporter from london, ithe prime minister vassalage when he was asked in a television interview that he would agree to tell a lie- televise the debates c-span will carry all three of them here and the u.s. here in the u.s.. the format is one we have become accustomed to over a few generations. next to the orange, connecticut. john, democrats line, go ahead, please. caller: i just want to make a short point. when i wake up and turn c-span on and i hear sarah palin, sarah palin, sarah palin, i hear divisiveness, divisiveness, divisiveness, and it continues to go on and on and on. i wonder if the people ever stop to think, with the tragedy that happened in new york city with 9/11, with the people intend to destroy a america, could it be that he is sitting back and watching what is perceived as a possible implosion, a division? you have an attack on our government, from the population itself. they are measuring -- they are mere riirroring the same word, t we call ter

these fest villes give young people interested -- festivals give young people interested in sailing. they've also enabled millions of spectators to experience the imagine gee of tall ships and have economic benefits in the coastal communities in which they have been held. i note that the united states coast guard cutter eagle was used to train cadets at the coast guard academy on the principles of seamanship. it's just one of the many vessels that have worked expensively with asta and participated in main sailing events. asta's work is critical in enriching the maritime heritage and ensuring that its traditions are passed onto the next generation. i urge adoption of h.res. 197 by the house today and commend the work of my good friend, congressman kennedy, on this resolution. and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from michigan. mrs. miller: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. mifrl: i rise in -- mrs. miller: i rise in strong support of this resolution. thr

. >> [inaudible] >>ville, the point is that we have got world leaders -- bill, the point is that we have got world leaders that have just announced that this is a commitment they are making your i believe they take their commitments very seriously. if what you are asking is, do we have in international one world montfort's mechanism -- and international law enforcement mechanism, we do not. we never have. all of our efforts internationally, in every treaty that we signed, we are relying on the goodwill that those -- of those who are signatories to those efforts. that is the nature of international relations. jay tepper, abc. >> the chinese foreign ministry post -- spokesperson said today, speaking of iran's nuclear program, pressure and sanctions cannot fundamentally solve a problem. i wonder if you can clarify exactly what president hu jintao has agreed to, whether you think there actually will be economic sanctions with teeth that the chinese will sign off on, and what you have told the chinese in terms of their concern about how much fuel they get from iran and what the u.s. can help