the foreign on western hemisphere and on the middle east and south asia. we are joined today by the chairman of the subcommittee, chairman mack of florida. i'd also like to welcome the ranking member tierney, raking member ackermann for the ranking member angle today. i thank you all for being here today. we are examining the administration's policy for national security threats abroad through the use of sanctions. since the 9/11 attacks americans have invested over trillions of dollars fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. since 2001, americans have died in operations during freedom and iraqi freedom. another 44,266 have been injured. these numbers have risen dramatically since the current president took office in 2009. 33,000 troops in afghanistan by the fall of 2012. this will leave hawksley 67,000 troops behind to watch is twice as many when the president obama entered office. because of this great thing to do based on facts, not because it's the convenient. while the combat terrorism and middle east, middle east, we must not neglect that we face

companies like hanes levis and for now keep in mind haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere that houses the fourth largest u.s. embassy in the world earlier today i got it became eyes out of there with the weekly newspaper hey the protégé i first asked him to give us more details on both of these stories including exactly how big of a role the u.s. government and u.s. corporations played when it came to putting on the pressure. really which is some way old they were of oil companies distributing oil with the truth there were americans in those two were the principal opponents of the trick really big deal because it was a local issue company or was done right down with the program and it was a french company that didn't give too much trouble but there was a sort of bid of. resistance from chevron texaco exxon mobil. both of which give their own lives to find ways to appeal to the u.s. government embassy played the role really. sort of were not the it's a silicate they were the ones who were sort of going pressure fishing government officials set up meetings through that sort

venezuela is iran's closest political ally in the western hemisphere, as we have heard morning. president chavez continues to bond with iran as a strategic ally. the highly-publicized bond has led to declarations about broad economic, military and political cooperation although the ec tent of actual -- extent of actual cooperation is not clear. under the comprehensive iran sanctions and divestment act, the agency is primarily responsible for energy, shipping, transportation sectors and telecommunications technology, non-proliferation and human rights issues. the department of treasury has primary responsibility for implementing the financial sanctions contained in the bill. i know my colleague, adam szubin, will discuss treasury's role in detail. let me just add that we -- not only at state do we work extensively and collaboratively with treasury, we do the same with many other agencies in the government. on may 24th the secretary of state imposed sanctions on venezuela along with six other companies for their activities in support of iran's energy sector. we sanctioned the comp

official, all the different law enforcement agencies and firefighters from across the entire western hemisphere, really. we have canada that showed up here and england. so, very somber feeling here, heavy hearts, obviously. this is something that has not happened for decades. we lost some firefighters back in, i believe, 194 in a hotel fire. but to lose two was, you know shall obviously a double blow to this organization and peopledefinitely shaken up. a lot of tears that have i have seen over the week. perform friends from the fire department as well as people you just meet on the streets. >> we want to let people know that they are looking at the screen right now and you can see two of our live cameras, one showing the street where, obviously, so people are standing alongside firefighters. on the smaller rock from the screen, we are able to show you from our chopper view the two firetrucks waiting to head in there. one is carrying 48-year-old vincent perez and the other, 53- year-old anthony valerio as they make their way towards st. mary's cat cathedral. mayor gavin newsom is one of those wh

it was very very dangerous to live in france was a valley a ruled the poorest country in the western hemisphere from one nine hundred fifty seven to nine hundred seventy one he fostered an atmosphere of fear and repression on the island moreover. invented a scheme has enabled his family to amass a fabulous fortune over the course of nearly two decades devalue a senior masterminded the so-called presidential foundation haitian businesswoman with cutie brown to contribute to it according to the area's estimates the foundation grew by three million dollars each year after the death of friends who are duvalier popularly known as papa doc his son john claude duvalier took his place baby doc pursued his father's policies in all spheres including the financial one. their money we're talking about now in switzerland is the money belonging to sunday's an initiative. which was opened by the by the mother of baby doc and the wife of. and these familiar foundation. bones the money of the family and the foundation simply a bank account in switzerland that's it's a was a bank transfer laundering money under

cleared in israel a terrorist state on the other hand the foreign relations committee for the western hemisphere led by one republican republican representative call colleen mack is also asking for money as well to be clear a terrorist state mr what does that mean that declaring a terrorist state in what way then what we see the u.s. taking action on this where it tried to manipulate a great change there in venezuela. well i believe and i'm seeking from latin america from argentina to be exact that what we are seeing the generalized rejean change promoted by the united states britain france and even israel behind the scenes in north africa and then dilute leads as it is as a whole will now be coming very likely to latin america so i would not be surprised to see a wave of us promoted regime change in the earliest countries in latin america from their point of view the logical country to start to begin to swell up and further afield ecuador. and even argentina might be also be marking your mark for this because apparently the global power elite operating from the united states and from britain is

venezuela is iran's closest political ally in the western hemisphere, as we have heard morning. president chavez continues to bond with iran as a strategic ally. the highly-publicized bond has led to declarations about broad economic, military and political cooperation although the ec tent of actual -- extent of actual cooperation is not clear. under the comprehensive iran sanctions and divestment act, the agency is primarily responsible for energy, shipping, transportation sectors and telecommunications technology, non-proliferation and human rights issues. the department of treasury has primary responsibility for implementing the financial sanctions contained in the bill. i know my colleague, adam szubin, will discuss treasury's role in detail. let me just add that we -- not only at state do we work extensively and collaboratively with treasury, we do the same with many other agencies in the government. on may 24th the secretary of state imposed sanctions on venezuela along with six other companies for their activities in support of iran's energy sector. we sanctioned the comp

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he visited the oldest running governor's mansion in the western hemisphere. he met with leaders for both parties and he also attended a fund-raiser, a very important trip. not only because he's visiting the country. a lot of controversy over his visit. but also because he'll be going back with funds for the dnc. >> juan carlos lopez in san juan, thank you so much. >>> keeping our eyes on that fire in arizona. folks, it has now been upgraded. not in a great way. it's now the largest wildfire in that state's history. it's spreading to new mexico. jacqui jeras has the latest coming up. (screams) when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. twenty-five thousand mornings, give or take, is all we humans get. we spend them on treadmills. we spend them in traffic. and if we get lucky, really lucky, it dawns on us to go spend the

who can join us taking on global challenges and building stronger economic ties across the western hemisphere is therefore both a strategic and economic priority for us. of course we're also looking to our closest allies to shore up the current rules-based economic system just as we work together to promote global stability and security. europe represents more than a quarter of the world economy. japan is a vital trading partner and a global economic force. and we're looking to redouble our efforts to lower economic barriers between us and to stand together behind our shared economic values. finally i point out that the economic package the president announced in his speech on the middle east is a good example of deploying economic tools to help advance political and strategic as well as economic ends. the fifth major area is changing the way we do business so that we can effectively, excuse me, so that we can operate more effectively in the 21st century landscape. none of what i'm talking about today is possible without upgrading our capabilities. from the start secretary clinton has talked

well, i will defer in a moment to my colleagues from the regional bureau, from western hemispheric affairsh colombia is important. colombia would be very, very sharply affected by such a designation. since colombia is at this time making significant progress in dealing with venezuela and in curtailing those activities that we find objectionable, it would seem to counterproductive to do that at this time. additionally, there are such second and third order effects as catching the business dealings of lots of closely-allied cups up in the state sponsorship net, if you will, that if other countries that were doing business with venezuela suddenly found themselves to be in danger of being sanctioned, that would be problematic. i believe mr. delare has spoken to the issue of our energy concerns in this regard, so there's a whole array of different interests that need to be taken into effect, and i think mr. whitaker may have more to add on that. >> if i could just add on with a coup of points here. u.s. policy in venezuela as a number of folks want u.s. national security and counternarcotics an

vast cloud of ash miles high is disrupting air travel across the southern hemisphere from buenos aires arming to purse in westernralia. >>> scientists giant flares like this one will be less common in coming years. the sun is headed into an extended hibernation period with fewer flares and sun spots. hibernating or not the sun is still a giant radiation pump sending out ultrajai let rays that cause sunburn and skin cancer. now the fda is out with new guidelines for sunscreen and protection. two things to look for the number 15 and the words "broad spectrum." terrell brown has more. >> reporter: with all the different sunscreen labels and claims, james flamendorf is relieved help is on the way. >> it can be confusing with the different brands out there and they come out with new varieties. >> reporter: the fda is requiring manufacturers to test for both types of ultraviolet rays, uva rays which can link to cancers and uvb which can cause sunburn. >> you need broad spectrum uva and uvb protection that protects against aging and skin cancer. >> reporter: sunscreen has an spf under 15 has to carry a warning label "t

this honor identifies sites in the western hemisphere with significant biodiversity and ecosystems withrare or endangered species. generations of block islanders preserved what the narrangansett india tribe called god's little island. as we celebrate the 350th anniversary of block island settlement, it is fitting we recognize block islanders for their effort to preserve one of our country's most treasured places. and i would yield the floor to my colleague. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the other senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, thank you. i rise today to join my distinguished senior senator, senator reed, in commemorating the 350th anniversary of block island, and i thank him for his leadership in organizing this moment of recognition. every rhode islander can recall their first trip out to block island. for most it starts with a drive down to gallo lane where countless visitors boarded the block island ferries, the carol jean, block island and the anna sea. the ride from galilee lasts about an hour wind out at the point judith harbor of