asian traditions in york, even as a rising power is on the move. and this is not to say that indonesia is without imperfections. no country is. here we can find the ability to bridge the divide and of freedom, race, and religion. as a child of a different race who came here from a distant country, i found this spirit and the greeting i received upon moving here. as a christian visiting a mosque on this visit, i founded in the words of the leader who was asked about my visit and said, muslims are also allowed in churches. we are all god's followers. we cannot give in to doubt or citizenand cynicism or despair. it tells us unity is more powerful than division and the people of this world can live together in peace. may our two nations working together with faith pin indetermination share these truce with all mankind. [applause] thank you. >> this season and networks provide coverage of politics, a non-fiction books and history. it is all available online in social networking site. find our content anytime 3 cspan's video library. bringing our resourc

we have 10 asian-pacific islanders. .e have blue dogs tha with all of this diversity, i thought i would learn a lot about it. i could really bring discussions to that table and to take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit me if i were chair of the caucus. i am looking to looking at the leadership discussions and be able to translate to the american people what our policy is all about. i grew up and learned about a connecting -- about connecting with constituents. you can connect emotionally and with people and i think i can bring that to this new job in a way that i would not have any other way. >> a follow-up on that. did you find a suggestion of stepping back from the caucus chair insulting or demeaning? no more than nancy pelosi stepping back to leader for another stepping back to whip. if everybody steps back and he is vice chair, we have to step away because john lawson step back to vice chair. it had nothing to do with me. it had to do with keeping diversity at that table and that is very important to me. i think it is important to our caucus. >

like the other asian nations i'm visiting on this trip, indonesia is steeped in spirituality. a place where people worship god in many different ways. along with this rich diversity, it is also home to the world's largest moslem population. a truth i came to know as a boy when i heard that call to prayer across jakarta. just as individuals are not defined solely by their faith, indonesia is defined by more than its muslim polation. but we know relations between the united states said muslim community has frayed over many years. as president, i have made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. [applause] as part of that effort, i went to cairo last june and i called for a new beginning between the united states and moslems around the world. when it creates a path for us to move beyond our differences. i said then and i will repeat now that no single speech can't eradicate years of mistrust. but i believed then and i believe today that we have a choice. we can choose to be defined by our differences and get into a future of suspicion and mistrust. or we can choose to d

or is the goal to stop total weapon is asian? those are very different checkpoints. i think it is important that we try to achieve a bipartisan agreement on what the actual realistic goal is. >> as usual, ambassador eisenstaedt has framed it exactly right i subscribe to everything stu has just noted. as he has presented that, i would add only this -- as to the use of military force, whether it is for a political motive or not, i don't think i have to remind the public that the united states of america is currently in two wars, two of the long as we have never been in, and before we finally wind our way out of reach, they will be the longest wars. we have ever engaged in. that has come at a very significant cost to this country. i think it has undermined our interest in the world. don't need to go much beyond asking any general in charge of men and women in the pentagon and their families or any metrical want to apply whether it be suicides, record of courses, record of homeless and all the rest of to but one consequence of taking a nation to war. talking about going

the asian economy is a competitive economy. you have to have free flow of information and goods and services. that is a good issue to debate. >> we will have to stop and get a few questions in before closeout in five minutes. >> for the past 40 years or 50 years, the pla has been cooperative with the u.s. military. however, the last decade, the new guard has been inculcated with the paradigm with the united states, particularly the u.s. military, the enemy of china. what does this say of the u.s.- china relationship? >> i am not an expert on the military. you are right that china is not a democracy, but i have to say that the internet technologies -- this is an innovation summit -- the internet technology is dramatically affecting the political discourse and the discussions in china. there is a rising level of transparency in china on the internet. the official channels are trying to suppress the information, but they are succeeding, but not completely. there is more transparency now. about the pla, the kind of claims that chin

a former senior director for asian affairs at the national security council, michael greene, joins us. after that, leslie gelb on the council of foreign relations discusses a recent article on u.s. foreign policy priorities in the new global economy. later, a look of the increasing number of diseases that are becoming resistant to antibiotic drugs. dr. anthony fauci of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases is our guest. this is "washington journal." this is "washington journal."

today, china's rulers seek domination, not just of the asian-pacific region, but of the world. they are positioning themselves to do just that, and what has been america's counterstrategy? apparently to establish economic ties that will build china's economy thinking that wi prosperity will come a new hospitable and benevolent attitude among the chinese hierarchy. so our country club class of american businessmen have built china into an economic giant and, yes, a global power and, of course, these captains of american industry have made big bucks for themselves personally as part of this effort in building china. america's corporate elite has not seem to notice the obvious downside for their fellow americans in sending jobs, capital and technology to china. maybe the brutal consequences on the rest of the american family of free people was obscured by the worst kind of wishful thinking, elite think tanks, coffers filled by corporate giants, i might add, these think tanks, have claimed that if you hug a dragon it won't eat you. well, the subsidized academics assured us if we tr

we have to face up to that as an asian and stop pretending that there are -- we have to face up to that as a nation and stop pretending that there are simple cure-alls. >> looking at these figures, it seems that your tax increases are going to be more than we were expecting, in the next budget in particular on income taxes. the figures here will make the average middle-income person was off by 3000 -- worse off by 3000 euros a year. at the bottom end, or reducing minimum wage, it seems that minimum wage people will be subject to the engine tax for the first time it is that the case? >> no, i think you are anticipating the budget. i don't accept your contention that there are thousands and thousands of euros been taken off, middle income taxpayers in this proposal. we are out looking at approximately 20 euros a week in terms of the individual taxpayer. i accept that, but i don't accept the rather more inflated figures that you give it there. >> "irishtown times -- irish times." you talk about intergenerational solidarity. isn't this an attack on the younger generation? all the pensions a

we of asian-pacific islanders. we have full trade people. we have blue dogs that are not that much for trade. all this diversity i thought i had learned a lot about and could bring discussions to the table and take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit me if i were chair of the caucus. >> "newsmakers" with james clyburn on sunday. in september, senator mccaskill asked president obama to fire special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction arnold fields. he appeared before us of a chair on thursday. senator mccaskill told him he is not the right person for the job. ocean is just over one hour. -- this portion is just over one hour. >> general fields has served since july of 2008. he previously served as deputy director for the african studies at the department of defense. he is assigned to the u.s. embassy of the rock where he performed duties as part of the iraqi construction office. he retired as a major general from the marine corps in january of 2004 after 34 years of active military service. le

. >> can you take a question from an asian, president obama? >> go-ahead -- >> you mentioned interpretation. part of a cold the being the american president is some of decisions you take, actions you make, will be interpreted in a way that are not what you thought they would be or what you meant they would be, for instance, some of the actions you have taken in were thought to be anti-business in the united states. some of the actions taken by the u.s. government that you represent as well, we interpreted as against other countries' interest. you find yourself constantly being interpreted. how you address these interpretations? the mouth with wonderful press conferences like this that give me the opportunity to provide my own interpretation. you make a valid point. we live in a connected world. everything i say, everything my administration, anything one of my aides does, is interpreted in one fashion or another. in america we call this spin, and this is a cycle that goes on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and in this media and varmint it is

the average asian student studies three hours a day. the average american student studies less than one hour. the idea that we're more brilliant that in less than an hour a day we can match someone studying 14 hours a week is crazy. do we want to keep up with our competito competitors? host: our next call. caller: thank you very much. c-span is probably the clost to any tv station can you get. i'm a graduate from 1980. machine technology. and i give you a little of my history. i'm running a 1951 american energy for a world leading valve control process. bp. but, is there any hope that we can bring back some real trade? i'm not real sure about my fact. 65% of our country is banking. 16% is healthcare. is there any hope for us skilled tradesmiths? thank you. guest: that's a great question and something i feel deeply about. i was just talking to the head of national manufacturers. german has the lowest unemployment rate in 18 years. germany has worked very hard at manufacturing successfully and exporting around the world. the highest share

the average asian student studies three hours a day. the average american student studies less than one hour. the idea that we're more brilliant that in less than an hour a day we can match someone studying 14 hours a week is crazy. do we want to keep up with our competito competitors? host: our next call. caller: thank you very much. c-span is probably the closest to any tv station can you get. i'm a graduate from 1980. machine technology. and i give you a little of my history. i'm running a 1951 american energy for a world leading valve control process. bp. but, is there any hope that we can bring back some real trade? i'm not real sure about my fact. 65% of our country is banking. 16% is healthcare. is there any hope for us skilled tradesmiths? thank you. guest: that's a great question and something i feel deeply about. i was just talking to the head of national manufacturers. german has the lowest unemployment rate in 18 years. germany has worked very hard at manufacturing successfully and exporting around the world. the highest sha

and reducing personnel stationed in europe and asian by 1 third. pick any one of those and tell us how much of an effect of goes with these is going to reduce the military spending? guest: it did general guidance area of cuts and sizes for medical expenses and retirement and social security. then it comes to defense and says this program and this program. from a group without that much experience. the chinese are buying a 4th plus generation near equivalent to everything the u.s. has from the russians. we will not have air superiority should it come to a conflict. a ground attack plane that we have that could match or overmatch is the f-35. a proposal to cut it makes no sense moreover. you still need a number of airplanes for your fighter squadron. then we buy f-16s or helicopters in bigger numbers, more people and more maintenance. you may not save a dime, but have to buy double the number of other kinds of less capable planes. host: back to the phones, richmond, virginia, you're on the "washington journal" with daniel goure from the lexington ins

caller: my question is about the asian trip. when obama was in india, he made one of the biggest weapons deals in the history of america. -- he snubbedtan pakistan and is trying to surround -- trying with different sales of weapons like to taiwan. my question is this -- why wasn't there and a coverage about this deal which included boeing and lockheed and major companies? obama is trying to get jobs for the little people and there were only a few small little companies that produced about 100 jobs. why hasn't that been covered? guest: great question but there are many policies involve. weapons sales are always not really put on a poster. countries are afraid of taking political risks with weapons deal very when you look at india and pakistan which is a rival country and the kashmir questions in afghanistan. the government is very hesitant in just advocating its weapons sales. you are right that weapons sales mainly are dealing with big companies. don't underestimate also small companies that deliver to the big ones. host: going

like other asian nations i will visiting on this trip. indonesia is steep in spirituality, a place where people worship god in many different ways. and it's also home to the world's largest muslim population. a truth i came to know as a boy, when i heard the call to prayer across jakarta. just as individuals are not defined solely by their faith, and we know that relationships between united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president i made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. [applause] as part that have effort, i went to cairo last june, and i called for a new beginning of the united states and muslims around the world. one that creates a path for us to move beyond our differences. i said then and i will repeat now, that no single speech can eradicate years of mistrust. but i believe then and today, that we do have a choice. we can choose to be defined by our differences. and give in to a future of suspicion or mistrust. or we can do the hard work and forge common ground and commit ourselves to

whites, latinos, asians. all of us together. we are california. that is what this state is about. that is what we said tonight. listen, listen i want to give special thanks to the veterans for boxer. who stood with main and were proud of what i had accomplished. for our great men and women who put everything on the line. we need to bring them back for more. it is time. we need to rebuild america. and tonight? tonight we all came together. because we have a new governor. jerry brown. [applause] hello, gerry. that is ok, i am not jealous. i wanted him to win so badly. listen, i want to thank my beautiful family. they are here behind me tonight. they are behind me every single day. in the darkest moments of this campaign, the brightest moments of this campaign. i would like to thank the most incredible campaign manager known to humankind. where is rose? where is she? rose, i ask you to come up on this stage. she will not come up on the stage. [applause] she has managed four winning campaigns. well, our victory tonight belongs to the people of california. democrats, republicans. yes,

the average asian student studies three hours a day. the average american student studies less than one hour. the idea that we're more brilliant that in less than an hour a day we can match someone studying 14 hours a week is crazy. do we want to keep up with our competito competitors? host: our next call. caller: thank you very much. c-span is probably the closest to any tv station can you get. i'm a graduate from 1980. machine technology. and i give you a little of my history. i'm running a 1951 american energy for a world leading valve control process. bp. but, is there any hopehat we can bring back some real trade? i'm not real sure about my fact. 65% of our country is banking. 16% is healthcare. is there any hope for us skilled tradesmiths? thank you. es that's a great question and something i feel deeply about. i was just talking to the head of national manufacturers. german has the lowest unemployment rate in 18 years. germany has worked very hard at manufacturing successfully and exporting around the world. the highest share of

bush and administration, and she was the longest serving secretary of labor since '05, and the first asian american woman in the cabinet. she is a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation. mark gearen was director of the peace corps between 1995 and 1999. before that, he was a director of communications for the clinton white house. since 1999, he has been the president of hobart and william smith college. gaddi vasquez was director of the peace corps between 2002 and 2006, during the second bush administration. before that, he worked at the securities and exchange commission and worked in politics in california. he is currently vice president for public affairs at southern california edison. aaron williams is the current director of the peace corps. he came to the peace corps directorship from all long career and development with us aid. he was a peace corps volunteer in the dominican republic back in the late 1960's. director williams asked that we begin our evening tonight by observing a moment of silence in honor and respect for a peace corps volunteer who passed away while servi

, gays and lesbians, between the ages of 18-29, men between 18-29, african- americans, hispanic and asians. groups won by the republicans, women, men, all of those between the age of 30-44 and senior citizens, whites in the south and all whites voting heavily for the gop. guest: the southern vote s quite interesting. many of the congressional losses that the democra suffered occurred in the south partly because the 2008 democratic surge that obama brought with them allow the democrats to recapture some of those moderate to conservative southern seats. you have a lot of people in district or maybe obama won by only a little bit or maybe he did not win but the democrats were able to field a good candidate. most of those guys got wiped out. it was most of those members and you can see it in the exit polls. republicans and democrats split among white southerners and that was larger than it has been in exit poll history. host: 42% of registered voters cast their vote on tuesday. independent line, good morning. caller: i wanted to ask the gentleman today, what certain areas do you go? do you go

spent 2004 to 2005 as senior director for asian affairs at the united nations security council. the next call is ford valley. milton, you're on. caller: caller: thanks for taking my call. this guy is doing a disservice to everyone when you talk about north korea and not china. it is not the north korea that is doing anything. here in america we talk about socialism and all of these isms but a china is a communist nation, as i recall. and you can't go in your home and i guarantee you will find more items made in china than the u.s. so the economy and everything. we're like -- we're talking out of both ends of our mouth. we're talking against communism but we support china and everything that it does. and with china, north korea without china would not even exist. i did six years in the navy. i was stationed in japan. i've been to korea. it's china that is really the driving force behind all of this. you made the comment about carter and wanting to negotiate with these people, you know, president carter had the right idea. he at least tried talking to him them. and they were worki

the president will hold a closing news conference on friday wrapping up his asian t our. he will then return to washington on sunday. >> the c-span networks provide coverage of politics, coverapoll affairs, and non-fiction books. find our content any time through c-span video library. we dixie's ban on their road with our local bus and content vehicle. -- we provide coverage of the road with our bus and content vehicle. as republicans prepare for the new majority in the house, greg walden today announced that 21 members of the transition team, among them john campbell of california, bob could lack of virginia, and jim gordon who serves the fourth district of ohio will hold their first meeting tonight with another settle for some 10 tomorrow. you can go to our website to see a statement from greg walden. that is that our website at c- span.org/politics. rick perry is here in washington promoting his new book. he will discuss this book on the current political landscape at the heritage foundation. our coverage starts in about 15 minutes. until then, we will show you a discu

bush and administration, and she was the longest serving secretary of labor since '05, and the first asian american woman in the cabinet. she is a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation. mark gearen was director of the peace corps between 1995 and 1999. before that, he was a director of communications for the clinton white house. since 1999, he has been the president of hobart and william smith college. gaddi vasquez was director of the peace corps between 2002 and 2006, during the second bush administration. before that, he worked at the securities and exchange commission and worked in politics in california. he is currently vice president for public affairs at southern california edison. aaron williams is the current director of the peace corps. he came to the peace corps directorship from all long career and development with us aid. he w a peace corps volunteer in the dominican republic back in theate 1960's. director williams asked that we begin our evening tonight by observing a moment osilence in honor and respect for a peace corps volunteer who passed away while serving in

there is no question that we need to be more regionally focused, to bring in the central asian states. you have influence on the situation. we have not done that as wellas we should. the specific question of kashmir, during the time of president musharraf, the reason i think the u.s. was not seen publicly as pushing one way or the other, thewe not pushing either side of the equation. i know because i was doing it. that is the best way. preston musharraf showed it is responsible. i think the public pressure on kashmir would have negative repercsions. i defer to those who are much closer. >> if you would be willing to address this -- this is something you have thought about in detail. >> i would be happy to. i agree with what ms. spermatid just said. the key thing, -- mr armitag just said. there is the principal ingredient that was missing during the otherwise quite successful back-channel talks, which narrowed the gap, but did not eliminate it. let's not assume the job is essentially all done. the other issue that was alluded to deluxe -- alluded to delicately, if the u.s. will have a

we have tended asian-pacific islanders. we have blue dogs, all of this diversity. i thought i had learned a lot about it and i really could bring discussions to that table and take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit the if i were chair of the caucus. >> newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the national governors' association hosted a seminar this weekend for the 29 incoming governors to advise them and their transition teams on a variety of issues. here's a news conference led by governor bill ritter who is hosting the event. from colorado springs, this is 30 minutes. >> we know that there are people on the phone, media folks, so i will probably repeat the questions. i walk and i are delighted to host the national governors' association for the new governor's seminar. to my right is christine gregoire, and on my left is the nebraska governor who will be the incoming chair. they will both make remarks. this is a historic time. in memory in there have never been more new governors and there are this year.

what i hear is that there is a real problem created by people talking about the pure -- war.aucratize asian of fou i am hearing about problems of the personalization and the way it is perceived on the other end. there is something profound here, we are talking about the entire struck terror of how people think of work and what it is to work with people when they are in situations that are flesh and blood and sentiment and heart. i don't know if you folks want to reply to the comment at all. >> is a tough one. thank you for your comment. point taken. >> [unintelligible] we open our circle to all colors, and it works. now they are saying we are not professionals. [unintelligible] >> this is that are common. cut into academia to -- it cuts into academia, too. >> [unintelligible] >> thank you, sir. >> i am a u.s. army veteran. i am a female. that is the first thing i want you people to notice. two female veterans, and i say that because i hear he, him. there are women as well. you people are supposed to be the professionals. don't leave us out. that is my first complaint. i have to say i am rea

bush and adminisation, and she was the longest serving secretary of labor since '05, and the first asian american woman in the cabinet. she is a distiuished fellow at the heritage foundation. mark gearen was director of the peace corps between 1995 and 1999. before that, he was a director of communications for the clinton white house. since 1999, he has been the president of hobart and william smith college. gaddi vasquez was director of the peace corps between 2002 and 2006, during the second bush administration. before that, he worked at the securities and exchange commission and worked in politics in california. he is currently vice president for public affairs at southern california edison. aaron williams is the current director of the peace corps. he came to the peace corps directorship from all long career and development with us aid. he was a peace corps volunteer in the dominican republic back in the late 1960's. director willis asked that we begin our evening tonight by observing a moment of silence in honor and respect for a peace corps volunteer who passed away while serving i

host: president obama is in japan in his asian tour. the "financial times " front- page -- and the "new york times" lead story -- we will be talking about the g- 20 summit, u.s. currency with other countries, and also trade. we will start this morning with the domestic policy questions for you. it is something that was highlighted by the presumptive incoming speaker, john boehner, and also by the chairman of the debt commission, and that is, federal workers and how much money they make. our question for you is, are federal workers overpaid? the numbers are on the screen. there is a special line for federal workers. good morning, very much looking forward to hearing from those of you with experience with the federal pay system, whether or not you are a retiree, a contractor, or employed by the federal government. this week, the compensation scheme was the target of the debt commission chairman in order to freeze up money for the next three years that would save $15 billion. he also said that it should be cut by 3%. which means going forw

[laughter] >> take quick, one question from an asian, president oma. >> well, the -- as i said, i was going to -- go ahead and ask your question, but i want to make sure that the korean press gets a question as well. >> okay. my question is very simple. you mentioned interpretation. i know part of the difficulty being the american president is that some of the decisions that you take, actions you make will be interpreted in a way that are not what you thought they would be or what you meant they would be. for instance, some of the actions you've taken were interpreted as anti-business, domestically, in the united states. and as someone just mentioned, some of the actions taken by the u.s. government that you represent as well were interpreted as sacrificing other counies'eres for america's own benefit. so you find yourself constantly being interpreted in a thousand different ways. how do you address these interpretations? >> with a wonderful press conference like this that give me the opportunity hopefully to provide my own interpretation. but, look, you make a valid point. we live in

, gays and lesbians, between the ages of 18-29, men between 18-29, african- americans, hispanic and asians. groups won by the republicans, women, men, all of those between the age of 30-44 and senior citizens, whites in the south and all whites voting heavily for the gop. guest: the southern vote was quite interesting. many of the congressional losses that the democrats suffered occurred in the south partly because the 2008 democratic surge that obama brought with them allow the democrats to recapture some of those moderate to conservative southern seats. you have a lot of people in district or maybe obama won by only a little bit or maybe he did not win but the democrats were able to field a good candidate. most of those guys got wiped out. it was most of those members and you can see it in the exit polls. republicans and democrats split among white southerners and that was larger than it has been in exit poll history. host: 42% of registered voters cast their vote on tuesday. independent line, good morning. caller: i wanted to ask the gentleman today, what certain areas do you go? do you

wait -- they had 42 african americans, we have 10 asian pacific islanders, people who are pro-trade, we have blue dogs that are not that much pro- trade. we have all this diversity and i thought i had learned a lot about. i really could bring discussions to that table and to take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit me if i were share of a caucus. >> representative james cliburn was elected wednesday to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress. he maintained his number 3 spot in the leadership are you can see the full interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on "newsmakers." will be live this afternoon with a discussion of the midterm election and how what has changed politics for the federalist society is holding its national lawyers convention at 2:00 eastern, the utah senator collect and the indiana congressman discussed the tea party and the constitution. mr. lee is one of 16 new senators. the house has 94 new members and one of them is joe walsh. mr. walsh is an investment banker and will be represented th

secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed the cited asian carp prevention and control act in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker: thank you. the chair will entertain up to 10 requests for one-minutes on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from maine rise? ms. pin fwree: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: -- ms. pingree: to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection. ms. pingree: if this house does not debate unemployment benefits today, this couldn't come at a worse time. just weeks before christmas with winter settling in thousands of people in my state of maine will see their benefits run out. although our economy has shown some signs of improving, far, far too many people are still unable to find a job. not only are unemployment benefits an essential part of the safety net, they're critical for keeping the economy moving. when an unemployed mainer gets an unemployment check, he or she turns around and spends the money in the local economy,

through the early '90s and the mid-1990s problem of the overvalued dollar really dates from 1997, east asian financial crisis. the dollar shot up against other currencies, most importantly, east asia, but other currencies and some of the trade deficit began to explode. that is what really laid the groundwork for the situation we face today. the housing bubble -- stock bubble of the late 1990's, halting bubble, and the collapse of the situation with trying to dig out from under. host: the numbers are on the screen as you can -- we continue the conversation. we divided than just a little bit differently. we divide them by age because we wanted to get a feel here for different generations. the next age group we want to call in our the baby boomers, 46 years old to 64 years old. this is the baby boomer generation. if you are between the ages of 46 and 64, the number is on your screen. the first wave of baby boomers is just getting to retire. then, 65 years and older -- we are going to leave those numbers up there. please call on the line that is appropriate to you. when it comes to federal spend

most of all they worry about what some have called the european his asian -- some have called the europeanization of america. two days ago, those worries gave way to a new optimism. for the past two years, democratic lawmakers chose to ignore the american people. on tuesday the american people chose new lawmakers. they held their elective representatives into account. that is what the founding fathers had in mind for the midterm elections. they demonstrated to all of us the -- the constitutional conservatism is alive and well. there is a reason for republicans to blunt. it is a time for both parties to realize who is really in charge -- the people. to be grateful for the opportunity we now have to turn the ship around. tuesday was indeed a referendum, not a choice. it was a report card on the administration and anyone who supported it's agenda, plain and simple. it does not take a room full of political scientist to figure that out. americans voted for change in the last two elections because of two difficult wars and they hope the changing of the guard would stabilize the economy and get america

our next distinguished colleague is a native of pakistan, director of the south asian center and also a political and strategic analyst and rides for leading newspapers. he speaks on current topics before civic groups at think tanks and on radio and television. his latest book is "crossed swords." he is also the author of "fatah, the most dangerous place." he worked as a newscaster and producer for pakistan television and covered the 1971 war with india on the western front. he worked for the world health organization and "the new york times." he has headed three separate divisions at the international monetary fund. he was a director of the international atomic energy agency in vienna. u.s. the managing editor of finance and development and on the editorial advisory board of the world bank research observer. we are delighted to have you here. >> thank you, general. it is always wonderful to be here, although sometimes i prefer to be in the audience so i can ask questions, particularly with a panel like this around me. i agree with a lot of things that are being said. i'm going to try

most of all the worry about what some have called the european and asian -- the europeanization , and that our children and grandchildren could no longer expect to have the same opportunities that all of us have had. two days ago, those wars gave way to a new optimism. democratic lawmakers chose to ignore the american people. on tuesday, the american people chose new lawmakers. for the past, they held their elected representatives to account, and that is what the founding fathers had in mind with the midterm election. they demonstrated the constitutional conservatism is alive and well. there is no reason for republicans to gloat. it is a time to realize who is in charge -- the people. we can begin to turn this ship around. tuesday was a referendum, not a choice. it was a report card on the administration in anyone who has supported that agenda, plain and simple. it does not take a room full of political scientist to figure that out. americans voted for change in the last two elections because of two long and difficult wars. they want the economy to be moving again. the people who were

our next distinguished colleague is a native of pakistan, director of the south asian center and also a political and strategic analyst and rides for leading newspapers. he speaks on current topics before civic groups at think tanks and on radio and television. his latest book is "crossed swords." he is also the author of "fatah, the most dangerous place." he worked as a newscaster and producer for pakistan television and covered the 1971 war with india on the western front. he worked for the world health organization and "the new york times." he has headed three separate divisions at the international netary fund. he was a director of the international atomic energy agency in vienna. u.s. the managing editor of finance and development and on the editorial advisory board of the world bank research observer. we are delighted to have you here. >> thank you, general. it is always wonderful to be here, although sometimes i prefer to be in the audience so i can askuestions, particularly with a panel like this around me. i agree with a lot of things that are being said. i'm going to try and

we have 42 african-americans, 21 or 22 latinos that make up the hispanic caucus, asian, blue dogs that are not much support trade and all of this diversity i thought i learned about and could bring discussions to that table and could take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit me if i were chair of a caucus. host: you can see the complete interview with representative james clyburn of south carolina, the new assistant minority leader in the house of representatives. that can be seen on sunday "news makers" 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and online and as an app for your >> phone. back to our conversation regarding extension of unemployment insurance or the reduction of the deficit in the "wall street journal" they have this article with the headline "states raise payroll taxes to replay loans, demands on depleted unemployment insurance led to borrowing of nearly 4 (100) 000-00$41 billion from the federal government. they are borrowing heavily to keep benefits and most states are raising payroll taxes to pay off the loans. 31 states, their unemployment insura

bush and administration, and she was the longest serving secretary of labor since '05, and the first asian american woman in the cabinet. she is a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation. mark gearen was director of the peace corps between 1995 and 1999. before that, he was a director of communications for the clinton white house. since 1999, he has been the president of hobart and william smith college. gaddi vasquez was director of the peace corps between 2002 and 2006, during the second bush administration. before that, he worked at the securities and exchange commission and worked in politics in california. he is currently vice president for public affairs at southern california edison. aaron williams is the current director of the peace corps. he came to the peace corps directorship from all long career and development with us aid. he was a peace corps volunteer in theominican republic back in the late 1960's. director williams asked that we begin our evening tonight by observing a moment of silence in honor and respect for a peace corps volunteer who passed away while serving

mission there protecting the shipping lanes that so much of both the american and european and, frankly, asian commerce passes through. so it's having to deal with a real problem and it's doing so i think responsibly. . there was the problem of having to control of the nuclear technology once the soviet union fell apart. all in all, both the west and moscow have done a decent job of containing. we have not really seen and mass of material escaped from russia. partially that is because the u.s. support an immense amount of money in an effort to contain and secure those materials. that has been a positive. i would say it is less likely that -- i mean, the terrorist do want to get dirty bonds if they can. the real problem that we're facing is the problem with north korea and iran. if north korea becomes an unstable states, you can imagine the rest of the country's in the region will want to become nuclear capable. for once that happens it is a far more dangerous world. tt isr guest gary schmid here talking about nato and the militants are rationed -- the demilitarization of europe. the numbers ar

most of all the worry about what some have called the european and asian -- the europeanization, and that our children and grandchildren could no longer expect to have the same opportunities that all of us have had. two days ago, those wars gave way to a new optimism. democratic lawmakers chose to ignore the american people. on tuesday, the american people chose new lawmakers. for the past, they held their elected representatives to account, and that is what the founding fathers had in mind with the midterm election. they demonstrated the constitutional conservatism is alive and well. there is no reason for republicans to gloat. it is a time to realize who is in charge -- the people. we can begin to turn this ship around. tuesday was a referendum, not a choice. it was a report card on the administration in anyone who has supported that agenda, plain and simple. it does not take a room full of political scientist to figure that out. americans voted for change in the last two elections because of two long and difficult wars. they want the economy to be moving again. the people who were

we have to face up to that as an asian and stop pretending that there are -- we have to face up to that as a nation and stop pretending that there are simple cure-alls. >> looking at these figures, it seems that your tax increases are going to be more than we were expecting, in the next budget in particular on income taxes. the figures here will make the average middle-income person was off by 3000 -- worse off by 3000 euros a year. at the bottom end, or reducing minimum wage, it seems that minimum wage people will be subject to the engine tax for the first time it is that the case? >> no, i think you are anticipating the budget. i don't accept your contention that there are thousands and thousands of euros been taken off, middle income taxpayers in this proposal. we are out looking at approxately 20 euros a week in terms of the individual taxpayer. i accept that, but i don't accept the rather more inflated figures that you give it there. >> "irishtown times -- irish times." you talk about intergenerational solidarity. isn't this an attack on the younger generation? all the pensions are

angle among all nine -- white voters, including hispanics, eight out of 10 blacks, and a quarter of asians. the mountainous northwest corner, where statewide races are often won or lost, border registration there is evenly divided. though it leads republican, the ap reports this morning that harry reid carry that county, embarrassing angle on her home turf. that is a little about how he was able to pull off that victory last i want to look at the house chairmen that lost. there are three of them. let's begin with minnesota. this one was called this morning. james oberstar was trying to beat elected -- to be reelected. he loses to the republican there. this is a surprise for jim oberstar. in 2008, he won with 67% of the vote, over 100,000 votes between him and his competitor in 2008. look at the south carolina fifth district. john spratt, the chairman of the budget committee, loses in that race to mick mulvaney. he serves 28 years in congress. in the fourth district, ike skelton, he loses his build against -- his bid against vicky hartzler 2/3 of voters voted for ike skelton last time aroun

complain about everything in the government but they do not relate to other americans, african americans, asian, muslim, all the other americans that i tend to be around, especially went to school with. and when we get together and talk about the tea party, w agree to some extent of things they're talking about because we are americans, we don't want big government. but they don't relate to us. and we are younger americans, we are the future americans. and we don't like how they represent themselves. i remember watching a tea party , a parade or something and they had a picture of barack obama dressed as some sort of african something. and i have friends from africa that will sympathize. but they're fighting for american rights. you do not put down other race, other culture and other religions. and they claim to be christians. christians do not follow christ and do the things that the tea partiers do. but a lot of thing that is they say does not make sense. so this is why i don't understand. probably 80 or 95% of the tea party did thot vote for barack obama and he still won. so 2012 is coming a

complain about everything in the government but they do not relate to other americans, african americans, asian, muslim, all the other americans that i tend to be around, especially went to school with. and when we get together and talk about the tea party, we agree to some extent of things they're talking about because we are americans, we don't want big government. but they don't relate to us. and we are younger americans, we are the future americans. and we don't like how they represent themselves. i remember watching a tea party , a parade or something and they had a picture of barack obama dressed as some sort of african something. and i have friends from africa that will sympathize. but they're fighting for american rights. you do not put down other race, other culture and other religions. and they claim to be christians. christians do not follow christ and do the things that the tea partiers do. but a lot of thing that is they say does not make sense. so this is why i don't understand. probably 80 or 95% of the tea party did thot vote for barack obama and he still won. so 2012 is coming

discharge of the 5 megawatt spent fuel at a process that and delivered it to the military for what is asian. that was deadly 2009 when they walked away from the agreement. our nuclear program has not proceeded as expected. we have not delivered electricity and thus has impacted the economic condition of our country. we will use our economic resources to sell the electricity problem. we're willing to proceed with sixth party talks and the september 19th agreement, but we cannot wait for positive agreement. we are trying our best to solve our own problems and will convert our center into a pilot in richmond facility. it is a high priority to develop a uranium enrichment. we will have some difficulties, but we are proceeding with the light-water reactor fuel cycle. we have designated a site and is the first stage so first priority. the construction is completed, the facility is operational. you will be the first to see this facility. we showed the construction site to the korean economic institute delegation. that is what they told us. i wanted to read you that because that is different from m

[laughter] >> take quick, one question from an asian, president obama. >> well, the -- as i said, i was going to -- go ahead and ask your question, but i want to make sure that the korean press gets a question as well. >> okay. my question is very simple. you mentioned interpretation. i know part of the difficulty being the american president is that some of the decisions that you take, actions you make will be interpreted in a way that are not what you thought they would be or what you meant they would be. for instance, some of the actions you've taken were interpreted as anti-business, domestically, in the united states. and as someone just mentioned, some of the actions taken by the u.s. government that you represent as well were interpreted as sacrificing other countries' interests for america's own benefit. so you find yourself constantly being interpreted in a thousand different ways. how do you address these interpretations? >> with a wonderful press conference like this that give me the opportunity hopefully to provide my own interpretation. but, look, you make a valid point. we

asian countries worried about china's rights. countries as a whole and other parts of the middle east worried about iran's behavior so i think it correlated less with the united states - well, i would recharacterize the question that when countries have problems, americans still feel extraordinarily powerful to them and i think that's my answer pretty much. >> what the secretary has said - it's very difficult for a city has officials in charge of american policy to somehow be a global leader. that would be a very short part for that person. not understanding that will realism or geological context. i think that administration would be wise to think about ways of coming up with a concept of collective leadership that takes - it takes, as it's point of departure what other countries. how they actually see the world and tries to come up with strategies to actually define some common ground on particular issue here's. i think you'll find rather than everyone signing up, to u.s. preferences across a wide range of global agenda, i thin

in nevada, where sharon angle said that they look like asians, harry reid walked away with 60% of the vote. speaking of george bush, he was on a 04 yesterday. she was trying to get him to opine on president obama. he would not bite. >> i want to treat my success of the way i would have been treated. i do not want to opine on every issue. he has a tough job. he will have plenty of critics and he does not need me criticizing him. >> know, we do not want any opining. washington state, it is now official. the good patty murray is in for another six years. >> i am grateful for this opportunity. i want to thank all of the voters. i want to thank those that were gracious and called me to congratulate me. i want to thank him and his family. i know what a sacrifice it is. >> that kid in the background. >> that was her opponent. >> the president had fun at the beer summit years ago and he will have another summit at the white house on november 18. >> i have already called mitch mcconnell, john boehner, harry reid and nancy pelosi and invited them to a meeting here at the white house in the firs

the president will wrap up his asian trip in japan for the economic cooperation meeting. he will return to washington on sunday. next, the state department spokesman c.j. crowley talks about president obama's trip to india and remarks to the parliament where he endorsed his bid to become a permanent member of the u.s. security council. other topics at the briefing include the middle east peace negotiations, north korea multilateral talks, and the elections in burma. this is 30 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the department of state. we have some cadets at the back of the room visiting from egypt. welcome to the state department briefing room. we look forward to the meeting tomorrow between secretary clinton and foreign minister gates to talk about a variety of issues, including the status of our efforts on middle east peace. to begin in haiti, we obviously continue to work very closely with the haitian government and its ministry of public health in the aftermath of hurricane tomas. they have 16 treatment centers established in port-au-prince by the government o

bush and administration, and she was the longest serving secretary of labor since '05, and the first asian american woman in the cabinet. she is a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation. mark gearen was director of the peace corps between 1995 and 1999. before that, he was a director of communications for the clinton white house. since 1999, he has been the president of hobart and william smith college. gaddi vasquez was director of the peace corps between 2002 and 2006, during the second bush administration. before that, he worked at the securities and exchange commission and worked in politics in california. he is currently vice president for public affairs at southern california edison. aaron williams is the current director of the peace corps. he came to the peace corps directorship from all long career and development with us aid. he was a peace corps volunteer in the dominican republic back in the late 1960's. director williams asked that we begin our evening tonight by observing a moment of silence in honor and respect for a peace corps volunteer who passed away while servi