continues united states support for 10 years beyond when all u.s. combat troops are scheduled to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. remember, as well, another important piece of information, we are told the president will be dressing the nation. addressing americans, about 7:30 p.m. eastern time. still nailing down exactly whether there will be in afghanistan when he gives the speech or whether he will be near, somewhere else. second, beyond that, i want to point out obviously the president, being in afghanistan, on this first anniversary as you mention of the killing of osama bin laden, likely to only increase the republican charges that he is politicizing that anniversary. but we should underscore the context. the president is doing this trip, his third secret trip to afghanistan since he took office. just a couple weeks before he hosts a nato summit in his hometown of chicago. at that summit, topic (a) is afghanistan. the timetable for withdrawal of combat troops by 2014. and turning over all security to afghanistan forces. so, there are a lot

yes, the united states. if you're stalin and paranoid and you're suspicious, it's the united states. and so, if you're joseph stalin, you have to respond. the cold war senior like a tennis match. it goes from one court to the other. we do something, the soviet union does something. we respond, they respond. here is stalin's response. he's going to tighten up control over countries in eastern europe, hungary and czechoslovakia i mentioned specifically because those were two countries that were supposed to have free elections after world war ii was over. yeah, those free elections sort of go out the window by 1948. the communists, there is a purge of leadership and these two countries are going to basically become puppet regimes of the soviet union. and then there's berlin. this is -- it gets a little complicated now. just keep in mind that during world war ii at the very end, you've got the russian, the soviet army is driving deep into germany. they're going to get to berlin before we do. they're going to occ

>> u.s. >> yes, the united states. if you're paranoid, suspicious, it's the united states. and so if you're joseph stalin, you have to respond. the cold war is like a tennis match. it goes from one court to the other. we do something, the soviet union does something. we respond, they respond. here is stalin's response. he's going to tighten up control over countries in eastern europe, hungary and czechoslovakia i've mentioned specifically because those were two countries that were supposed to have free elections after world war ii was over. well, yeah, those free elections sort of go out the window by 1948. the communist, there is a purge of leadership and these two countries are going to basically become puppet regimes of the soviet union. then there's berlin. it gets a little complicated now. just keep in mind that during world war ii at the very end you've got the russian, the soviet army is driving deep into germany. they're going to get to berlin before we do. they're going to occupy much of eastern germany with their army, with their forces. berlin is a very important

states as hosni mubarak to be to step aside i don't think so united states should. every every arab country who faced uprising united states should immediately as the head of that cease to be step aside i think this is would be simplistic unrealistic and doesn't reflect the reality on the ground i think and doesn't reflect the complexity of the social politics of the different countries in the middle east. strategic geopolitical elements are very important but i think we have really a new phenomenon year if you see like what i notice is that you seen united states or european countries are not taking in regard with syria or egypt or other libya or yemen they're not taking a unilateral actions if you see their. mind then they will when you when the united states says well here hillary clinton says this leader must go ok that's pretty unilateral sounding to me and sounds very definite as well what right does the united states have to say what leadership and what they will should go if if i might come in here jump in jumping if i might come in here years you know i thi

eastern time here in the united states. let's go straight to our white house correspondent brianna keilar. for this president, this is a huge deal. set the scene. >> reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. it's been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to talk about the u.s. relationship with afghanistan beyond 2014. that's extraordinary. the last time the president was in afghanistan in december of 2010 he could not make that trip from bagram air force base which is about 30 miles or so north of kabul to the palace because of weather concerns, and certainly security is always a concern as the president is in the comfort of the air force base. if you look at

he stated under the law of the sea, the united states would have a chance to expand over 291,000 square miles of extended continental shelf. much of this is in the arctic, controlled one quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and natural gas. mr. kelly said, and i quote, by some estimates, in the years ahead, we could see a historic dividing up of many millions of square cilometers of off shore territory and all of the rights of living and nonliving resources. how much long er can the united states afford to be a laggard in this, end quote. it could be asserted to robust naval power, are not relevant to the real world. the overwhelming majority of ocean disputes do not involve enemies or issues that warrant military action. as admiral patrick waulsh testified at our first hearing in 2007, and i quote, many of the partners we have in the global war on terror who have put life, limb, and national treasure on the line, are some of the same ones where we have disagreements on what they view as their economic zone or their environmental laws. it does not seem to me to be wise now to conduct

it's the united states. if you paranoid and suspicious, it's the united states. so if you are joseph stalin, you have to respond. the cold war is like a tennis match. it goes from one court to the other. they do something and we respond and they respond. here is stalin's response. he is going to tighten up control over countries in eastern europe. hungary and czechoslovakia i mentioned because those were two countries that were supposed to have free elections. well, the free elections go out the window. by 1948. the communists have a purge of leadership and the two countries will be puppet regimes of the soviet union and then berlin. it gets complicated now. during world war ii, they are driving and getting into berlin before we do and occupy much of eastern germany with their army and forces. berlin is a very important city in german history and culture and government and politics. it is going to be a divided city here in the cold war era. we are going have the eastern part of berlin controlled by the soviet union and the western part will be dwighted into diffe

the united states economy depends on the passage of this. so whether it's rare earth minerals, the arctic, or illegal maritime claims, china is moving the ball over the goal line while we are sitting on the sidelines. to oppose this treaty is actually to enable china and russia to continue to utilize the treaty to their benefit and to our disadvantage. how does that make sense for american economic or strategic security? and the treaty is also about telecommunications. the treaty provides a legal framework to lay and protect submarine cables. i don't need to tell most people about how critical the internet is to our economy and national security. we need to put ourselves on the best footing possible to protect those cables through which the internet flows and the treaty does that. and that's why at&t, verizon, level 3 and others support this treaty. again, don't take pie word for it. in a recent letter at&t explained submarine cables provide the backbone of international transmission facilities for the global internet. electronic commerce an

that's also something going on in the united states but in the united states that process takes on a much different context, and the main reason for that is that in the u.s. you have universal white male suffrage by 1820 unlike in europe where it is france and the 1870s and other countries later on, in the u.s. you have basically full mass democracy very early on and you have it before most immigrants he show up, so when the immigrants begin to be integrated into american society and particularly when they begin to be integrated into american politics, they're being integrated into a much different world than are those immigrants that we talked about in europe. so what i want to do today is talk about how the united states begins to develop a plurist philosophy, a pleuralist vision and i want to trace the roots back to the way politics worked in 19th century america. i have here just to give you a sense of the kind of politics we're talking about, an image from harper's weekly in 1858, around election time or just after election time, in 1858 and shows a saloon and a polling place. t

stat states -- strike the united states. here on a path to do that. what this summit is about is the next step on that -- the next step, if you will, on that transition project. that transition until the end of 2014 and then beyond. there are three elements i'll mention and then take your questions. the first is, with respect to the next steps in transition. the next steps towards 2014 is that the alliance lp decide will decide in 2013 the mission will shift for its forces. that is, that the mission will shift from. isaf forces, the united states forces at part of isaf being in the combat lead to stepping back and getting into prince lly principleably a train mode. that essential if you think about how you get to the end of 2014 with full afghan responsibility for their security. you need to start that process. you need to get the afghans out front with the united states and its allies and partners supporting them moving forward. that's the first element of what will be talks about and decided at chicago. the second will be

other countries can prohibit the united states from coming in to an ecs. we can't, because we're not party to the treaty. the only way to protect that outside of this is to have -- t accede to the treaty. and finally, no company is going to put millions of dollars into the effort to go out and do the mining or do the drilling if they don't have the legal certainty protection of the treaty. so, there are further reasons in answer to mr. fuller. we'll have mr. fuller in here and others who oppose it have a chance to explore this. senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for beginning this series of hearings, which i think is incredibly important. couple of years ago, i chaired the beginning of one of these on your behalf. i think it is even more important today than it was then. i appreciate all of our distinguished witnesses and their service to our country. general dempsey, when you took an oath as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and when you took an oath to the service that you originally joined in from which you come, you took a

wto membership for russia did not depend on the united states alone. obviously it depended mostly on actions that russia itself needed to take. but president obama made very very clear in some of his early meetings with the russian president that he was willing to go the extra mile, to work with the european allies, to work with the u.s. congress, to work with the u.s. business community to ensure that every one saw the benefits of wto excision for russia. the fact that russia was the only country in the g-8 not in the wto seemed to president obama to be incomprehensible. and i remember clearly when the presidents met in the summer of 2010 in the cabinet room and discussed the need to really get down to business and push this across the finish line in a very very short time frame. the presidents turned to their advisors and said we're going to go to lunch now and we want you to come up with the plan that will make russian membership in wto a reality after 18 years. i look out in the audience and i see some of the people here from ustr who were intimate

the collapse of the soviet union affect the communist party united states a lot. it affected us we lost membership in the course of it but. the majority of members stayed in the state in the party and. were still. convinced that socialism offered a better way of life but it was enormous change in the world setting and it was a start surprising that some people would. lose confidence and move faith in the possibility of socialism when the soviet union collapsed but again i think the majority of members. didn't waver and they continue to be convinced that socialism offers a better solution than capitalism this soviet union had a very poor record in terms of respect to individual freedoms and human rights what the united states communist party attitude towards these values in today's world and well in our view socialism and democracy should be. you know together. socialist society should deep in the next and the markets in democratic rights to people. i think would be inconsistent for a socialist society to to narrow down to a limit you know democratic rights of peop

states will never go to a situation in which the united states will deliver the first strike against russia and without this scenario the doomsday scenario the armageddon of us delivering the first strike all russian concerns and fears about missile defense don't make any sense because regardless of what architecture or numbers you have it cannot shoot down fifteen hundred missiles it can shoot done maybe fifty seventy one hundred missiles and that of course may happen only in the disarming strike and even then the american missile defense cannot disarm russian nuclear submarines so that's why i'm a little bit skeptical about the russian position every human should this open mike incident still that them that if. this remark. about being ready for a concession with russia did it. was it really a big a major blow for a band whose reputation may this be the reason why he later said that he may he may prove of gay marriage because he had to have to heal that i deny any connection between marriage and missile yes i mean we don't go that far but seriously i do not see right now and focus

did the united states actually make a difference? wasn't history pretty much just unrolling more or less that way? if the united states did make a difference, did the fact that george h.w. bush was president make a difference in what the united states did? those are fair questions. i think actually the panel today can shed a little light on that and things like the significance of the iraq war. did the united states make a difference in the outcome of that crisis? if there had been a different precedence would there have been a crisis of a different course and would the fate of politics have been on a different path. or think about the other kinds of puzzles. for example, the puzzle about the fact that a person who i actually believe is characterized as this shrewd, cautious fellow, is actually deeply, deeply emotional, relied heavily on his instincts. yet this emotional instinctive, intuitive president is running one of the most analytical policy making processes of any presidency i've seen in my professional lifetime. okay. this on

now he's sought refuge from the united states. of course we have to protect him. we also have to try to encourage the chinese government to see this as an opportunity. i know that sounds a little naive, but there are many voices coming out of the top levels of chinese leadership right now that are calling for a nation underworld law. so this is the opportunity for the chinese government to show that it really is a nation that is ruled by law. >> ifill: sasha gong, a senior administration official said we're searching for the appropriate balance. in the past the appropriate balance has been to focus on discussions between the u.s. and china on trade or currency issues, not necessarily on human rights. is that even possible to find an appropriate balance? >> well, for human rights it should be part of trade, and economic relations. because you can't say, well, we developed trade and the economic relations first and the disregard of human rights, that's not who we are. we are the united states of america, and, well, i think what somewhat the voice of america heard is

states and have a child in the united states. so, yes, the catalyst is the ending of slavery, but the principle is not just limited to black people. >> before the 14th amendment, who was considered a citizen? >> that varied from state to state. there was no national standard. for example, massachusetts always insisted black people ins massachusetts were citizens of massachusetts and other states denied that and then the supreme court made that a national principal. but it really depended on the states, who was a citizen and what rights it they had and one of the purposes of the 14th amendment is to create this national standard so that you wouldn't have all these variations within the country. >> and obviously citizenship didn't mean the right to vote, did it, professor gerber. >> not necessarily. and that's why there is 15th amendment that says no state may deprive a person of the right to vote on the basis of race or fashion or physical begin or religion. there was a struggle, there was an effort to put sex into the 15th amendm

all of us here in the united states. we have to worry about that. >> what is the moment that they are at, how would you characterize this inflection point for china? >> they are looking at new leadership. >> they are. >> rose: does the fall of bo affect the leader to be? does it give him more support because he represented some other -- >> i think it makes them a little more cautious. it makes them a little more risk averse, it makes them a little more careful making sure that they're not doing something that could necessarily draw too much attention to themselve. it basically reinforces the preexisting system. it's all about consensus. it's very incremental policymaking on currency, on trade, on policy towards the united states. and this for a system that desperately needs to restructure itself to continue to succeed is a challenge. it's a very big challenge. i mean for five years now we've been focused on what, the financial crisis and the u.s. and then the european crisis. and now the middle east and iran and oil. the

serving the interest of the united states. them honest trading the high caliber of the american system of free enterprise. from this new front here is one thing into the trade of the world oil. one of the material that is making the truly great contribution to our modern civilization. and. one of the reasons the reason in fact the primary one for the invasion of iraq is to ensure u.s. control over the major energy resources of the world the embassy that's being built inside baghdad is a city like no other embassy in history or in the world they're not building the embassy. in syria rank in the huge bases around with an intention to leave they're building them with an intention to maintain control. since two thousand and three the u.s. has built dozens of military bases in iraq in two thousand and eight the u.s. and iraqi governments signed an agreement that states that all foreign troops should leave the country by two thousand and eleven. the agreement also says that the u.s. will not seek permanent basis or a permanent milit

serving the interests of the united states. demonstrating the high caliber of the american system of free enterprise. which from this new frontier is romping into the brain of the world oil. one of the material that is making the truly great contribution to our modern civilization. and. one of the reasons the reason in fact the primary one for the invasion of iraq is to ensure us control over the major energy resources of the world the embassy which means people inside baghdad it is a city like no other embassy in history or in the world they're not building the embassy. in syria rank in the huge basins around with an intention to leave their building them with an intention to maintain control. since two thousand and three the us has built dozens of military bases in iraq in two thousand and eight the u.s. and iraqi governments signed an agreement that states that all foreign troops should leave the country by two thousand and eleven. the agreement also says that the u.s. will not seek permanent basis or a permanent military pr

united states, it would take this market. if it would work here, it would create enormous pressure to rethink the rest of the problem for cancer drugs, diabetes and all sorts of other areas. >> not so loud, somebody may hear you. >> and so the challenge is the government. if you have a system that doesn't work and it's about innovation, can you innovate and can you do something different? thank you very much. >> thank you very much. let me start off and let's do this informally. let me start off with an ethical question. and i noticed, dr. lessig, you deal with ethics. i think the average american would be extremely upset to know that people are dying not because we don't know how to treat those people -- that's one sad aspect of life -- but that they can't afford what is, in fact, a minimal cost in terms of the real production of the product to save their lives. it's like somebody over there dying and nobody is going out and reaching them a hand and bringing them in. it's like they're drowning in a swimming pool. what are th

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this supreme leader built an -- towards the united states. so if you are assessing american interests and looking at the region, you have to look at what iran's behave hear been towards american interests over time. i can say this, actually, even though you're asking me to assume a different persona, back in the 1990s when i was a negotiator in the middle east, we were constantly contending with iranian-inspired efforts to subvert the peace process through acts of terror. so there's a history here of being hofstile towards american interests. we have seen different iranian leaderships 24r50e69 leaderships at least in the forms of their presidents, talking about a dialogue of civilizations and the possibilities of trying to find ways of building bridges between the two sides. he was clearly not able to deliver very much. if anything at all. so i think we have to look at iran through a lens of hostility and threats. i think we also have to look at iran through a lens that, their behave hear, from time to time, been adjusted tactical. not strate

chen specifically had the united states negotiate with china. he wanted to be reunited with his family, he wanted to be relocated to a safer place, he wanted to be able to study the law, and he wanted to continue his work to try to expand civil society within china. now i think 24 hours later it appears he has a change of heart. he now believes that china will not live up to the terms of its agreement. the united states officials as i understand it talking to them this morning are trying to reach mr. chen so they can ascertain if he's had a change of heart and obvious the course will take its own course depending on what he tells them. unfortunately, the chinese officials are preventing that from happening. >> that's the question. how much can we do now that he's no longer in u.s. custody. i thought it was interesting after this new information that chen guangcheng wants to leave the country after that was revealed hillary clinton speaking yesterday said this. >> because we believe that all governments do have to answer to citizens' aspirations

trade of the united states. and less than 2 point something of russian foreign trade. which suggests in turn that neither united states nor russia are to each other an important economic partner. just for example with our neighbor in ukraine our trade is 20% higher. with eu it is -- it is almost ten times hyper. -- ten times higher. so what it means, it means we are missing a good economic underpinning for political relations. and that leaves them still vulnerable to the politics of the day, to the crisises of the day, and, and unnecessarily so. we certainly have a lot of things that we have in common in terms of challenges that we face. and i, once drew a list of things that unite us. it appears much longer. we don't see eye to eye. and i would submit important for russia and hopefully for the united states. we have progress aid lot through the last three years. reset has brought a lot of new things, a lot of new way of doing things. the commission that was established by the two presidents seems to be producing new ideas, new avenues for, for cooperation, both betwee

good >> since it is not likely to come from the united states, does it make sense for the united states to buy and what a bipartisan solution has recommended, namely the higher level of capacity but might extend the term during which there is negotiation but also the israelisility will respond. >> i would be in favor of eighth it. many of us know did it is hard to believe he would have the on sanctions if they did not believe the israelis have reason to wait and see if diplomacy can work. the more it is clear the option israel, the more it gives a chance to proceed. it concerns the other members -- convinces the other members they have to succeed, so i suspect when you think about the meaning of diplomacy, this is the logic of it. if we want the policy who succeed they have to think force is a likely alternative if this does not work out. >> i was part of the task force but made the recommendation. i was very pleased to see them endorsing the legislation. >> i certainly believe without diplomacy and the threat of force we cannot be successful it is more important to me that the united s

still, it is an important day for the united states. the president pointing that out in brief remarks when he landed. an important day for the united states and for afghanistan and the president's words. >> we're going to rely out for the rest of the hour. if you're just joining us, the president is marking the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden with a surprise visit to u.s. forces in afghanistan. for more, we turn to nbc's reporter in kabul. thank you so much for joining us. what has been the reaction from troops and from afghans on the ground there? >> reporter: hi there. there isn't much of a reaction yet because it was a bit of a surprise that the president was coming here. the afghan did seemed to have leaked the information a few hours ago but they stopped reporting it because they did get phone calls from the u.s. embassy telling them not to report it for security reasons. it is surprising that president obama chose the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death to sign this strategic partnership. as mentio

the united states has about 90,000 troops. i think they've done an outstanding job in terms of the mission that we have entrusted to them and i think they've largely accomplished the mission. osama bin laden is dead. the taliban is no longer in power, terrorists know longer have a safe haven in afghanistan, and that's why i was really encouraged when secretary panetta stated we can bring home the troops as early as 2013 and this is his quote, hopefully point made to the latter part of 2013 we will be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training advice and assistance role end of quote. could you update me on his hope and where we are on that? she was moving in the interaction of sycophant heard anything else and i'm wondering maybe you can start on where we are, because i think there are asking the question why are we in the villages and basically policing of allegis when we've been there for ten years later and the afghans to mean that, and it seems to me that secretary panetta hit it on the head when we need to

the if the united states. essentially there is a central government giving out money to the poor part of the there's a problem if you have money for poor parts people can move one place to another of course they can move in the european union but the language is a problem with language that is much much harder to move in. europe than does the united states even apart from professor thank you very much for this interview pleasure. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kinds of reports. the people of the united states and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder is regime as an actor program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about it we know for a fact there are limits there. this were just being carried out under the direction of dr david kay respected scientist and

read the united states have expanded our drought impacts. research in afghanistan. the casualty of predominately muslim. of course the most recent killing of civilians, mostly women and children in afghanistan, the burning of the carron by u.s. army, the of corpses of taliban fighters who u.s. soldiers, the visuals of the abu ghraib teuscher is still very strong in peoples minds, but they they have fresh images accrued to them in some sense that the obama administration is no different than the bush illustration, both abroad and back home, where the administration of course provided funding for just one example company of police department in cooperation with the cia to do human mapping, and other worse to conduct surveillance and plant people in muslim communities and schools, to gather information. so i started by talking about the song of roland and how assemblies the project did anxieties about our own feelings about her on behavior upon the muslim world. i would say that we are still in unsent anxious about that. i think we are anxious about the fact that even

could shut down your loan here in the united states. how much damage can a failed greece do to the global economy? >> it is ironic we're talking about it because it is only a $300 billion economy as i noted here. it shrunk by 20% since the start of this crisis. but the fact is, and christa makes a good point, if one of the members of the eurozone, one of the 17 decides to duck out, it puts the whole project into question. we should look back here on what happened, the fall of the berlin wall 1989 led the european union leaders to try to come together with union as a trade union, but also in ten short years after that, introduce a single currency. the reality is we have a two speed europe, something the architects of the europe didn't want to have, germany, france, the netherlands, the uk, not a member of the eurozone, and then the southern half of the continent, spain, portugal, italy and greece unable to grow right now. you have an unemployment rate of 21% in greece. youth unemployment of better than 50%. but the greeks fell asleep dur

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states is scripted it in a way that peace is impossible it says pieces demean but the united states and nato wanted to do because they're using have decided to use military force to overthrow this independent government. more than a month into the ceasefire syria still suffering violence and it's casting serious doubt on the un backed peace plan president assad insists his country is fighting foreign mercenaries and al qaeda linked militants masking themselves as the free syrian army his comments came in an interview to russia's rossiya twenty four travel first in nearly six months. not on earth the first of all it is not an army and it's not free they get omes and money from abroad from different countries that is why they are not free they are a bunch of criminals and have violated laws for years and have been convicted on a number of charges they also consist of religious extremists with ties to al qaida i don't just mean the organization itself but their extreme and terrorist approach they also have foreign mercenaries the west always tries to find puppets for itself syria has n

by the united states coming up on r t i a life apart. one palestinian family cut off by the israeli barrier separating them from their community and livelihood. for the first time in decades mexican immigrants no longer wish to go to the united states and maybe something many americans have wanted for a long time but soon they might start regretting it we'll tell you one. thing these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for each and throughout the day. here with our two it's six minutes past the hour and the euro is on shaky ground as greece assembles a caretaker government to last until next month's reelection fears of afghans quitting the single currency how been exacerbated by frantic cash withdrawals from the country's banks but you have the weights are still hoping to safeguard the euro by keeping the greeks in as archie's peter all over reports from berlin. the attention of those who are looking to find a solution to the ongoing debt crisis in the euro zone is focused only on athens fr

the united states. coming up on r t a life apart. one palestinian family by the israeli barrier separating them from their community and luckily who. and for the first time in decades mexican immigrants no longer wish to go to the united states maybe something many americans have wanted for a long time but soon they might start regretting it we'll tell you why. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for each and throughout the day. all right six minutes past the hour and the euro is on shaky ground as greece assembles a caretaker government to last until next month's reelection fears of our friends quitting the single currency have been exacerbated by frantic cash withdrawals from the country's banks but he you have you it's are still hoping to safeguard the euro by keeping the greeks in as peter all over reports from berlin. the attention of those who are looking to find a solution to the ongoing debt crisis in the euro zone is focused only on athens f

i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusi

in the united states. but it does through so other means. host: one tweet. what's the u.s. responsibility when it comes to relationships economic money changing hands relationships or even just international relationships with countries that we find have human rights relationships? guest: saudi arabia is a good example where we do not do a good job. they know it's important to the united states for energy, for security, and it has been given a pass by numerous administrations, republican and democrat, when it comes tot way it treats its own people not least women and certainly killingings of people there is a major concern. trafficking is a major problem in saudi arabia. arms sales to saudi arabia and bahrain do reveal that we are guilty, the united states is guilty of double standards. and we should just admit it. and i think having some candor on these kinds of issues is important. i think it was a major mistake to resume arms sales to bahrain in light of the continued crackdown by that government agains

states and he said his message in washington was the united states is one budget deal away from being restored on the world stage. and i think -- and he was also saying that some countries in each asia were saying look, don't spend your time with the united states. we're going to be the next power you know, so pay attention to us. and it's a challenge for the united states on how to deal with that. so frankly, you know, my feeling is that whether it's a question of the united states' ability to be a strong economy, to be innovative, to support foreign fairs budget, whether it's security issues, it has to start at home and i think that's a key issue of trying to restore the fundamentals of u.s. growth which include dealing with the spending and debt and deficit policies. not relying solely on monetary policy as we've largely been doing because if you rely on monastery policy for a long time, you plant the seeds of other problems. i don't only mean the fiscal issues. it's also what i find interesting now and what i experience with the world bank is that because i deal with so many count

it was great the united states stepped in. it, of course, points to a lot of the shortages and shortcomings that we have in our capabilities. but there was something -- there was another element that you should not, you know -- you should

that's the menu of options that i believe exist with the united states. where do we see that confluence? well, i could turn directly to sear yar syria, but i know it's not front and center in the minds of everybody, but it is in mine sind hundreds of people have been killed since the great cease fire imposed. why did we care about syria? let me use to pivot for a moment and say we care about syria because we care about iran. and one of the problems that we face in iran is a government that is developing nuclear weapons despite disagreements from some about what their intentions are. a government that is developing nuclear weapons and a government that are will survive anywhere military action, whether it is led by the united states or by israel or by anybody else for the simple reason that none of us have any intention of targeting the regime itself, but only the nuclear program. and that's unlikely i think most believe to lead to the fall of the iranian government and the fall of the regime, the system itself, of the islamic republic. and that at the end

this is a bill for the entire united states of america. it's a bill for the taxpayers, for heavens sake. so senator tester, thank you for your leadership and that of senator vitter and i appreciate senator moran coming on to -- i don't have questions because the questions i would have asked had been asked while i was listening, but thank you very much. let's keep this you and let's redouble our resolve to actually get an accomplishment for the taxpayers and for the american public. >> well, thank you, senator -- >> live now on capitol hill this morning where the senate health committee and senate subcommittee on primary health and ageing is holding a hearing on the cost of hiv/aids drugs. senator bernie sanders has introduced a bill to shorten the time before generics can be made of those drugs. it includes an annual $3 billion prize for hiv/aids drug research. testifying this morning nobel laureate economist joseph stiglitz, harvard law professor lawrence less ig and a number of public health figures. vermont senator bernie sanders is cha

and i was wondering if during the process where the united states government was drafting the moral act and the homestead act of 1862 if they ever thought about the possibility of counter fit operations being established in the midwest and northern great plains.counterfit operati established in the midwest and northern great plains. and if so what were their plans in preventing such an event. >> i found no record of that being a concern it for tfor they department, which particularly in 1862 was, if you read samson chase's, the secretary treasury's diary, it becomes clear that he was running an endless effort simply to fund the next day's operations. or argue bring the past weably operations. day after day he comes in to his office to find million of dollars of unpaid bills on his desk and he'll complain about the fact that he has no idea how to pay them. and if they had been paid in cou counterfeit money, i think that would have been fine with him. most of the republican party was strongly opposed to the idea of fiat money, greenback money, to begin with. chase and lincoln were really

we wanted to come to united states. that was like a dream, you know. >> the united states with some of the most refugees in the world, many from iraq, and they are being resettled in san diego in large numbers. when they get here, they are learning a new language. they have to find employment. really in a lot of ways the struggles is just beginning. when my family came from beirut, i was 9 years old. working as a refugee case manager, i saw a lot of kids just idle, alienated and having a normal childhood is something they really deserve. my name is mark kabban and i use soccer to help refugees in the united states. it's an arabic word that means let's go. really what we're trying to do with the kids. >> stay on him. >> 200 refugee kids in our program. these kids come from all over africa, asia and the middle east. the families have endured the same struggle. when they realize that, they become like brothers and sisters. >> one, two, three. >> soccer isn't an escape. it's confidence making them feel like they belong and

cartels to get into the united states? >> i think one of the things that's important to recognize, these are criminal organizations and they certainly will diversify what their level of criminality is. whether drugs today, weapons tomorrow or a need to move high-valued targets across the border. that was a great piece of work by the federal agencies specifically doing drug investigations and uncovered the individual who was contemplating an assassination attempt. clearly these are criminals and they'll do anything they can for a profit going forward. >> hipoli one thing i find hard to understand and the whole fast and furious controversy, there are 6,600 licensed gun dealers in the united states within 100 miles of the mexican border. 70% of the guns recovered from mexican drug activity had originated here in the united states. we're the ones arming this whole problem, right? >> well, you know, but let's understand one thing. the guns were going into mexico way before fast and furious occurred. whether we would have had fa

the united states has three summit objectives. number one is charting a clear path for the clegs of and reaffirming afghanistan. the second objective maintaining the poor defense capabilities during this period of austerity and building a force ready for future challenges. finally, deepening the engagement of hibernations. mr. chairman, i would like to end here. i look forward to a good discussion. thank you very much, sir to townaccepted, we will have that, i'm sure. let me ask you quickly if i can before i turn the gavel over. first of all, what sort of reaction to the european -- generally to the obama administration's decision to take two of the four combat brigades, army brigades out of europe. and what's the impact? >> i appreciate the opportunity to address that because i think we have been quite successful in explaining what was thinking. i've been in berlin, lithuania and copenhagen. to think about it even with people imagining it somehow we were reducing our presence in europe. the fact is those brigade combat teams have

are we in a relationship with the united states is supposed to teach the younger brother how to lead? that kind of logic can lead to is denial of gradiation, so be it, be it. we will lead further. we'll go on and develop our partnership with the europeans and the biggest economic partner, much greater than the united states, and we'll develop relations with our immediate neighbors, but it will not choice of american people. if they do not want to work with us, it is their choice. if they want to work with us, it first needs to be based on mutual respect and the maginski litigation is fragrant lack of mutual respect as far as we concern and had needs to be based on mutual benefit because that is the most reliable under pinning for any corporation, especially when you talk about long-term. we respect the business of the united states that this enters to make money and make business in russia and it is wonderful because we know what our partners want and when we feel that what they want is fully in line with the goals of developing russian economy, creating jobs, we welcome this. and whe

>> it has not changed for the united states military. no, sir. >> so, in light of the fact -- and i ask this of both secretary of defense and you as chairman of the joint chiefs. in light of the fact that we are already following the convention, would joining it require the military to make any change in existing policy or procedure with respect to use of the oceans? >> it would not. >> would it place any restraint whatsoever on any of our strategic goals? >> it would not. >> as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, do you believe joining the convention would harm the u.s. military in any way? >> i do -- i believe it would not harm us in any way. >> and, mr. secretary, you said

states it's a pakistan issue with the united states and if there is any other country involved it it has never been done with our knowledge it has never been done by asking us that they were going to do a drone attack it has never been done based on a permission from afghanistan it's an issue that we are not involved in in any manner whatsoever this president you would like to close all private security companies but we all know that in afghanistan. we're at corruption level and police the police will secure foreign people the government is the strategic place. what are you going to do. going to do with the situation with corruption in belize police or terrorists yeah look the police in afghanistan has just formed of two million years of total destruction of these institutions under the circumstances it's doing very very well look at them in such a face they make every day every day there is an afghan police man dying somewhere either protecting an embassy or protesting a house or protecting a street or protecting the border. the policeman that died near the russian embassy a few day

from within the united states. one of the classic examples of searching through and figuring out who was involved. the husband and wife team, ethyl and jewulius rosen berg. i decided to put it first. alphabetically. they will be charged separately and both convicted of espionage along atomic secrets to the soviet union in 1951 and executed for espionage in 1953. this is serious business now. the us has been infiltrated by spies. nothing more serious than the weapons program and the rosen bergs paid the price. what we have then in the united states is a full-fledged red scare. we talked about this afterworld war 1 in the 1920s. this is really a second red scare. we are afraid that the united states, here on our own shores had been infiltrated. we are suspicious of everyone and everything. your next door neighbor might be a spy. it's your american responsibility and duty to support the activity. the band leader synonymous with the red scare and flushing out the communists, wherever they might be is this fellow. recog

whereas the united states is $44,000. yes, we have a little larger economy, but this is the danger zone. people were saying we could have a financial problem of very few people in 2007 as a result of the bubble in housing. they warned that might happen. oh, no, not this time. it's different. we got it under control and we had a financial crisis that we haven't recovered from yet. so i would say, madam president, we do need to take action and we do not have a budget. we do not have a budget. if we had a budget, why did president clinton -- obama comply with the united states code and submit a budget over here this year? if we have a budget, why did the house pass a budget? if we had a budget, why did four different democratic congressmen and groups of congressmen submit budgets in the house? so if we had a budget, why did senator conrad seek to have a budget markup in the committee? he basically said well, we may not bring it up on the floor but the law says we have a budget. i'm going to bring one up in committee, and the