whether those people were nazi germany, communist eastern europe, apartheid south africa, or a number of other places around the world, we have stood with the freedom fighters. it is now time for us to stand with those in iran who seek freedom from one of the world's most impressive, most dangerous, and most dictatorial regimes. i hope this resolution is not the end. i hope it is the beginning of the support that this government, both in congress and the white house gives to those people. i yield back the balance of my time. >> who seeks recognition at this time? >> could i get an assessment or calculation of the remaining time on both sides? >> i can do that with precision. the gentleman has nine and one- half minutes remaining. the gentle lady has 4 and 1/4 minutes. >> the gentle lady is recognized for one minute. >> think you very much. today, i stand with my colleagues in this congress. i stand with president obama, and a vice president biden in support of the iranian people, their right to express themselves, their right to have peaceful demonstrations, and i stand in support of

europe. then the second book also takes place in the kitchen and it is called in the kitchen. this of course, is in paper and the road home is on hardback which probably makes a difference to people. finally, this book and segue and to my other favorite shawn bridges south asian books. i have two of them hear. one is here cutting four stone which is about a position it is very hard to describe because it is a very fact epic novel and lots of people have been coming into the store to say how much they love this book. the author is a position in the united states that immigrated here actually from ethiopia where his family were protestant missionaries. a lot of the book takes place in ethiopia and a lot takes place in the united states in a hospital and it is lush, beautiful riding about medicine and immigration and ethiopia it in bad times and 80 wonderful book. another book that takes place in calcutta and it is called an sacred games. in the tradition of life imitating art 1/2 bid in mobile

europe. and in the second book also takes place in the kitchen and that is called in the kitchen with. so i think this, of course, is a paper and then in new monica ali is in hardback which probably makes a difference to the people. finally, monica of the segues into my other favorite genre which this south asian books. i have to hear, one is cutting for stone it is about a opposition. it is really hard to describe because it is an epic, very fat epic novel. we have got lots of people coming into the store to say how much they love this book. in he is a physician in the united states and emigrated here from ethiopia where his family were protestant missionaries. a lot of cutting for stone takes place in ethiopia and a lot takes place in the united states. and it is lush, beautiful riding, about madison and about and immigration and it is about ethiopia and bad times. it is a wonderful book. and the other book, a south asian book takes place in calcutta and is called sacred gains. it is in the

whether it is in tibet or in cuba or in eastern europe or in the middle east or any other region, to reaffirm our commitment to stand for certain fundamental principles involving human rights, participatory democracy, and the affirmation of the rights of the people of any country. today it's about the people of iran and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. we have an impressive line-up of speakers on our side. i'd like to start by yielding five minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, the author of the bill, republican conference chair and an esteemed members. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. pence: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: i rise with a great sense of humility and a great sense of moment before this body but a great sense of gratitude. to the ranking member for her extr

europe. and then the second book also takes place in a kitchen, and that's called in the kitchen by monica ali. so i think both -- this one, of course, is in paper. the road home, and the new monica ali is in hardback. which probably makes a difference to people. finally, monica ali segways into my other favorite genre which is south asian books. i have two here, one is abraham verghese, cutting for stone, which is about a physician who -- well, it's really hard to describe because it's a epic, very fat epic novel. we've gotten lots of people have been coming into the store to say how much they love this book. verghese is a physician in the united states who emigrated here actually from ethiopia where his family were protestant missionaries, and this -- a lot of cutting for stone takes place in ethiopia, and a lot takes place in a hospital in the united states, and it's lush, beautiful writing. it's about medicine and about immigration, and it's about ethiopia in bad times, and it's a wonderf

this week, there are also observances in eastern europe about freedom emerging there at this time 20 years ago. for those of you who are old enough to remember, you would have seen that the students gathered in the square in may and in the days leading up to june 4, were inspiration to the world. to the world. they inspired others to have the courage, and they had a drum beat of liberty and freedom that was felt around the world. what they wanted was dialogue with their government on openness and freedom, and freedom of speech and religion, the ending of corruption in china. they wanted that dialogue. they wanted that conversation. what they got was crushed. crushed. some of those people crushed in the square, and another streets of beijing. but they could not crush, they could not crush the spirit of tiananmen. that is why it is important that 20 years later, i remember meeting dr. ling in paris. she was nearly escape from china, so proud of her, so courageous. and so many other heroes of that movement. many of them, when they got out of china, signed my man before the tank poster i

initially it was largely a european jews, actually, more from eastern europe than from western europe. but then there was an influx of middle eastern jews who came in. and it's true who dominated the political system for a long time. still dominate certain aspects of israeli. but that was a huge divide in israel. in a way not only class divide but a political divide and cultural divide. it has actually been to a large extent bridged. not gone but to a large extent bridged. there are many different categoriesation. you have the russian immigrants who came in. you have a significant group of russian immigrants who came in and they forged a block that is really distinct from the historic ashkinazi community that came in. there's been a transformation of israel that is more idealogical over time. initially it was a socialist country. most of the immigrants came in with socialist ideas, establishing the collectists. and more secular and less religious. and clearly what was seen in israel is more moved toward religious groups. still not a majority but a significant group. and certainly the

you had a series of pogroms in eastern europe and then you have the holocaust for in the west tried to find some sort of grand historical compromise with judaism whereby a homeland for the jewish people is established in palestine. i think what the president -- these are very treacherous waters -- what the president is trying to do directly or indirectly is try to support that part of the debate about israel and palestine that says it is time now for the west to try to find a grand, historical compromise with islam and the muslim world by restoring some of the rights that the palestinians have lost when they lost their land and their country in 1948. host: the president did talk about the horrors of a concentration camp. you can watch all of the president's events in cairo, egypt online. the president's news conference with german chancellor and also tomorrow, the events at normandy. the president's speech in cairo will read-share-air. joe is next. caller: good morning. i keep hearing -- first of, i think the president did the right thing. i think he delivered a very good speech. i am

europe and the caucasus. if confirmed, i would build on his good work. >> thank you. general mcchrystal, there has been progress caring for reuters that have been diagnosed with mental health issues, but because of the stigma associated, many do not get assistance that is required. we must get the message to our war years that one of the most courageous acts is reaching out for help. if confirmed, what would you do to continue efforts to tear down the stigma that deters many from getting counseling? >> i think primarily it is to talk to leaders. we have had senior leaders that have sought help and i thought that was usually helpful. i would continue to talk to our leaders and tried to convince them that they don't have to pretend they don't need help but to break down the walls of the stigma. it begins with leadership at every level. >> thank you very much. senator wicker. >> i am on the horns of a dilemma. i understand you have not voted and neither have i.. i have a lot more confidence they will hold the vo

from eastern europe to indonesia. it is a story with a simple truth. and violence is a dead end. it is a sign leader of courage nor power. to shoot rockets at sleeping children or blow up old women on a bus. that is not how moral authority is claimed, that is how it is surrendered. that is the time for palestinians to focus on what they can build. the palestinian authority must develop its capacity to govern with institutions that can serve the needs of their people. how amas does have support among some palestinians. they have to recognize their responsibilities to play a role in of killing palestinian aspirations, to unify the palestinian people -- their responsibilities to play a role of fulfilling palestinian aspirations, to unify the palestinian people. israel must recognize that there justice cannot be denied nor can palestine's. the united states does not except accept the legitimacy of israeli settlements. [applause] this construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. it is time for these settlements to stop. [applause] israel must also

it in 1989 that the russian rule, the soviet rule, the communist rule in eastern europe fell apart. and not for the first time, since 1989 i have been able to go back every year, even though i have no relatives left now, to my native country. and this is not so much the result of a patriotic pole. because something happened since 1989 that i would have never believed would happen, even in the change of the regime, it even within the communism, that i must say i foresaw long before important people in the cia foresaw at all. but we must understand we live in a world where it is not little wisdom that rules things, but enormous institutionalized stupidity. so it was no great prophecy of my part to have saw decades before 1989 that the soviet union was going to fall apart. but it involved me personally because i never expected that. you know, i love english-language. i like in english. i think in english. i even dream in english which is extraordinary in some ways. but since 1989, every year a new book of mine is published in hungary. translated into hungarian. even though these books

this is from eastern europe to indonesia. it is a story with a simple truth. violence is a dead end. it is a sign neither courage or of power. -- or a power to throw rocks at the sleeping children. that is not how moral authority is claimed. that is how it is surrendered. now is the time for palestinians to focus on what they can build. palestinian authorities must develop its government with institutions to serve the needs of its people. hamas does have support among some palestinians, but they also have to recognize their responsibilities, to play a role and a filling palestinian aspirations, and to unify the palestinian people. hamas has put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, recognized israel's right to exist. at the same time, israelis must acknowledge that just as their right cannot be denied, neither can palestine's. the united states is non -- does not accept the legitimacy of israeli settlements. [applause]

my father was an immigrant from eastern europe. my mother was a first generation american whose father came to america as a peddler. we had enough but not a lot. my biggest political thrill as a child was meeting the mayor of south bend when he came to our apartment building to drive a voter to the polls. i celebrated my 50th birthday in the state dining room, at the white house at a party hosted by the president and first lady. i have lived the american dream. [applause] >> that is why i tried so hard from my days in the war on poverty in the 1960's when i met ginger to my time at the d.l.c., to expand the american dream for all americans. i believe that is my responsibili responsibility. simply put, i believe that every american who works hard and plays by the rules should have the freedom and opportunity to rise as far as his or her god-given talents will allow. and the responsibility to take advantage of that opportunity. and i believe those of us who have been blessed as i have and who are privileged to hold positions of influ

and the liberation of eastern europe. it is increasingly difficult for an authoritarian government to maintain control of all the means of communication that are available to its citizens, especially -- i mean, you either have economic stagnation and backwardness, or you have modern communications, and makes the control of communications by a government extremely difficult. frankly, i think it is a huge victory for freedom around the world because this monopoly of information is no longer in the hands of the government. >> when you look at a country like iran and the government there right now that is clearly trying to control modern communications, will they succeed? how do you think about this in terms of u.s. national security? is it something we need to take into account in this country? >> i think frankly the freedom of communication and the nature of it is a huge strategic asset for the united states. without being specific about iran, there are clearly a number of governments around the world that tried to control

europe as well as south asia and two books that represent one it is the road home, she is a british writer who really should be better known in the united states in this takes place in london everyman who is from the former soviet union trying to eke out a living having been in a bleak time in western europe. and then the second book also displays in the kitchen and that is called, in the kitchen. so i think this one, of course, is in paper, the road home, and the new monica ali is in hardback which probably makes a difference to people. finally it monica ali segues into my other favorite genre which is south asian books. i have to hear, one is abraham -- cutting for stone which is about a physician, it is really hard to describe because it is an epic, very fact epic novel. we have gone on so people coming into the store to say how much they love this book. in -- it is about a position in the united states who emigrated here and chilly autumn ethiopia where his family where protestant missionaries and a lot of cutting for stone takes place in ethiopia and a lot of it takes place in

europe or the middle east or any other region to reaffirm our commitment to stand for certain fundamental, universal principles involving human rights, participatory democracy, and the affirmation of the rights of the people of any country. today is about the people of iran, and with that i reserve the balance of my time. >> we have an impressive lineup of speakers on our side. i would like to start by yielding five minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, the author of the bill. >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i rise with a great sense of humility and a great sense of moment before this body, but a great sense of gratitude. to the ranking member for her extraordinary leadership in bringing this resolution to the floor, a resolution which as the chairman of the committee just stated quite eloquently will give the american people through their elected representatives clear opportunity on this day, after a week of violence and tumble to in the nation of iran, the opportunity to express the american people support for all iranian citizens who embrace the

europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this date. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. last week in france president obama took a different approach. he demanded nothing of our current adversary, iran. he challenged them to do nothing saying instead, quote, we are ready for direct negotiations with the iranians on the whole range of issues without preconditions in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

you have privatization in eastern europe and western europe and england. we have tried to do a pretty wide canvas and the conclusion is there's no perfect system. we look at what bill gates did with microsoft which was a time schedule. our judgment at this point is a prearranged time schedule will create more problems than it solves but that is one of the strategies we found. >> my last 2 questions, you are and poverty answered one of them. the supply chain is in reasonably healthy condition, and if you are an employee or shareholder of ford, what do you make of this and how do you compete? >> i can't sell you the supply chain is relatively healthy, it is troubled but we are monitoring it very carefully, we are deeply aware of the interrelated this of the supply chain. when the supply chain goes down, even if you didn't have a view of saving gm and chrysler you have for, honda and nissan connected to the same group. we are deeply aware of the into connectivity of this and we are monitoring it closely. we believe it can hold together the we are very mindful

they really needed to break out and to match the soviet advances that you had in eastern europe at the same time. so, the allies also launched an invasion of south france which is not well known but was planned from operation over-lord that there would be a complementary invasion of southern france along the rive riviera beaches. churchill was against it but it was august 15, 1944. by then the swaituation had improved in normandy, the eastern front so the invasion of south france helps outflank the german position in france. at that point the allies are in the campaign they want, especially the americans. it is a mobile campaign, heavily mechanized and dependent upon vehicles, which the u.s. army was the most mechanized in the world at that time. designed to fight, slash and maneuver. sour seeing that by august of 1944. then paris is liberated which is a great political moment for the allies. and the whole advance was just rolling across france. the germans are in retreat. there is a lot of excitement that the world could be over by christmas. but this is too good to be true because of

some are concerned about drugs coming in from eastern europe and the baltic. the new move over to the mideast and gets a little shaky. we have had that one case. senator mikulski of that -- had that prescription bottle from iraq of all places. it is a very real threat. my modification -- but since i missed the deadline on the amendments -- but again i thought we would do this under the coverage section. that my deadline on that would be next week. it simply says, this act shall become effective only if the secretary certifies to the congress that the implementation of it will pose no additional risk to the public's health and safety and result in a signal the direction of the cost of coverage products to the american consumer. a significant reduction in the cost of covered products to the american consumer. it's that section a that is absolutely essential if i'm going to support this amendment, although i know exactly what the senator from arizona is trying to do. i respect that. i don't mean to throw a clinker in here or be a johnny-come-lately, but i did wan

you have the privatizations in eastern europe and western europe and england. we tried to do a pretty wide canvas. i think the conclusion is there's no perfect system. we looked at what bill gates did with microsoft. i think our judgment at this point is that a prearranged time schedule will create more problems than it solves, but i can assure you that was one of the strategies we examined. >> my last two questions and i think you already answer one of them, i'm just answer them both and loetl lp and loetl let and loetl l you respond. is the supply change in reasonably good health right now? number two, if you're an employee or shareholders of ford what do you make of all this and how do you compete? >> your first -- the supply train is very troubled, but we are monitoring it very carefully. we're very aware of the interrelated as of the supply chain. when the supply chain goes down, you have ford and honda and nissan and connected to the same suppliers. we are deeply aware of the interconnected the of this and we are monitoring it closely. the fourth question

the new democracies of central and eastern europe are examples. ukraine in particular is under a great deal of political pressure due to difficult economic conditions. except for and yet many questions of south asia are similarly under pressure. virtually all the ander developed countries, especially africa, under the under greater siege because of the economic assistance drop, the further deterioration of their own economic situations and other factors that are important such as tribal or ethnic conflict and violence nearby. the intelligence community analysis and modeling shows that really the duration of the recession is the key factor in the strength of its effect. while the current recession is the worst since the 1930's so far does not have the political impact of the great depression which had the longer time run, however another year or two might bring a different and worse story. so, this area of the economic, the effects of the economic recession is one that we are watching in a new way. if there is a geographic region of the world that

but let us remember he does not invade eastern europe. you know what i mean? the use diplomacy, honesty, the force of going forward and explaining the way to go. >> guest: in usa realistic despite the fact that his rhetoric was pretty heated for the time. the foreign-policy establishment was shocked, but you look at everything and go over eight years, he wasn't a neocon, he wasn't a radical. he was down the middle. >> he came in the 1940's and 60's. >> guest: when you look and how he used diplomacy and barack obama on the other side who use rhetoric of the left while in all actuality his policies like reagan's are more realistic on foreign policy. we have are the established him as an unrepentant radical. >> host: let me cover everything is. what is the difference between the republican party and the conservative movement and to which you belong? >> guest: i don't know what the republican party is any more i done to. >> host: is it going to respond to itself? >> guest: i know now. i think it's got maybe five years, may be 10 years to do that. >> host: why not

prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall." last week in france, president obama took a different approach. he demanded nothing of our current adversary, iran. he challenged them to do nothing, saying instead, "we are ready for direct negotiations with the iranian, a whole range of issues without preconditions in an atmosphere of mutual respect." ronald reagan demonstrated the power of an american president's standing firm for human freedom and liberty and against tyranny. president obama is pleading with a tyrannical, radical regime that sponsors terror and has killed americans to please talk to us. he is offering to convey a tremendous benefit to them in exchange for no cost from them. president reagan knew there was no moral equivalency in america and our adversaries and he was not afraid to say so. he also knew that negotiating from a position of weakness could never secure america's national interests. after he left the middle east, president obama made a

i spent a lot of times with foreign correspondents in eastern europe back during the cold war and people ask me sometimes, what do you think caused the end of the cold war and the fall of the berlin wall, was the star wars, was the reagan foreign policy, the war of afghanistan and i said no, it was bulgarian bluejeans. they could not get anything but bulgarian in blue jeans over there, big baggy and a word in blue. they were whatever color they felt like making that day because they were government bluejeans. one-size-fits-all bulgarian bluejeans. and finally the people east of the berlin wall coming east of the iron curtain said we ain't wearing bulgarian blue jeans anymore and finally they came out in the street and said you can shoot us and we won't wear bulgarian bluejeans. we have had it, we ain't wearing that stuff anymore, we want a pair of levi's 501. open up that wall. and it happened. the crash -- the pressure was too great and you don't want government running industry even if it seems -- i hate to see those jobs lost in detroit in hate to see the secondary companies that made

we'll divide eastern europe between us." that wouldn't have lasted. sooner or later they would have clashed, but the democracies wouldn't have been in on it anymore. c-span: i want to ask you a question, and i don't know that this is fair to you, but of all the 1,380 accounts and the 500 that you did -- oral histories -- the first question is, are they all stored somewhere? >> guest: oh, yes, absolutely. they're in the eisenhower center at the university of new orleans, and they'll be a part of the national d-day museum when we get it built. that's what they're there for, and it has been extraordinarily satisfactory to us this year, because abc has come down, nbc, cbs, cbc, bbc, the works, have come down and mined our archives, and they can come in. "do you want a story from the rangers? here, we've got maybe 300 rangers all told" -- no, not that many -- 100 rangers all told. they read one, "god, this guy is great. where do i find him?" we'll give them his name and his address and telephone number, and the network will go out and do an interview with

and our nato allies in europe. well, everybody can cut four or five steaming days off in the northwest passage is open. so an issue of significant strategic importance, we're would working it in concert with northern command, european command, our friends and allies and the department of state. >> and on that note, complicated, challenging, and important, it is 1830. you're dismissed. thank you, sir. thanks, walt. it's great to see you again. [applause] >> we're going to take you live, now, to a discussion just getting underway on the potential threat posed by a nuclear iran. speakers discuss the current political situation in iran and will make recommendations on how to stop iran's nuclear weapons program. live coverage now from the heritage foundation in washington, d.c.. >> nobody exactly guessed when the soviets tested, the americans were off by several years, so it immediately happens in the wake of this surprise whether it's the april surprise or the october surprise, whatever, is countries immediately scurry

i was in eastern regional manager for the u.s., canada, and all of europe. from my counterpart in europe i hear the same thing regarding financing host: the demand is still there? but you say people cannot get financing to buy the use ofrv's? but the demand is still there? caller: yes, i get called on a daily basis. we are paid only if we sell something by commission. the company was restructured as factory director and the. there are deals out there, but no financing. host: here is the story concerning the state budget of connecticut. next to union, new jersey on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. and in calling to say that i see jobs out there. those jobs are coming, not a lot of jobs, but seemed to be going to the wrong people. there are lots of cheap labor jobs up there with construction. but it seems it is going to the wrong people. most of those are independent companies. they hire those they want. most of the companies now hire people for cheap labor. i am out there every day because i work for the post office and i know in the see the people

eastern on c-span. >> president obama attended ceremonies in normandy, france. more than 2500 american servicemen were killed in that battle, which is considered by historians to be the turning point in the war in europe. president obama spoke along with french president nicolas sarkozy, park ridge prime minister gordon brown, and canadian prime minister stephen harper. -- british prime minister gordon brown. >> president obama, your royal highness, prime minister rao, prime minister harbor, presidents are cozy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to welcome all the illustrious visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and family members in attendance to honor us all with their presence. [applause] today we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of june 6, 1944. today's ceremony will honor the soldiers, sailors, and air man who made the supreme sacrifice so that europe might be liberate