in latin america you are certainly as well known as they are. and what is interesting is all three of you are journalists, and you have this kind of immediacy even though we started out with a peace and we are going to read many more pieces that was at the beginning of everything when man meets woman will you talk about all of the war, to the limit of all kind, the scope is amazing and daunting. i thought we would do a little bit of biography before we go on with the book. of course your name has been in the headlines and the united states because the president of venezuela, shot is common at our president, barack obama and as a gesture i think of friendship and he gave barack obama this book, open veins of latin america. he gave it to him by understanding in spanish which was a little difficult because obama doesn't read spanish but i think the intention was to give him a book that if you were treated was open his eyes about latin america. there was a lot of discussion about that. what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote that chavez

my question was to the latin americans looking now back at that era of revolution in latin america which is pretty much over at least in our generation but do you think we came out of it with? >> guest: the server to idle about before, that history doesn't end. when history says goodbye it's saying see you tomorrow. so and latin america now are growing forces, energies that changing reality and in venezuela and ecuador the plain common sense for instance korea, the president when he says we are not going to pay for the debt unless it is proved that the foreign debt is real. because most of the foreign debt that is in a in present, the faults that never existed are the result of the generosity of the international financial institutions like international monetary fund, world bank and the deep bunkers so generous with the military dictatorships to finance. the question coming from common sense is why should people pay for the snake that bit him or her and why should people finance the corruption of the politicians savings this banks and he was attacked say in this is a scandal, he is mad.

"the open veins of latin america". and he gave it to my understand was a spanish which, of course, is a little because obama doesn't read the spanish but i think the intention was to give him a book that if he were to read it to do it opened his eyes about latin america. there's a lot of discussion about that. what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote to that chavez had taken your book two barack obama? >> guest: a generous act, the young and sick, and obviously i was happy about it, but i was quite happy when i was walking in my walker in my neighborhood and the seashore and everybody was saying we are selling so well. we are living in a world in which each one of us is becoming a commodity and you are sold, you are not sold. >> host: the bbc i think did that to because they mention that after he gave your book to barack obama it rose to number two in the amazon rankings. and i ejected because originally it was about 57,000. my books are in the 100 or 200,000. but they bounce up and down every day. i opened

latin america is in many ways a victim. but i don't think of it was a pessimistic book, and i wanted to ask you as the final statement about your sense of optimism in the history you say is still unfolding. >> guest: well, the certitude that history doesn't end and also the certitude that we may be contemporaries and compatriots of people born far away from your country, then far away from your time. if you share with them a common love for justice and freedom, like happened with -- must have -- you were born in the united states and not in latin america. mark twain. and i remember mark twain was a -- 1930 league, and he wanted to change the stars in the banner with the skulls when the united states began imperial advance in the time of president mckinley, who heard the voice overgoads saying you -- the voice of god saying you should save the philippines from the danger of the pill -- philippines. so you know perhaps better than i. >> host: well, thank you very much eduardo galeon know. and it's been an honor to talk to you

one of the reasons i became involved in latin america and studies about latin america was because of your work spur it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while? how long? >> guest: it 10 minutes. i just arrived. >> host: i know you are going to york. >> guest: and then other cities. >> my new baby. >> this is the book, at "mirrors" stories of almost everyone but of course, i checked out the spanish title title, [speaking spanish] which is a little different which means universal history, almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it sounds so hollow and arrogant. my intention was to write an homage to the human adversity. without boundaries or frontiers more from time or from the map, to be free. it was ended venture -- and adventure. >> host: i think it is less serious when it is called stories of almost everyone" because almost everyone is in this book. and predicted the people who are not usually mentioned in world history, i give us a couple of examples of the kinds of stories that you

so latin america has been relatively well off. second, the latin americans -- the lathan leaders do not help themselves in relations with the united states. when you have leaders of -- freely elected and democratic governments like chile, for example, going to havana to kiss the ring of fidel castro because that's basically what they were doing, it doesn't elevate the president of chile to the level of fidel castro. it lower them to the level of fidel castro. it helps fidel castro. or when you have a summit meeting like in brazil not too long ago where all these presidents of latin america get together and all they do is criticize the united states. that's all they did. they were lucky, frankly, that this received zero coverage in the u.s. media because if it had been covered, it would have just added to this bad image that latin america has in this country. so when latin americans why don't we get more attention from the united states, listen, glad you don't. [laughter] >> on that highly positive note. let me thank our speakers f

america and east asia in the last half century is that latin america didn't control capital flight. in fact, in general, the rich in latin america don't have responsibilities. capital flight approximated the crushing debt. in contrast, during south korea's remarkable growth period, capital flight was not only banned but could bring the death penalty. one of many factors that led to the surprising divergence latin america has much richer resources you'd expect it to be far more advanced than east asia but it had the disadvantaged of being imperialist wings. from the 1970s, the golden age faded. when neoliberal rules were observed insofar as they've been observed, economic reform deteriorated and social democratic programs have been substantially weakened. we see that right here. the united states partially accepted these rules and for the past 30 years, real wages for the majority of the population have stagnated up till then, they essentially tracked growth. work hours have increased. now well beyond europe. benefits which have always lagged have declined. social indicators kind of

i think she's one of the finest leaders in latin america and very capable person. if you look at how chile has handled the recession, they have handled it very well in part because the surpluses that they got when copper prices were very high, they set aside. so they had a -- resources to deal with the downturn. it's a good lesson for the united states when we had surpluses, they got dissipated. we think that there's enormous possibilities in making progress in latin america generally. one of the things i will be talking about with the president of chile is the coordination and cooperation between the united states and chile on clean energy. we will have an announcement when we do our press conference after my bilateral meeting on clean energy partnerships. we are making important progress when it comes to exchanges on cancer research. we continue to have a robust trade regime with chile. and by the way, chile has entered into interesting partnerships not just with the federal government, but state governments like california. so i think the relationship that we ha

i think he is one of the finest leaders in latin america. if you look at how chilly has handled the recession -- chille as head of the recession, it has been good. they have the resources to deal with the downturn. it is a good lesson for the united states when we have surpluses. they anticipated. we think we can make progress in latin america generally. one of the things i will be talking about with the president there is the coordination and cooperation between the united states and them on clean energy. we will have an announcement when we do our first press conference after my bilateral meeting. we are making important progress when it comes to the exchanges on cancer research. we continue to have a robust regime with them. they have entered and to 7 inches in partnerships with the federal government and with state governments like california. i think the relationship that we have with them -- but that's not all in line with u.s. foreign policy on every issue. is a respectful policy. they are an important partner. that is the model we wa

reserve system in latin america. so the reality is it's coming. and the question is how we go about managing it. and i hope, i hope that the united states takes some leadership and says, you know, we have allowed globalization to proceed. it's benefitted us, but it's also had some costs, particularly to developing countries, innocent victims of this crisis. let's try to address the problems of the global reserve system and let's try to create something that is of benefit to us all. >> joseph stiglitz, former global world chief bank economist and "toxic message" column in the july issue of "vanity fair" and a hyper link through our website, c-span.org is our website and you'll find that article hyper linked there. ben on our line for democrats, go ahead, please. caller: good morning. thank you for your time. and being on the program. mr. stiglitz, i have couple things. one, whatever happened to anti-trust laws? why are they not being applied to the banks? and the other thing is you mentioned earlier that the governmen

perhaps as persuasive as the political situation in latin america. since its rise to power in venezuela in 1998, hugo chavez has reinvigorated the radical latin-american left he has formed a block of anti-american countries in south and central america composed of cuba, nicaragua, beleava and -- bolivia. colombian military units captured evidence detailing the venezuelan's extensive support for the terrorists. venezuelan has used its petroleum money to buy friends and use its influence. too often they have succeeded. our friend in colombia has stoutly resisted this siren song. when too many other nations have drifted into cheap anti-u.s. populism, colombia has stood strong, has traveled precisely the opposite way. while president uribe is here in our nation, is meeting with our president, i hope the president of the united states will do the right thing and stand firmly in support of completing the f.t.a. that has been negotiated. it is time for the administration to show great leadership on this issue, which is at every level, in my judgment, just g

during this time, i gained a lifelong appreciation and affection for latin america. i visited several countries in the region. if confirmed, i relish the opportunity to return to the wonderful land of my childhood. i haven't spent much time in latin america during my career, but i will spend all my time and energy enhancing my role the southern command plays with the armed forces in the region and continue admiral stavridis. as i have looked more closely at the southern command, i am impressed by what southern command has accomplished by his foresight and innovation. i look forward to the opportunity to build on his accomplishments. during my current duty as separate -- deputy commander of pacific command, i shared some time with general mcchrystal. i am impressed with his vision, intellect, and drive. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity and the privilege to appear before you. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. general mcchrystal? >> mr. chairman, senator mccain, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. i woul

one of the reasons i've become involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist is because of your work. so it is a great pleasure for me to be here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states a while now. how long have you been -- >> guest: ten minutes, just arrived. [laughter] >> host: and i know you're going to new york. >> guest: yes, new york and other cities to help my new baby called "mirrors." help it to walk. it's a baby. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. of course i checked out the spanish title. [speaking in spanish] which is a little bit different. it means universal history almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it sounds so swollen and arrogant. my intention was to write a homage to a human diversity from tears and boundaries or from tears -- it was a mad adventure. the titles are more or less trying to say it's

, south america and latin america. he is to be commended. madam speaker, the united states and brazil are strong partners with a common history and ancestry that unfortunately includes experiences of slavery, racism and discrimination against citizens of african heritage. still the united states and brazil under the joint action plan are looking to learn from each other's experiences in order to combat racism and promote equality and education, culture, health and sports. madam speaker, because combating racism and discrimination requires constant dill gans, i support the gentleman's amendment which would move towards that end. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new york. mr. meeks: how much time do i have remaining? the chair: the gentleman has one minute remaining. mr. meeks: let me just say i thank you -- i want to give you good progress that has been made in latin america. dixon became the first black woman to head the panama supreme court. and another member of the supreme court. mo

america, have all spoken to your humbled servants. they express their outrage by the acts perpetrated by the cursor first of power in honduras by the ursurpers of honduras. the president of columbia will be here in washington. he was in washington the day after these tragic events for democracy in condors. the president of mexico, philippe, for the meeting of the rio group. along with all countries that are members of the group's, this meeting that was convened as an extraordinary meeting, had a view to express the of bridges and vince that have taken place in -- i express the outrage that has taken place in honduras. the president of guatemala, the president of coaster ricasta rio extended his hospitality to me after i was thrown out of an airplane. that was at 6:30 a.m. that is the day that the coup d'etat occurred. the president of macabre who is the host of the meeting of the integration system. president of ecuador who traveled with the single aim of standing with the democracy of the world. isn't the interest of one single count

. >> i worked with immigrants mostly from latin america. this is a group of people like my family who came here looking for work because either they were driven out of their homes by war or in an wismar recent time the economy is worse than ours. incredible disparities in wealth, historically a disposable group of people. how you see the green in economy affecting them? how you bring them justice for their work and labor and give them a voice and not continue the cycle of this possibility? >> well, he raised the point of the two sides of it having to do with the global economy, the fact that i think we got sold a bill of goods from the united states that we could run our economy based on consumption and not production. and so we sent a lot of jobs overseas and god bless some of those that got those jobs and some won't respected in those jobs, and we also saw the capital side and then on the labor sign -- labor side sought a situation where people are really the backbone of our economy but are disrespect and don't have the rights of workers

host: in addition to being a juror salaam your chief, and has also served in latin america and elsewhere joins us. our next call is from miami. caller: good morning, i am a cuban-american. i do not know what your opinion is about that. in to both we have no freedom. i have never been able to visit my homeland. anyway, why should we apologize all the time? 9/11, i don't think we need to apologize -- we have done wrong in the world, but we have done good. i am not jewish, but we cannot abandon the jewish people either because they are our friends. that last phone call written a thought that would be over when obama was elected. i did not like it against bush, i do not like it against the present government, but anyway, syria -- i am not educated like you, sir, but they have been around a long time and created a lot of mischief. i don't know if that is the smartest thing that we should do. guest: those are all good points, again. there is a balance that i think this administration is trying to strike between trying to clear the air and not been seen a going around the world and apologizing.

asia, africa, latin america, the united states. we have seen terrible persecution of followers of jesus christ and now the constant talk of the coming of the islamic messiah. this is exactly what the bible foretold 2,000 years ago. jesus said in luke chapter 21 that in the last days, quote, you will hear of wars and revolutions. he said, do not be frightened. these things must happen first for the end will not come right away. matthew 24, jesus said you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars in the last days. he warned of terrible persecution. he warned of rampant lawlessness. he warned of the rise of false prophets and false messiahs. and 2000 years after he said it, 30 years ago we began to see this islamic revolution explode onto the pages of our newspapers and coming to our homes and our country in a very real and dramatic and dangerous way. what's more, bible prophesy tell us specifically that percent of ezekiel chapter 38 and 39 the hebrew prophet ezekiel writing 2500 years ago writes of a day when russia will form an all

some other members are interested in looking at the connections with china, latin america, russia. but some other countries that have been some what steps is to -- somewhat skeptical about sanctioning iran -- looking at those countries. looking rather at going back and maybe advancing some of the sanctions ideas that have been around anyway. i will stop there. >> thanks very much. it is a pleasure to be back at heritage. and has been a couple of months. as someone who was part of the formal set of experts to look at this problem said at that would be useful to contextualize for the arguments here and those watching a home while we were thinking about. the challenges that iran poses to the united states and countries in europe and asia is not just about the nuclear program. that is obviously the important one. on the nuclear program the ground assumption we started from is that iran is fairly well along in the process of creating an offensive capability if it wants to. there clearly laying the architecture to do so. in february the international atomic energy agency issued its repor

we launched in latin america. you going to buy a new cell phone that gives you access to a huge catalog of music, and kind of built into the price of the cellphone is this access. there are some of different models. it is exciting. -- there are some many different models. it is exciting. we're not going to see a slowdown. i love the entrepreneur is -- i love entrepreneurs. if people come up with new business ideas, that is great. we want to work with you and license our repertoire to you. >> you talk about royalties, how they're collected, and why they're collected. at bna, we are closely rot -- closely watching the performance rights act. the debate over the legislation is contentious, and i was wondering if you could tell us what that debate is about, and how you would like to see it resolved. >> the performance right act is related to the sound recording, the copyright of the sound recording. in the u.s., there is currently no performance right attached to it. in a lot of other territories around the world, the

players not just from the dominican republic, but from all of latin america. it is of critical importance to us because we are so heavily weighted in the draft. we know that we will not be able to make our next big international push until 2010. it is a job remains to be done. >> speaking of the pacific rim, the world baseball classic display major league talent from several countries, especially japan and korea. are you pursuing players from japan and korea? >> we are not pursuing players that i can identify, but we are scowling. we have to people that made trips to the area. it is becoming more and more important. several years ago, we did not know it would succeed here. everyone realized the kind of talent that was there. we signed a lower level guys that never panned out. the kind of broke the law book. there are no players in particular.

america, what happened to vietnam and cambodia, what is happening today in israel and palestine. his opposition to the wars in iraq, his relentlessness that is such an inspiration to us all. [applause] i think looking at the essential noam chomsky, of this a book case of that is on the cover is filled with noam chomsky books. he has written over 100 of them. and is not just writing, because when he excludes the line he is saving lives because the allies take lives. i don't know who said this quote, but someone once said i think back on my life that all the times i thought i went too far i realize now i did not go far enough. well, i think noam chomsky has clearly gone to the distance and as we celebrate his 80 years i am encouraged by a woman who told me about celebrating her grandmother's 106th birthday and her grandmother stood up at her party and said, to be 100 again a. [laughter] we look for into your noam chomsky for many years to come beginning with tonight. noam chomsky. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thanks, is really exciting to watch amy a couple days ago when she

and it is a rock of stability in latin-american. -- in latin america. but it will not be if the human rights terms of the colombian people are not addressed. and the army and many of its elements have been allied with paramilitary forces, and this has got to stop. i hope that the obama administration will not emulate the bush administration and give uribe a blank check but will ask him tough questions on human rights. host: our guest is well versed on the politics and political geography of central america, having served in a number of capacities in colombia and paraguay, else out a door and honduras. our phone lines are open -- ellis salvador and honduras. here is what the president had to say about the situation in honduras. >> let me first of all speak about the coup in honduras because this was the topic of conversation between myself and president uribe. all of us have great concerns about what has taken place there. president zelaya was democratically elected. he had not yet completed his term. we believe that a the coup -- we believe that the cou

single payer has worked in europe, latin america, and parts of asia. there is nothing wrong with it. it is a very workable system, and the government does not control you. there is choice. he built that in to satisfy republicans, but they are dead letter. they will not cooperate. guest: democrats are not pushing single-payer in congress. if there is a two-tier system, that is not the kind of approach they want. if you have resources, you can opt out and have the ability to go to a private facility in new england. that is

america and proceeded to conquer empires. they were barbarians. we have the virtues and vices of barbarians. while the european age was critical atlantic europe dominated the world and the heartland of the international system was of course, the north atlantic. you ever controlled the north atlantic controlled europe's access to the world whoever controlled europe's access to the world could shape the empire and of course, over hundreds of years spaniards dutch and british fought for control. of the north atlantic but in 1980 an extraordinary event happened in human history for the first time ever trans-pacific trade equaled transatlantic trade is somewhere around 1980. it is hard to pinpoint but that was an extraordinary event that we all experience but think what it means for it means at that point* not only was europe no longer the pivot of the global system, nor was the north atlantic by itself the key to global power. there were two keys, the atlantic and in the pacific. therefore by definition any power that was made by

this time uribe will encounter an administration pushing to expand its alliances in latin america and an increasingly worried about colombia's abysmal record for human rights. one more call regarding detainee policy, this one from michigan. caller: good morning, i have been listening to these people calling in saying that these detainees are some some kind of super-humans cannot be kept safely in an american prison, if in fact they're guilty of anything. the person who called and claimed we did not try the nazis until 20 years later for war crimes does not have the right. nuremberg happen very shortly after the war. and for the very

latin america is in many ways a victim. but i don't think of it as a pessimistic book, and i wanted to ask you as the final statement about your sense of optimism in this history that you see is still unfolding. >> guest: a source of optimism is that history doesn't into and also the certitude we may be contemporaries and compatriots of people weren't far away from the country and far away from nor time if you share with them a common law for justice in and freedom like happened with my two who were born in the united states and not latin-american, mark twain and spears. i remember mark twain was a leader of the antiimperialists lead and he proposed to change the star sting called banner when the united states began but event for the time of president mckinley who heard the voice of god saying you should say filling silence from the danger. and so they initiated the courier we will know when you know perhaps better than point the >> host: thank you very much, eduardo galeano is the author of "mirrors" stories of almost ever

this is all through latin america and the pacific rim. it is a critical thing of importance. this year, the draft. we still do not know the draft expenses will be. we will not be able to make a big international push until 2010. it remains important. >> the world baseball classic this year displayed major league talent from countries like japan and korea. are you now pursuing players from korea and japan, and if not, why not? >> we are not pursuing players particularly, but we are scouting all over the place. we have two people that make trips there annually to stay on top of things that happening in the pacific rim. it is becoming more and more important. seven years ago, we did not know that we would succeed here. everyone realized the kind of town that was there. we are aware of it. we are on top of it. we did draft a japanese national last week out of a u.s. college. that is the closest we of gotten to an international player. >> you see the same place we do. do teams have a mechanism to bring a terrible calls to the officials? >> we do, but let me add enough time to tell

trading partner in latin america and our largest export market for u.s. agricultural products in south america. exports are the only major sector of the private economy actually making positive contributions to u.s. economic growth. in my own state of arizona, nearly 40% of all of our manufactured goods were export exported. on average, net exports added more than one percentage point overall to our economic growth last year, in part offsetting the negative consequences of the housing downturn. so if u.s. manufacturers and farmers were not able to sell their products abroad, the current economic downturn would be much worse. enacting the colombia free trade agreement would help more than 10,000 u.s. companies that export to colombia. 8,500 of which are small- and medium-sized firms by opening a significant new export market. america's market is already open to imports from colombia. in 2008, for example, over 90% of u.s. imports from colombia entered the united states duty free under our most favored nation tariff rates and various preference programs, su

america or wherever they are from. why are we making working-class americans pay so heavily to have all of these illegal aliens here? i believe that the cost figure for kansas was right at $190 million for kansas to have illegal aliens in 2006. it is breaking us. host: thank you very much. guest: first of all -- is that my camera? host: that is your camera. guest: first of all, under president bush, which significantly increased the number of border patrol agents at the southern border, immigration and customs enforcement wrapped up its enforcement capabilities, and toward the end of his administration this became a very high priority. i will take it one step further, though. it goes beyond president bush. it goes beyond president obama. this country really does not have an immigration policy, let alone a policy dealing in a constructive and appropriate way with our land borders to the north and south, particularly with mexico. unless and until we have an immigration policy and a southern border strategy and then it in

we're starting to move to latin america up and i name them all dorothy burn after my mom. >> republican line? >> thanks for taking my call. mr. burn, thank you so much for being on the forefront of naked shorting an and greatest ponzi scheme this nation

we're starting to move to latin america up and i name them all dorothy burn after my mom. >> republican line? >> thanks for taking my call. mr. burn, thank you so much for being on the forefront of naked shorting an and greatest ponzi scheme this nation has seen. you've been doing a fantastic job and those of us that have been following it have been following you as well. my question - >> thank you. >> sure. my question is on the books, there have been um... there have been rules and regulations that were able to stop the naked shorting and we know that someone has been asleep at the switch but what's on our minds is, do you see the loopholes being closed and the you know the reigning in of naked shorting as you will? >> well, thank you for your really generous comments, dan. my thoughts are, well it has been quite a struggle and when americans understand as they are getting an understanding of this issue. i think it's going to turn out to be the biggest financial crime of all-time. it may be a trillion dollars was lewded out of the savings of america. at least there's enough data in th

america. i do not see from my study that there is it a military threat from that influence. so all of it right now is focused commercially. i also see an interest on the part of latin american caribbean nations to gain access to markets in china as well. >> as we discussed when you kindly came by to visit that the southern command is a great command that headed by a four star who is not only a warrior but is also a diplomat. and, ifs admiral stra rid is. and it's been -- stravridis. what kind of twist do you see as you apply diplomacy with being a commander? just give me some of your ideas as you take over command. >> from my standpoint it's really about partnership building throughout. that's partnership internationally. that's partnership from an inner agency, from a specific southern command standpoint, responsibility is for the military portion of that but it is working with the state department, with usaid, with other federal agencies involved there and also with armed forces to build the

america but really in the developed world, in the developed world. and that's not true. what you see in chile is really sort of a harbinger of what happened after 1973 all around the world, including here. after the overthrow of the government, democratically elected government, while actually there were planes overhead outside, basically the chilean bombing of the presidential palace, he was printing right down the street this 500 page blueprint of how he sorted wanted to reorient their economic system which is modeled very much on the university of chicago economic ideal. what they did was they created the economy that we have now. they created an economy where they saw boom and bust, cycles of boom and bust. the economy would grow because basically hot money, what economists call hot money flowing in the country. this is the money in the market, the capital markets. overheating the economy and they would pull out just quickly when investors want to pull a. they were privatizing, they were deregulating and what they saw was this almost balto econom

a promising businesses in china, russia, europe and latin america. and i have talked to general motors people in these other countries, and they are profitable and these other countries, have been profitable. it's the north american activities that have got us -- that have hurt them. and if indeed you were to take general motors production out of north america, out of a $9 million car market that senator bunning was talking about, it would increase the market share and thereby the profitable ability of all of the others. now, the outrage politically is enormous for that, but if we're going to talk in straight market terms that would have been the thing to do. i remember, i'll just say this and get your comment on it, reading i cannot tell you the date now, but it's for five years ago, a cover story in fortune magazine called the demise of general motors. and they outlined at a time when the economy was doing very well the general motors was doomed. for a variety of reasons. and one of the interesting things they said was about the quality of general

america, russia, some of the other countries that have been somewhat skeptical about sanctioning iran or ian entering -- even entering alliances with iran, so some in congress are interested in looking more closely at those countries, so the unrest has manifested in congress not necessarily directly on the unrest itself although some resolutions have passed, but rather on going back and maybe advancing some of the sanctions ideas that have been around anyway and, perhaps, pushing those over the goal line. think i'll stop there. >> thank you. ilan. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be back at heritage. it's been a couple months, so i feel like a refresher's needed. as someone who was part of sort of the formal set of experts that looked at this problem set, i thought it would be useful to sort of contextualize how we thought about the iranian nuclear problem, and i think it's useful to think about the fact that, you know, iran, the eye iranian strategic challenge, the challenge iran poses to the united states and countries in europe and countries in asia is not just about the

america and africa. that's important because the term reproductive health is found in numerous u.n. consensus documents and action plans and in the laws of countries worldwide. on march 31, for example, the u.n. acting deputy assistant secretary for the population refugee and migration bureau told the u.n. the u.s. government seeks to achieve universal access to reproductive health and the promotion of reproductive rights. in light of the secretary of state's statement that clearly means universal access to abortion on demand. by foisting abortion on the developing world via a new government office on global women's issues, the obama administration is squandering america's political capital to enable the purveyors of death to descend upon nation after nation to promote their deadly wares. section 334 of the underlying legislation establishes an office for global women's issues and i suggested that we limit it, that it not become a war room at the department of state for the promotion of abortion. if so,

unfortunately it's not going to pay you to go get your job back from china, india, brazil, latin america. so that part of the relocation is not going to help. but i tell you the one that just galled me to no end. it says here absolutely part of the law, the secretary shall conduct a study, examine the circumstances of older adversely affected workers. in other words, if you're over 50 or so and you lose your job, because you're going to, you are going to lose a lot of jobs here, and you lose your job, when do as a result of this bill, don't worry. we are going to do a study about you and your lost job. that will warm your heart, won't it? it won't keep you warm on a cold night next winter when you lost your job as a result of this bill. but the good news is the senate has still not acted. mr. speaker, it's not too late for people to let their senator know. look, i know you're a democrat. i know the pressure's enormous. i know they are promising you-all kinds of things to get you to vote for this bill, but don't get sucked in because we'll be the ones, the constituents will say, paying th

there were parts of the story as you mentioned went into latin america, was treated like an honored guest by anyone of the people that i met in central america, and then, of course, of the archival records is not of i'm just an internal documents. people would give me for example, the internal magazines from wal-mart. >> host: i used to work in a library is a periodical assistant at paul a speefour graduate school and these are publications that would not be bound because . >> guest: rebound is amazing things in called house organs, a publication that companies put out to advertise which are incredibly rich sources and we spend most of our waking lives and work, people are deeply invested in what they're doing on the job and particularly in these early magazines from the '70s and early '80s some very unselfconscious kind of cell revelatory instinct. and i would make people were mentioned in the articles and i would introduce me to other people. the sources now publicly available i should mention or available to the public through archives in kansas, i have a full run out, but at the time

america, and is a vital means for strengthening the security cooperation in the rion. publicizing the names of the students in their home countries could very well lead to hostile attention from nations, organizations, and individuals that may wish to do harm to the u.s., its friends, and allies. such publication could serve as a disincentive to central, south america, and mexican, yes, mexican students, who would otherwise want to attend whisc and could discourage nations from sending their students to the school. it would undercut the effectiveness of whisc as a tool for building hemisphere security cooperation and communicate in the democratic values and respect for human rights we espouse. if our ability to influence the democratic trajectory of the region were diminished it would be countries like venezuela and china who would fill the void. mr. mckeon: yield an additional minute. mr. gingrey: i therefore believe this amendment could do more harm than good. all my colleagues to oppose it. thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from california only had 1

players not just from dominican republic but all through latin america and increasing the pacific. it is of critical importance to us because this year we are heavily weighted in the draft and with the draft expenses are going to be. we know we want people to make our next international push until ten but it's a job that remains to be done and is important. >> speaking of the pacific the world baseball classic is played major league talent from several countries especially japan and korea. are they pursuing players from korea and japan and if not, why not? >> well, we are now pursuing players i can identify particularly but we are scouting. we are all over the place. not everybody's got to deal olympics but we did and we have to people that make trips annually to stay on top of things happening in the pacific rim. it is becoming more and more important. seven years ago we didn't know that position players could succeed here and then one came and everyone realized the kind of talent that was there. at the braves re-signed lower level guys that never panned out like he did and he kin

i never want to see that happen in america. mr. kirk: what you heard tonight is focusing on positive outcomes, making sure we reform health care. deploy health information technology. health individual savings account. we have spent far less crime criticizing the president. far more time outline agnew positive agenda. to close tonight i'd like to turn to dr. murphy who has been more in the health care system that -- than all of us. mr. murphy: when i look at this, i want americans and all of us to imagine a system that's based upon cures and outcome. a system where doctors are in charge of your health care not insurance companies, not the government. i know that both sides of the aisle are deeply concerned about this. it is not the one side wants insurance companies to win. we all want patients to win. democrats and republicans alike. we must have a system that focuses upon this. not that creates incentives because we are paying people so low to do more. not to promote more medical procedures but focus on this outcome. we can do th

are there fewer drugs coming from latin american as a whole because of this? what advice, based on that, will you have for general mcchrystal in the field with the poppies, and for your successor is sought america? are we thinking and outside of the box and enough in terms of fighting the narcotics? i know we want them to go to alternative crops. are we thinking outside of the box in terms of addressing the demand for@@@@@@!!4@ @ @ @ @ @ ? senator, as i have testified on numerous occasions, and the counter narcotics effort is composed of three tasks. one is the demand side, which you just talked about, one is the supply side, and one is the interdiction. trying to understand the supply chain and kill it. those three things have to work together. if i have advice for general mcchrystal or advice for general fraser, it would be to understand to attempt to use precision use prn guided ideas to go after one single part of a counter narcotics problem. you have to have a robust demand side, an enlightened supply-side approach, which prostitution is crucial. -- and i