president sarkozy cannot impose peace in that region. but what we can do is to be friends to israel, honest in our assessments of what it's going to take, hold the palestinians accountable for their end of the bargain, and move the process forward. and we are going to pry to put as much energy as we can do it. my special envoy, george mitchell, will be returning to the region this week and we are going to systematically work through as many of these issues as possible. one last point i want to emphasize, the arab states have to be a part of this process. it's not sufficient just to point at the palestinian problem and then say we are not going to engage, we're not going to take responsibility. they are going to have to step up as well because the arab states not only are important politically, they're also important economically, and to the extent that they put their shoulder behind the wheel, that can move the process forward in a significant way. >> it is not me to speak of the minister of the foreign affairs of iran. i can tell you wh

but i believe preston sarkozy and i agree -- i believe president sarkozy and i agree we have been to move beyond this. but sides will have to have obligations. i have discussed the importance of a secession of settlement construction, but i also want to reemphasize, because that has gotten more attention than what i have also said, which is the palestinians have to renounce violence and incitement, improve their governance so that israelis can be confident that the palestinians can follow through on any commitments they make across the table. i cannot impose such negotiations or certainly the terms of a final settlement on the parties. that is their taske. president sarkozy cannot impose peace in that region, but what we can do is to be friends to israel, honest in our assessment of what it will take, hold the palestinians accountable for their end of the bargain, and move the process forward. and we are going to try to put as much energy as we can into it. my special envoy, george mitchell, will be returning to the region this week. we are going to systematically work through as man

thank you, president sarkozy, prime minister brown, prime minister harper. and prince charles, for being here today. veterans affairs for making the trip out here to join us. thanks also to susan eisenhower whose grand father began this mission 65 years ago with a simple charge, ok, let's go. and to a world war ii veteran who returned home to sive proud and distinguished career as a united states senator and a national leader, bob dole. [applause] i'm not the first american president to come and mark this anniversary. and i likely will not be the last. this is an event that is long brought to this coast both heads of state and grateful citizens. veterans and their loved ones. the liberated and their liberators. it's been written about and spoken of and depicted in countless books and films and speeches. and long after our time on this earth has passed, one word will still bring forth the pride and awe of men and women who will never meet the heroes who sit before us. d-day. why is this? of all the battles in all the wars across p the span of human history, w

now, president sarkozy, as an actual member of the e.u. has a different view, but i think it's very important to note he strongly supports the work that strongly supports the work that turkey is doing nato. i believe he's interested in further economic integration and what the united states wants to do is just continue to encourage discussions and talks and a process whereby turkey can feel confident that it has a friendship with france, with the united states, with all of europe and that to the extent it's defining itself as part of europe, it has an opportunity to be a party. but again, that's something that's going to have to move forward not based on what the united states says but rather a dialogue between the european union members and turkey. in all of this, i think europe and france has a critical role to play just as the united states does, in sending a message to muslims around the world that we welcome and want their participation in a world community that is peaceful, that is prosperous, that is economically integrated, that is

on all of these issues, president sarkozy has not just

you said, well, be careful, president sarkozy is going to align us too much with the united states of america. and two years later, what are you telling me? the one subject on which president obama, president sarkozy don't agree, that should reassure you, you should be happy about that, no. of course we agree. we concur on the ultimate objective. what is president obama's objective? what is mine ultimately? is that turkey may play its full part, essential role as a bridge between east and west. that is an essential role. where there is a difference, it's how to go about doing this. be traditional, the position of america is the integration of turkey and this is the president's position and president clinton's position, the position of all united states presidents. mine you're familiar with. it is not integration into the european union, not succession to the european union. but together with the russians and together with the turks to think about having a common economic and security era. we have no druthers to the objective we're thinking to achieve, simply the way of going about it,

. -- president sarkozy. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to 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 liberated. included among those so honored are the 3881 who lost their lives on the day at omaha beach, and the 9387 of our dead who are buried at this cemetery. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> ladies and gentlemen, please tell your heads in prayer for the invocation delivered by a u.s. army chaplain colonel thomas mcgregor. [speaking french] >> our gracious loving father in heaven, we ask for the blessing of your presence on the significant event that touches the lives of the families and citize

in jesus' name, amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the french republic, nicolas sarkozy. [applause] >> mr. president of the united states of america, your royal highness, mr. prime minister of canada, prime minister of the united kingdom, great britain, and northern ireland, the french prime minister, the presidents of the french senate and national assembly, ladies and gentlemen. there were 135,000 of them in thousands of boats. they formed two armies. one was american and the other army a british canadian army. a few hours before, they had been wished well before they left. they were all silent. what were they thinking about, these young soldiers, as their eyes looked ahead, staring at the thin, black strip of coast that slowly merged out of the fog? what were they thinking of? were they thinking about their lives that had been so short? were they thinking about the kiss is their mothers had planted on their foreheads whenever young? were they thinking about the tears that their fathers held back when they laugheeft, or the tears that were waiting for them on the other

how that might affect the negotiating process is hard to judge but sarkozy certainly doesn't want to be a wallflower in the process. he wants france to play a role. he alluded to that recently in djibouti commemorating the opening -- i'm sorry, not in jeopardy, the gulf, commemorating the opening of a new french military base in the area. the germans and the russians clearly are not prepared to push the envelope very hard. i don't think they are prepared to commit themselves to very drastic sanctions the kind some would like. and their position from the outside probably will be supported by the chinese who are not a party to the process but who have a role to play and the rule is not insignificant in the long run. this sort of, on durham of issues is complicated by the fact as of now there is no sense of clarity on the side of the five were six, however you count them, regarding what is actually the status of the iranians who nuclear quest. what are they actually seeking right now? the analysis of 2007 hasn't been rejected. a onetime judgment that appears to still be the judgment, th

we are seeing the arrival of dignitaries including the french president sarkozy and his wife. later on they will be involved in the ceremony at the normandy american cemetery and memorial in france. sterling heights, michigan, michael. thanks for waiting. caller: my dad was a world war ii veteran and i'm a vietnam veteran. and i honor the men who fought in d-day because, although they were not totally cognizant of what the outcomes of world war ii were to be very fought valiantly. so that has to be honored. but the last caller i would have to stress he was -- that is a misnomer. it is not veterans for peace t. veterans for surrender. and the black woman who said we should honor what russia contributed to the world war ii effort is one thing. russia was supplied greatly with american arms an supplies and without those arms and supplies they would have been in much worse shape. not only that, they sent their soldiers to die en masse because being a communist country they had no conception and no honor of human life. so they sacrificed their own soldiers by the thousands, tens of

they show that the president who spoke these words was nicolas sarkozy of france. this is that the rebellion which is too soon to call a revolution is turning out to be the 3:00 a.m. phone call for mr. obama. as a french president shows up the american, his instinct in a crisis is turning out to be prescient. hear from "the washington post" -- we understand the reluctance to sound a tougher nut. however the crisis ends in may require rethinking of the ministrations strategy for iran. last couple of calls from an independent. caller: we had some very contentious calls that had to go all the way to the supreme court. i cannot imagine a foreign power getting involved in by- elections. we have a history weiran and we have installed the brutal dictator, the shah on those people. but we did not stop there. we gave iraq biological and chemical weapons to drop on iran, and they did, they used them. so why iran want our input -- and we probably have the cia working behind the scenes now. wish to leave people alone and let the mark up their own government and of their own wa

. >> last week nicholas sarkozy spoke out against the burka's worn by some muslim women. the president also talked about global climate change and france's economy in this 45- minute address to the french parliament. >> mr. president of the house, mr. president of the senate's, mr. prime minister, hon. members of parliament, as i direct myself to you today i am aware that this is a first in our republican tradition since 1875 the head of state was not allowed to come speak to parliament. he could only communicate with parliament through notes that were read for him. this rule was set in a climate of distrust when our republic felt weak and threatened. this time is now long gone and our republic is deeply rooted in our country. the time has come to establish between the legislative and executive branches to establish relationships more in accordance with a secure democracy. a secure democracy is not a democracy where everyone is in agreement. it is a democracy where we are able to listen to one another and where we respect one another. if i had wished to speak to you today

fond in alliance in europe that excludes the german christian democrats and the party of the president sarkozy and the italian party of of the italian leader. it excludes all reparable political parties in europe. >> order, order. >> and they are now isolated on the fringes of europe? >> susan kramer? >> thank you, mr. speaker. would the prime minister agree with me that the people of sri lanka that deserve a war crimes investigation of alleged war crimes in sri lanka and given the cowardly decision to resist any such inquiry, what steps committee take to make sure that this issue is not abandoned and forgotten? >> as she may have spoken to the president of sri lanka and have urged to make reconciliation of the community, that those people have been displaced and given humanitarian help that the regime itself recognizes that they have got to make peace with their members of the community and action is taken as quickly as possible for that purpose.