the u.s.-china economic and security commission. since we only have about an hour, i've asked our panelists to speak for about eight minutes, which should leave us plenty of time for follow-up questions and discussion. but again, as danny said when we do turn to questions, please identify yourself and try to make it a question. so if that is an introduction, susan, you're up. >> good morning. i'm pleased to be here with a distinguished panel and certainly with the american enterprise institute, a private sector perspective on defense and security cooperation. having just returned from india this past weekend i can attest to the growing importance of u.s.-india discussions with respect to indian industry and an indian industry both including the public sector undertakings the psus as well as the enterprise to deal with the multidimensional threats associated with the security of india as well as the u.s. security. lockheed martin has been in india for many years, most notably focused on defense

at least so the news reports in the u.s. said. then and at that stage india still took a somewhat restrained view and we were willing to give the benefit of doubt to pakistan and we continued the dialog, but after the attack after the indian embassy in kabul there was the mumbai attacks, the scale of that impact, and the impact that it had on public opinion was very, very strong. it was with great difficulty that the government continued to follow a policy of restraint because there was public pressure that india should retaliate forcefully in the light of the terrorist attack, but as you know, the indian government's response was statesman-like and we chose diplomacy and diplomatic pressure rather than a retaliatory response. in the wake of the mumbai terrorist attacks, the composite dialog has been suspended and india has stressed that it is important for pakistan to ensure that the perpetrators of the mumbai terrorist attacks are brought to book and perpetrators of earlier terrorist attacks against india and that there are tang

is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 282, the nays are 148. the amendment is is agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 111-183 offered by the gentleman from florida, there bilirakis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 print in house report 111-183 offered by mr. bilirakis of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise anbe counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their vote by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings f

the u.s. india relationship and how we got to where we are today. second, i will discuss our plans for a robust engagement with india. and then i will conclude by is an essential question of your program today which is why india and are the u.s. and india really natural allies? sulphur is how we got here and i won't spend too much time on this because i know all of you are very familiar with it. secretary of state clinton give a major speech on india about a week and a half ago at the u.s. india business council entitled to u.s. india, three-point know, the future of u.s. india relations. and she described the three phases and relations. the first, 1.0 lasted from india's independence to the end of the cold war and was characterized by many missed opportunities between our two countries. the 2.0 chapter opened with a ground-breaking talks between the end their bitter secretary of state strobe talbott and the minister josh saying it. these open the door for president clinton, a landmark visit i

the u.s. trade representative. our format will follow the one of the prior panel. each panelist will present eight to 10 minute remarks. we will then open up the floor for questions. so with that, i will turn the discussion over to susan. >> thank you and good morning, everyone. several factors provide a stronger foundation for u.s.-india cooperation today on bilateral and multilateral trade and economic issues than has been the case in the past. first the implications of the recent indian election your second, the extent of ties between u.s. and indian business today. and third, the fact that we are building on the stork u.s.-india civil nuclear agreement. there is, therefore, a case for optimism for some progress on trade, but there is this optimism really must be tempered by realism. i would like to highlight a couple of aspects of the election results that i believe there favorably on the potential for movement on trade and economic co-op or asian. first, is the relative strength of the vo

the u.s. tonight of the said -- u.s. denty a visa? >> the short answer is no. we do have information -- we do have more information to give you, more details. i do have that. hold on a second. we are aware of the statement of iran's u.n. ambassador, where he said that he -- the first vice- president of the islamic republic of iran was denied a visa. we did receive a large number of applications to the u.n. conference and the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development. on june 16, the iranian mission requested we return the passports, including the vice president's, without visas. on june 23, the application for identification were submitted to lay to be processed for a conference that began the next day on june 24 in addition -- on june 24. in addition, they did expedite the process for a smaller delegation. all in all, seven were granted. >> on iraq with the withdrawal of u.s. troops, a report on the ground in moses is that the military is keeping posts inside the city

i know it is hard for the u.s. government to aggregate all of the money it gives to any given country. question one -- do you know the total amount of assistance to honduras? if you do not know, question two, can you lay out some of the items? i know that compaq is five years, to under $50 million for one compact -- $250 million. >> the answer is we know how much there is. i am just checking to see if i have it here. i know that we asked the millennium challenge people and the usaid people to come up with those figures. as the secretary said, we are still analyzing what is happening. what happened yesterday. we know that there are some restrictions on assistance that the u.s. can give to the country. there has been these kinds of overturning of the constitutional order. we're very cognizant of that. we will get back to you what the actual data, the amount of assistance. i do not think that will be a problem. >> you are not considering it a coup? legally? >> you heard the statement last night which called it a coup

i don't think it is necessarily productive for the u.s., for the u.s. to be out in front. i think we need to do these together. >> sebelius and any element of engagement, the nuclear issue direct bilateral relation -- to allow these -- iranian protesters would to be able to express their views, to be able to assemble peacefully. these are all very strong statements. >> on the broad level and the trend with iran, the approach toward the nuclear issue on the block level these things are undisturbed by the defense the last few days, correct? >> as i said before right now we are not really focused on the bilateral relationship so much. what we are focused on is what is going on inside iran >> -- what appears to be among the members of the bureaucracy inside iran the? >> i think we are monitoring of these situations very closely. we are monitoring how the iranians people are being treated by their own government. we are monitoring the way the situation is unfolding. i will leave it at that. >> you talked about the need to coordinate approaches with allies. how have you done tha

to be a ambassador for the u.s. as a partner. >> so we were a little bit surprised perhaps by the election as you rightly suggested. i think that the pundits had promised a little bit -- a little bit of a different result and it's always nice to see some continuity and some reliability in governance. but where do you see the priorities of the new government in india? what changes do you think they'll make and what do you think that they feel reassured about public support to actually take some risks? >> well, i think that there will be a focus as, you know, with countries all over the world, the focus will really be on regaining economic momentum in the economy and on ensuring physical stability. the indian economy has been relatively better off in the global economic and financial crisis. we have felt the secondary impact but our banking and financial system is sound and has not been affected. growth has moderated. it's down to 6.7% last year from 9% on an average for four years, but it's still growth. and it's rea

the crew debates u.s. soccer. right now we've got breaking news to tell you about. >> an hour and a half ago it came into the espnews room. it's bad news for the houston rockets. their center yao ming suffered the broken left foot. the injury not healing. you averaged nearly 20 points and ten rebounds in 77 games last season. he missed the last few games of their postseason series with the lakers because of a foot injury. the team physician tom clanton released a statement saying: >> baseball news. after going hitless in his first two game, manny ramirez went 2-2 with a home run in his last rehab start. the dodgers' slugger will play in his final minor league game tonight. he's expected to rejoin his teammates july 3rd when the suspension is lifted. every single at-bat you've been able to see and hear live on espnews. that not going to change. the at-bats tonight. we will have them once again, live at-bats from manny ramirez in his final rehab start on espnews. >> he's great. >> he's accurate. that's why. congratu

, what is in the u.s. strategy and also everything is politics. how is the u.s. willing to get it down? and you mentioned about the climate change. and climate change basically, to deal with that is trained technology and you have mentioned about some conversion with india. and basically how is the u.s. going to globalize u.s. train technology? thank you. >> purse of all with respect to of our new trade policy i don't want to wade into that. you have to ask ron kirk, the new head of the u.s. trade representative who will -- who has had already productive talks with anand sharma. we have already seen a greater willingness not to engage on the part of the minister and we encourage that and look forward to working with him and his new colleagues. on the question of climate change as i said we have already been engaged with the indians for many years on developing nuclear energy technologies of various kinds and we think that there is a great opportunity now to expand that cooperation between our two countries

the u.s. ambassador to syria. you read about returning a u.s. envoy to damascus. you say the president is working to rehabilitate relations with the islamic world. why is this? guest: just after the former lebanese president was assassinated in 2005 the bush administration withdrew the ambassador in damascus. there was a suspicion that intelligence was behind the killing and it was an act of protest. since then it the u.s. has had virtually no contact with the syrians. as president obama has reached out to the islamic world, for example in cairo with his speech, they have called for greater engagement with the arab middle east in particular. this is a step in that direction. host: president obama spoke yesterday about the situation and iran, seeming to take a different tone. what went into the shift? guest: there are couple of things to note. he has slowly reted it up his language about the while and he sees on the street. substantively, however, there is not a big change. he is still not call

in the u.s. of a legitimate digital business. you know, used to be, i think, probably years ago there was an argument that could have been made, well, consumers don't have legitimate options or ways of buying music online. that's why they're stealing. well, you know, you can't say that today. i think there are, you know, a plethora of services out there that are legitimate, you know? itunes is probably the most successful, you know, online legitimate, you know, legitimate site for buying music. it's incredibly popular. and there are, you know, amazon has launched, and there's many other legitimate ways to purchase online music. there's been a growth in so many different business models. you know, there's legitimate streaming services, there's models where you can customize an online streaming radio station to music you might like. there's just so many different ways to actually get music in a legitimate way that i don't think it's really, i think we can't make that argument that it's, you know, i

the hezbollah, which the u.s. government has labeled a foreign terrorist organization, took 57 -- [inaudible] falling a near eight votes from victory. that being said, how solid a hold do the pro western forces have in lebanon's government? host: how strong of a hold? guest: how strong of a hold do which forces have? caller: the pro western force. guest: again, it's a question in terms of parliamentary. obviously they have a preimportant majority. 71 out of 128. that's important. but that's not going to be nearly enough to govern without cooperation of the other groups. in part because of the demographics. again, i go back to the fact that the system set up where, for example, the christians are now a minority in lebanon. but they're assured one-half of the parliamenty seats. we don't know how much of a minority because it's not been a sense since 1932. it's deliberate because they don't want to change the delicate game. the president has to be a marinite christian. the prime minister has to be a sunni muslim. spe

the new u.s. administration has reached out to tehran appeared as the president said, the question is not what around is against, but rather what future it wants to build? that future must not include a nuclear weapon or destabilizing activities in the region. in gauging diplomatically on this issues will test iranian intention and claims of good faith. even as the u.s. in cages in iran we will move to strengthen nonproliferation norms and work with allies and partners to see that their fundamental security interests are protected. if necessary, we will take action by conducting counterterrorism operation and sharing intelligence from the illegal shipments of weapons or materials. iran has opened a threatened the state of israel, and has complicated efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace. president obama is fully committed to supporting a two- state solution the, the palestinian state living in peace and security alongside israel. this outcome would do much to weaken the proxies of iran, hama

i mean, on the u.s. side i don't think the u.s. will move without labor standards being an integral part of it. india would have none of that. not so far. i mean, one could possibly think of a limited one in services, but there we have no history actually on the u.s. side of doing an agreement only on services. but services is one area where you could potentially do a lot of possibilities, also, of growth in trade. one could sort of more or less standards issue on fta and services alone, but that's the maximum. the u.s. has not had a history of doing those, so i'm not quite sure how that will play out. on the indian side my take is the first serious one for india will take forever, as we have already seen. i mean, even asean which is probably the first serious one, i mean, among the existing ones the only one i see which is, you know, a little more than simple exchange of references is india/sri lanka, but even that is ridden with a large number of exceptions, a very long, negative list and so forth. so the first test is asean, i t

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the u.s. to spread a militant islamist message and to raise money for hamas. holy land foundation became the chief fundraising arm for the palestine committee in the u.s. created by the muslim brotherhood to support hamas. according to a wiretap of a 1993 palestinian committee meeting in philadelphia, former holly land foundation president and c.e.o. spoke about playing down hamas ties in order to keep raising money in the u.s. another wiretapped phone call included abdul rack mad, holly land -- holy land foundation representative, referred to a suicide bombing as a beautiful operation. according to a national review article, in the precare days both awad and ahmad were top officers in the islamic association for palestine. former f.b.i. counterterrorism chief has called awad's former employee the islamic association for palestinian quote, a front organization for hamas that engages in propaganda for islamic militants, end of quote. a september 24, 2001, l.a. story described the connection bet

he has put to the u.s. on record as saying the settlements are illegal, they are unacceptable, they are damaging, they have to stop. well, that is a fairly categorical statement that there has to be some acceptance on the part of the isralei spirit in one way or another, it will affect what is happening, and in some way it will affect the relationship. so, that is one very specific concrete policy consequence inherent in what was said. yes? >> dr., boston university. there is the argument from the other gentleman about negotiating with iran in an alternative manner. some argue against this. i would like to know where do you stand and if you do not agree with this bargaining approach, how do you debase it? >> i am not sure that i agree or disagree with the grand approach. it is a grand slogan. if there are negotiations, they will involve a variety of issues. not all of these issues can be discussed at the same time. but there will have to be some set of negotiations going on, presumably in some relationship

the u.s. nuclear posturing." well, this may seem like an onerous responsibility for the united states it is one that secretary schlesinger explained we must continue to pay because extended deterrence remains a major barrier to proliferation. and restraining proliferation is definitely a cop national security interest of the united states -- a top national security interest of the united states. in essence, numbers marry. we can't just reduce the numbers of our weapons to some arbitrary limit like 1,500 or 1,000. we must have a nuclear arsenal sufficient to cover both the united states and the allies who rely on us. and that number cannot be determined without significant study. if we don't, our allies could conclude they need to develop their own nuclear weapon. the commission also recognized that specific platforms matter. that's why the commission stated that the triad, the submarines, bombers and icbm's must be retained as well as other delivery systems such as our nuclear-capable kriewsm

this also seeks to reshape the u.s.-pakistan relationship by shifting unconditional military assistance away from this trend of tra d -- traditionally exclusively unconditional assistance. i want to make that clear, this is not unconditional, this is conditional. it provides a two to one ratio to economic assistance, social and kemic assistance and other priorities we believe we should support this bill really prere-flects the sentiments shared by many colleagues that the national security of our nation hinges upon much more than military might. instead it hinges upon the success of diplomatic and development efforts around the globe. the democratically elected -- may i have another minute and a half? mr. berman: i yield 30 seconds. that's the last 30 seconds. ms. lee: as a supporter all my life of nonproliferation efforts, i'm pleased and want to thank chairman berman for working with myself and other members of the committee to address concerns regarding the potential expansion of pakistan's nuclear program. i wanted

the u.s. pacific commander admiral timo thy keating. this is about one hour. let me say a couple of words about this series. this is one of the most popular things we have introduced which is a public platform for military leaders to share their views and concerns with the washington audience. combined it has given us an opportunity for military leaders to shake the security they face in washington and beyond. since the beginning of this series, we have had the commanders from various areas and two of the most recent commanders in afghanistan along with others. of what you think so many people for the support of this series. i am also delighted with the turnout today which says a lot as well about the popularity of this series. admiral, i have to mention one thing. some people ask me why the atlantic council is floating this boat in the pacific. the answer is pretty simple. it is a matter of reality. before the war, there was a very famous ambassador by the name of johnson. after the war, he w

secretary clinton reported on the front page year -- the u.s. weighs steps for intercepting the korean shipments. barack obama administration signaled sunday that it was seeking a way to interdict, possibly with china's help. north korean sea and air shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology. the administration also said it was examining whether there was a legal basis to reverse former president george bush's decision last year to remove it from the list of states sponsoring terrorism. >> if we do not take significant and effective action against the north koreans know we will spark an arms race in northeast asia. no one wants to see that. we are sharing with other countries our calculus of the risks and dangers that lie ahead if we do not take very strong action. >> there was a letter saying that north korea should go back on the list. would you do that? >> we will look at it. there is a process for it. we want to see recent evidence of their support for terrorism. we're just beginning to look at it. >> the senator says tha

i believe the u.s. is too involved with china and it is still and probably always will be a communist country. why are we still doing so much shade -- trade with china? they have so much interest, and they are not for the united states. guest: it is the most unbalanced trading relationship in the history of international trade, and this is because we have opened our markets to them and they have only pretended to open theirs to us. it holds billions in bonds, and they claim that that has a power over us, and the analogize the situation to, "well, you have to be nice to your banker if he holds the mortgage on your home." if we have real determination, we can recognize it is not analogous to a banker because there is no way to foreclose. the fact is, we can force china to accept our exports and also changing its policies on proliferation. the fact is, there is just too much money to be made by continuing the status quo. the way to do is to make it for 20 cents an hour and sell it for american dollars in t

the u.s.. in terms of seeing legislation that would make isp's more responsible -- it is illegal to buy pirated cds. the question is enforcement. we have a loss. it is the difficulties and forcing them. rebecca hoffman is also here with us. >> i like to talk a little bit more about file sharing. some people believe that it is not -- is utile to try to stop file sharing. it is going to keep going on, and it should be embraced. we should use it. is it possible that file sharing could be used to the advantage of the music industry? >> there are all kinds of business models out there. there is been significant amount of experimentation. one of the things that we have certainly seen it is that there's been a significant growth in the ipod and i tens -- itunes. years ago, there is more of an argument that could have been made. consumers do not have legitimate options or ways of buying music online. that is why they are stealing. you can't say that today. there are a plethora of services out there tha

host: does the iranian election put the u.s. in a tough position regarding development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy in iran? >> -- caller: absolutely. not just because of the election that just occurred. this is something that has been ongoing since before the administration took office. we had it during the clinton era and the bush era. number one, iran is linked to venezuela, cuba, castro, the new president in cuba. when you look at ahmadinejad, you look at him during a photo op, he actually calls bush the devil, challenging him at the united nations. this is just another country where the man is a puppet. i do not know a lot about his opponent. i knew none know a lot about him. i know that he represents the people, which is why we are obviously having a lot of uprisings over there. all that it is is that it is more photo ops. we have enough issues around the world right now. we went to the united nations, as i remember, to get a resolution. i have yet to hear that publicly put out so that everybody hears about it. ho

by the topic in the u.s. indian relations in the age of obama, and president obama to my mind hasn't spoken very much about the relationship with india. he certainly hasn't used a very pipelined rhetoric that we have all been, become used to from president clinton and president bush. but in my mind, to my mind there is every evidence that president obama is perfectly in accord with everything that has happened up until now. and he accepts this relationship as it exists now as a given. and furthermore, given obama's stress on partnership and on coalitions and his interest, his stated interest in making progress on global problems, such as energy and climate change, ending the economic crisis, nonproliferation. it's perfectly reasonable, i think, to expect president obama to put less stress on achieving the special relationship because we are already there and more emphasis on using it to some and. and i think we got a pretty good clear picture from secretary clinton last week in her address to the u.s.-india b

the u.s. policy. deliberations about a u.s. withdrawal from iraq have accelerated this trend of uncertainty and ambivalence there and it is interesting that toward the gulf states iran attempted to exploit the sense of u.s. intransigence and temporality planned a trump card approximately impermanence, one gulf official noted that iran told us repeatedly we are your neighbor, the u.s. assembly and passing visitor. not if he's arab states are ambivalent allies against iran neither should we consider them milling interlocutors, they have little interest in helping the u.s. completely fix if iran problem in many arguably benefited enormously from america's decades long estrangement from the islamic republic and signs of easing this estrangement are frequently met for a house of criticism. if you look at the u.s. iran talks in baghdad in 2007 this was turned a new a lot of. we have seen increased criticism of the recent average of obama with the one editorial by the editor in chief proclaiming that

this means that the only major u.s. automaker that did not take a bailout is at a big disadvantage as it struggles to compete with government-run auto companies. when ford needed money, it had to raise it in the open market and pay an 8% interest rate. but g.m. can just call up the treasury -- just call up the treasurey -- and have them wire over taxpayer money. no company, madam president, can compete with that. so contrary to their claims, if the democratic plan is enacted, millions of americans will lose the health insurance they have they have and that they like. again, that's not what i say. it's what the congressional budget office says. it's what independent analysts say. it's what america's doctors say. it's even what president obama now says. the president now acknowledges that under a government plan, some people might be shifted off of their current insurance. this isn't the only democratic claim about health care that's increasingly suspect. democrats have also promised their health plan will be paid for and

the u.s. commission on civil rights is the host of this event, it's about two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. let's get started. i'd like to ask everyone with cell phones to put their phones on vibrate. bear with me. okay. good morning. this is chairman reynolds, and on behalf of the u.s. comig on civil rights, i welcome everyone to this briefing on health care disparities. this project is examining why despite the continued advances in health care and technology racial and ethnic minorities continue to have more disease, disability, and premature death than nonminorities. more specifically, the commission will examine racial disparities in the rates of cardiovascular disease and the related condition of hypertension. experts will present the commissioners with results from on ongoing research and health care delivery systems access to and quality of community education, patient behavior and other aspects of health differences between population groups. the record of this briefing wi

the u.s. open, will not be here this week. when i asked him this morning what she said to him before he left, he said she'd made it clear she'd like a certain silver cup in her hospital room as she begins her treatment. scott? >> thank you, wendy. golf can be a cruel, cold business, and tiger woods is standing between amy mickelson and phil and that trophy. didn't play wednesday. got his work done monday and tuesday, nine holes each, and as we welcome in andy north, andy, it almost felt like tiger had been anoingted. we need to pump our brakes on that a little bit because he played beautifully at memorial, but there are 72 holes of u.s. open championship golf between tiger and that trophy he wants. what could derail it? >> first off, players sometimes can't take what they've been working on in the practice tee and take it to the first tee. second of all, you can't end shots away. if you three putt one green a day, over the course of the tournament, that could be enough to not win. if we get so

the u.s. navy also needs to be ready to deploy missile defense cruisers at appropriate places and times in the event of a crisis. and given iran's growing ballistic missile capability, we think it will be very prudent to invest in missile defense. not only for regionally-deployed and local missile defenses, but at home because the u.s. must be seen as providing robust missile defense for itself because a secure america adds to the credibility of our backing for our friends and allies in the region. secondly, we said that the u.s., washington should warn that any threat to use an iranian nuclear weapon or the actual use would be responded with with devastating force including a possible nuclear missile response. u.s. warnings should come after strengthening the u.s. military posture in the region, and this could lead to expensive and difficult long-term deployments, we mentioned it would be possibility, the possibility of a permanent deployment of two carrier task force in the persian gulf and

the u.s. that begins live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations may be? i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through federal funding. >> a public funding thing. >> may be. i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public-service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> next, from this morning's "washington journal," a discussion on the economy and unemployment. this lasts about an hour. host: we are talking about the u.s. economy. peter morrissey \ ici is an ecos professor. how was the economy doing? guest: it is in serious conditions but the statements of the obama administration. it will take a long time to clean up the mess he inherited. not all the issues that got us into this mess have been adequately addressed. i expected the american economy to grow at a sub standard level for the next few years. we will pull out, but we will not be growing a

in the u.s. are developing ways of managing the bureaucracy of health care, at a much reduced cost something that american medical specialist are anxious to adapt into their systems. there are great opportunities in u.s.-india relations, many of them are really taking advantage of and many more waiting to be seized or it will take the free and open global community that president obama envisioned to make it happen. just a word very, very quickly on visa's. i think only because it is such a perennial issue between the united states and india. the movement of people is an important part of an opening convert any of jacket announces that the h. one b. andy visa program would be a net plus for the u.s. economy. tom friedman this weekend in his column in "the new york times," if i can paraphrase it, if i remember correctly that every foreign graduate students who get a green card stapled to his or her degree. when he or she receives it here in the united states. now we use apparent number of h1b. in i

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even if the u.s. ratified it. if india doesn't sign it, india is giving no indication that it will, you have a very high global objective of the administration on nuclear arms control, which india may be a major impediment to. so that, that is the difference between administrations, which has implications. it is in that very as well as the afpak area, because this administration is focusing more on afghanistan than the bush administration did and that brings in the head down. >> please identify yourself and ask the question. we can all go home. please. wait for the mike. >> i am dr. pete from indian nations. the point i would like to ask -- >> i think it is on. just speak quietly. >> can we say it will not go down further, but we continue to go out differently? or do we have -- the downside taken out, for example, the question of pakistan and terrorist relationships, there is a feeling the u.s. would be tanked. it is a question of time when an attack will happen. it is not a question of if, it is the

from the u.s. perspective it can be argued that one of the silver linings of the toppling of saddam hussein and then later on the 2006 lebanon war is that it laid bare ironic long-standing malevolence toward the region and its bird arab states toward greater activism toward the ironic and. without a great deal of hindering by arab actors that they failed to anticipate this challenge, they failed to anticipate iran's regional rise especially in iraq. a jordanian analyst told us you have to hand it to the ironic, they had a plan for iraq prior to the invasion and they got beige '80s are of the influence that they have. in light of this regional recognition, which should come that the u.s. is try to harness this activism through arms sales, to attempt to forge a very visible coalition of the moderate partners, the so-called gcc plus two. but we argue in our studies that such an approach this reads the very local and parochial motives of arab regimes in facing the threats. arab leaders have always play

money to the u.s. government is still a wise thing to do. he said in the united states, we are putting in place the foundations for restoring fiscal sustainability. in a moment that all americans should consider a wake-up call, mr. geithner was met met with laughter -- laughter -- when he told a group of chinese students that their country's assets in the unitewerevery safe in washi. madam president, i'd like to submit in this "washington post" article for the record. title of it is: "no laughing matter: why the u.s. needs to get serious about long-term budget deficits." the presiding officer: without objection. mr. voinovich: this week, as you know, president obama announced a plan to reenact statutory pay-go. now, what is pay-go? pay-go basically is this, that if you want to spend more money, you either have to find other spending that you're going to reduce, or in the alternative, you're going to have to raise taxes to pay for them. or in the alternative, if you want to reduce taxes, you're going to

the real issue, of course, the u.s. point of view is whether the two key issues the president put on the table, meaning negotiate on the basis of two-state solution which is a principle position of the united states of america, and agreeing to the request from the united states to freeze all settlement activity. those are really the ones that the u.s. will be watching for. whether or not the prime minister of israel will include those in the statement remains to be seen. host: peace and development professor at the university of maryland. thanks for being with us and share with us your perspective on the middle east. guest: my pleasure. host: two headlines this morning both putting the situation in north korea on the front page. two u.s. jurmists facing a harsh sentence, 12 years according to the north korean government, and the "l.a. times" putting it in broader perspective. the u.s. caught in a diplomatic tight spot. we'll get a perspective on north korea, what happened in the past, what should happen in the future in

. >> how focused is the u.s. government on the growing schism among the members of the theocracy in sight of iran? >> i think we are monitoring all of the situation's very closely. -- all of these situations are very closely. we are monitoring how the people are being treated by their government. we are monitoring how the situation is unfolding and i will leave it at that. >> you said that you needed to approach-to coordinate approaches with allies. how exactly are you coordinating these? >> the secretary has called some of her colleagues today. we are going to have more opportunities to talk in these multilateral meetings coming up. as far is a joint statements are concerned, we are talking more about common approaches than joint statements. >> are there any more talks with the former iranian crown prince >> and now remarks on by the former iranian crown prince. he talks about the current political unrest in his native country and the 1979 islamic res -- revolution. from the national press club, this is an hour.

the u.s. department of health and human services predicts that by the year 2020, the shortage of nurses in our country will be between 400,000 and 1 million. there is an estimate that by the year 2020, 250,000 more public health workers will be needed in the nation. and finally, we have predicted a shortfall of 150,000 in pharmacists for the nation by the year 2010. now, this health manpower shortage is exasperated by a maalot distribution of physicians, both by geography and by a specialty -- a mal distribution. there is a shortage of primary- care physicians and family physicians. in addition, there is a dearth of health providers in rural and city areas whichever and designated by the public health service as shortage areas -- which have been designated as shortage areas. many live in areas that have been so designated. in 2007, the data from the a census bureau indicates that one-third of the u.s. population, that is 34%, is, today, a racial or ethnic minority. more than 50 million america

at the same time, the u.s. should be nuanced because the support of millions of people who were peacefully pouring of into the streets and demanding an end to dictatorship and asking for freedom of expression and of their rights should be supported. there is a difference between support and intervention. sometimes the two are blurred and should not be. definitely -- you see all the suns with the iranians -- there are signs that they need to know they're not alone, but in the right way. host: throughout this hour we will show you video from u2. a caution with this -- we do not note the date and we do not know who shot at or what the context is. we are giving you some of the view that the world can see on youtube but you have the ticket with a grain of salt that is not verified. we do have to take it with a grain of salt. this is from our republican line. caller: duty really think that the elections even really matter considering the closed circle of theocratic power when troops reformists are not even allowed to