and the chinese in tibet. you may not feel the consequences of your cousins will feel them worse. second he is the one tibetan exiles who knows china inside and out. he spent a year in beijing in 1954. so he knows china historically has never been very receptive to the outside and it's a prideful country and distinct full country and he says to these people if you read a gandhi march to the border to you think is going to cause the beijing leadership to say we made a mistake we will give you to that? piece is fine, do it but what do you think it will achieve? nothing. he's a realist and knows the chinese are realists and the have no motivation for easing up on tibet and a big difference between his situation and gandhi's is the one advantage gandhi had against the british as the force of numbers and so if 10% of india went on strike in 1933 it could begin to unsettle the british economy. if 100% of the tibetans go on strike tomorrow, 6 million against in the country of 1.3 billion it will achieve nothing. and

go to tibet and tell us what's happening. give us an unbiased and objective report of what's going on. and again, for a doctor if you can't see your patient or hear the patient's symptoms it is next to impossible to learn how to turn to that patient. so i have noticed over and over he has been telling people if they can and many of you in this room are probably in the position to do so, to visit and tell the truth what is happening and the tibetans are happy or unhappy and a mixture of the two and he also i met in california about a week ago and was talking to him and he said well i don't expect the world to be concerned about tibet. i don't expect anyone to stand up to china, some say brightly for will force and he said to that is only 6 million people. people are suffering an even worse state than tibet and that is one of the first priorities should be but he said well it's still worth remembering that four of the major asian rivers all start in tibet at the source of tibet and if those rivers begin to be contaminated that

kumatashi, from the office of tibet north america. thank you. [applause] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [applause] >> it is my pleasure and honor to read his holiness, the dlai -- dalai lama's statement. on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the tenements where student democracy movement -- cannon in square student democracy movement, i respectfully honor all those who died expressing the demand for the government to be more accountable to its people. the students involved in the teen and then-- in the movement or not anti-social list. they were speaking out indifference to the chinese people oppose the constitutional rights in favor of democracy, and taking a stand against corruption. conform to the underlying belief, the governor's got -- this was confidently stated by the to party chief. the upcoming anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china represents a great opportunity to the -- to review the events of june 4 no, 1989. today, it is a global economic power poised to become a superpower

put it under with china's support to pakistan over the last half century and chinese deployment in tibet. it had to look c word -- seaward and protect its oil and gas coming from afric and the middle east all the way back to india. the indian ocean has become very much more important to india. there are increasingly other major powers in the indian ocean finding it as important. if you look getting the's security perspective, you see china everywhere. you see china building port facilities, pakistan, sri lanka, more of the security presence in sri lanka, cocoa island facilities, and you see over the last year, the chinese naval base, but it can base aircraft carriers, the chinese are quite interested in becoming a major maritime players in the indian ocean as well. you still have to contend with the fact that china has big deployments within tibet, and a border dispute. if you look at the indian/china border, territory claimed by china, ongoing incursions' into this area. again, if you are india, you are becoming a world power, you want your seat as an major player in world affairs, you

in tibet, it is doing everyone a great service. >> pico, thank you very much. we could talk for several carnations but we have a brief portion of a carnation here. it is a great book. "the open road," it is a fine read. it is a bit enlightening. thank you very much. >> thank you for your time in questions. [applause] >> thank you eric. [applause] pico will be signing books in the lobby. please join us up there. thank you. extend a warm welcome to our ambassador who is here with us this morning. following the ambassador's remarks, we will discuss bilateral defense and security cooperation followed by a discussion on economic cooperation as well. we will conclude our program today with a keynote by ambassador robert blake assistant secretary for central and south asia at the department of state. with no further ado, let me hand over the program to danielle pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policies at aei. >> thank you very much, nina. we don't often do this kind of a format and i think -- well, you'll all have to let us know how it works but it's a

consulate in lawsa, tibet. it will follow political and social developments inside the country and report on human rights. it also establishes a tibetan scholarship program that will enhance cultural exchanges possibilities for students and develop an increased understanding of the area as a whole. and fight against the discrimination of the ltgb community worldwide, including in iraq. it will require the state department to monitor and track violence, criminalization and restriction on basic human rights consistent with u.s. law. it requires the state department to demand foreign governments to change or appeal discriminatory laws that criminalize homosexuality as well as requiring reports on related violence and discrimination. this will ensure that our foreign counterparts heed our rejection of intolerance and ensure that all people are granted the dignity they deserve. mr. speaker, i also applaud h.r. 1886, the pakistani counterinsurgency capability fund or peace act. it demonstrates our commitment to forei

bipartisan concern in the congress of the united states about china's human rights record, both in china and tibet. whenever our roles at whatever stage of our involvement, we have to use everything at our disposal so that they know that we have not forgotten, and that we will not rest until there is freedom of speech and expression and assembly and openness in china. thank you all very much for coming out today. thank you for what you have done. thank you for what you're going to do. thank you for giving me the privilege of being associated with this very important historic movement for freedom in the world. thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> you are watching c-span, greeted as a public service by america's cable companies. tonight, and about one hour, president obama attend a ceremony marking the sixty fifth anniversary of d-day. but first, the adventurer -- the unveiling of a statue of ronald reagan in the capitol rotunda. both chambers of commerce are in session monday. the hous

facilities, pakistan, sri lanka, more of the security presence in sri@@@@ deployments within tibet, and a border dispute. if you look at the indian/china border, territory claimed by china, ongoing incursions' into this area. again, if you are india, you are becoming a world power, you want your seat as an major player in world affairs, you have to be concerned that the chinese are encroaching on your territory and might complicate things for you if you are concerned about lines of communication. what has india done since the 90s to content with this emerging strategic environment? number one is it is spending more on defense, quite a bit more. particularly more on the maritime and air dimensions, looking at possibly 3 carrier strike groups as well as nuclear submarines, and also it had a major exercise last year with japan, australia, singapore, and the major mollah bar exercises, countries that have interest in the indian ocean. the defense diplomacy, if you will, is multi dimensional. i don't think defense trade is based on market forces, so the russians in general tend to be very im

something that this house of representatives has done in places all over the world, whether it is and tibet, cuba, or in eastern europe, the middle east, or any other region. to reaffirm our commitment to stand for certain fundamental, universal principles involving human rights, participatory democracy, and the affirmation of the rights of the people of any country. today, it is about the people of iran. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. >> we have an impressive lineup of speakers on our side. i like to start by yielding five minutes to the gentleman from indiana, the author of the bill. >> the chairman from indiana is recognized for five minutes. >> ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. >> without objection. >> i rise with a great sense of humility and a great sense of moment before this body. but a great sense of gratitude. to the rescue member for her extraordinary leadership in bringing this resolution to the floor, a resolution in which, as the chairman of the committee just stated, it will give the american people, through their elected representatives, cl

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

and we had this incredibly earnest conversation and at the end of it tibet -- week swapped females and it began on a very casual basis, i got this issue, or vice versa, what you think because when you live in the zone of politics you can't ever let charge down. you can't ever say what do thing because it could be a front-page story with this story or that story and so there was this element of protectiveness and she lives thousands of miles away and i was up here. in you could throw an idea out or vice versa and we developed a remarkable friendship over those eight years. and then as i said about a year ago its birth into something more than that. i have seen her it three times since then it during that whole sparking thing. and it was discovered in -- let me finish -- five months ago and at that point we went into serious overdrive in trying to say where you go from. and that is where the others in the world began to help, how you get all of this right? how do you be honest klaxon? rinceau have been a back and forth and back and forth and the one thing that you really find is that you

put it under with china's support to pakistan over the last half century and chinese deployment in tibet. it had to look c word -- seaward and protect its oil and gas coming from afric and the middle east all the way back to india. the indian ocean has become very much more important to india. there are increasingly other major powers in the indian ocean finding it as important. if you look getting the's security perspective, you see china everywhere. you see china building port

celebrated history of peace i think, of silence and global mission and deep concern about china and tibet and as terry nano was saying the small evening has been more than a decade in the evening so i appreciate all their colleagues for making it happen. left to my own devices all i want to talk about over there with air act and to get at the essence of essential questions like whether better indian food in japan or india. i want to see if eric can tutor me in here and become an e this to say he speaks good he knee and i speak none at all. just to travel the world with him, but i have been asked to talk to you for 35 minutes before hand. eric and i were sitting over here that as soon as something as of today put him like this and start speaking everybody falls asleep including the person doing the speaking, but if you fall asleep you'll soon wake up as a continued our conversation. thank you very much for coming out on in a rainy non spring evening. now is thinking as i was coming from the hotel past all the formidable institutions and embassies that when i was two years old probably stil

is it just something that is byzantine end unusual tibet cockpit, or is this a harbinger of something that is much broader and that we ought to be concerned about. that is why mr. babbitt you assume the reins of an agency that is very important and you have flown these airplanes in a career as a pilot and we are going to rely on you in future hearings to help steer as to the right conclusions here and we appreciate very much the work of the ntsb. we are going to have a lot of information from the inspector general to be very helpful to us as we proceed. let me thank all of the witnesses and let me cullen senator lautenberg. >> thanks mr. chairman. as we listen to the testimony read you the matters that got us to this point, and investigation we see that the captain of the colgan plight had several test failures. i asked mr. babbitt, how many strikes put you out? should there be a measure there that says look, if we have to squeeze you lafree that's what are you going to do when the pressure is on? i think there ought to be something that says if you can get there it in a couple of tur

happened, and we will continue to work for more openness, for improvement of human rights in china and tibet. and again, i want to salute -- he just laughed. he came out of -- he just laughed. -- just left. he is in macao. i see. i saw him -- i saw him in hong kong while was there. we have all been working on this for very long time. there are some new prisoners that just came out of china to account for the treatment they received. this list on my poster is a list of heroes. you are, too. thank you for your courage to turn out here today to stand into the capital, to hold us accountable to our own values and to continue to work together to remember the massacre, to get a public accounting of it, and can i say just one thing in closing? it was shocking to me. on the way there, perhaps you saw the frontline documentary on tiananmen square. this icon is seared in the minds of people throughout the world. and they had, in this documentary that they showed it to students at beijing university, and those students had no idea what this was a photo of. they said, what is that? is it art? did you pu