to explain. >> the president-elect also over the weekend talked about his call with taiwan, basically raised questions about whether the u.s. need to be bound by the .ne china policy obviously, china is upset about this, raised serious concerns about it. i know that the obama administration is saying the one china policy is still in effect. is there a concern going forward? it seems like the next administration will not take that stand. what are the consequences, i guess, if president-elect trump follows through with not respecting the one china policy? the united states government, under the leadership of president obama, has been and remains firmly committed to the one china policy. that is also the policy, by the way that presidents from both parties have pursued that. haveof our countries succeeded from that policy. the obama administration does not view taiwan and our relationship with taiwan as a bargaining chip. taiwan is not a source of leverage, it's a close partner of the united states. taiwan is the ninth largest trading partner of the united states. away is noth

the president of taiwan. he has also questioned the bounds of the one china policy. kicking ofus about the table of the one china and all his pressure in china to make concessions on ?rade thank you very much. he is very serious about communicating to the beijing government that they cannot continue to be aggressive been be on offense and not expect many things to be prepared for. i think is also sincere in saying that there are 24 million people who have three different changes of power democratically in a free society, you ought to take a phone call. there is a certain hypocrisy in americans even under obama -- billions of dollars of weapons to taiwan while pretending taiwan does not exist. it's also a little bit healthy for the beijing regime to realize there are no circumstances i can imagine where the united states would tolerate the beijing government attempting by force to take over taiwan. it's also true that when you are dealing with a country the size of china that there are no circumstances where we would encourage taiwan to declare independence because this goes to th

director discusses what impact president-elect trump's recent conversation with the president of taiwan might have on u.s./china/taiwan relations. "washington journal" beginning at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. join the discussion. >> in his weekly address, president obama discusses the affordable care act and encourages people to sign up for health insurance during the in current -- the current enrollment period. representative fred upton delivers the republican response pretty talks about bipartisan efforts to combat diseases through the 21st century cures act. president obama: hi, everybody. it's the most wonderful time of the year -- and not just because it's the holiday season, but because it's also open enrollment season over at healthcare.gov. i know. that was a dad joke. but this weekend, i hope you'll take a moment to do something really important for yourself and your family: make sure you'll have health insurance for 2017. if you're not covered yet, now is the time to sign up. go to healthcare.gov and shop for the plan that's right for you. like most americans who get cover

a moment. president obama: absolutely. reporter: your successor spoke to the president of taiwan and wasn't sure that the united states had to be bound by one china policy and could be a bargaining chip to get better terms on a trade deal. there is already evidence that tensions between the two sides have increased a bit and just an , the chinese have underwater drone in the south china sea. do you think our china policy could be having a fresh set of eyes and or do you worry these types of unorthodox approaches e shutting us on a political discourse? president obama: i'm somewhere in between. i think all of our foreign policy should be subject to fresh eyes. i think -- i have said this before, i am very proud of the work i have done. i think i'm a better president now than when i've started, but if you are here for eight years in the bubble, you start seeing things a certain way and you benefit from the -- dem -- democracy benefits and america benefits from new perspectives. and i think it should not be the prerogative or but the obligation of a new president to examine what mak

of taiwan, there has been a long standing agreement essentially between china and the united states and to some agree the taiwanese, which is to not change the status quo. taiwan operates differently than mainland china does. china views taiwan as part of china, but recognizes that it has to approach taiwan as an entity has its own ways of doing things. the taiwanese have agreed that as long as they are able to continue to function with some agree of autonomy that they won't charge forward and declare independence. and that status quo, although not completely satisfactory to any of the parties involved, has kept the peace and allowed the people of taiwan to be pretty any of the parties involved, has successful economy of people who have a high agree of self-determination. but understand for issue, the issue of taiwan is as important as anything on their docket. the idea of one china is at the heart of their conception as a nation. and so if you are going to upend this understanding, you have to have thought through what the consequencesr because the chinese will not treat that the w

has already saved over 1000 jobs from carrier, and he had a conversation with the taiwan president, which is breaking the 47 years.of how would you predict his way of the presidency? thank you. this sounds like a policy and communications question. i have had a lot of conversations. i start up the conversations knows?ho i speculate and conclude the conversation with, who knows? that is probably the answer. is there a way in which the things that happen in a transition help foretell what will happen in the first year, or are they just different? mean, the nominations may. -- that,aki: even with unless somebody has a long the legislative history of it could be hard to read tea leaves to predict advice what somebody is getting. i assume the transition is an indicator, because people, whether it is or apresident-elect previous president, they learn that things do change. at least the beginning i presume the transition is a predictor of how it will operate. my point of from view on policy and experience, the first budget is also important. card-carrier never of the green eye shape socie

read. but basically questioning the issue of what our relationship with taiwan is. the question is, as part of president carter's normalization, we did have the taiwan relations act that was part of the agreement. but the question is, what was the intent of the phone call. mr. orlins: dr. kissinger, did president-elect trump ask you to go to china? [laughter] mr. orlins: did he ask you to deliver a message to the chinese? kissinger: no. i was, of course, aware of some of his thinking and he knew that i was going but i was not going as a residential emissary. i was going on a trip that i had planned many months earlier. -- orlins: were you asked surprised that he accepted a call? do you think that is in the productiveund in u.s.-china relations? dr. kissinger: i was one of the drafters of the shanghai communique and so there are that promises of clear obligations and i will not separate my views from the shanghai communique and from the established procedure. moment also that at this i have been very impressed by the calm reaction of the chinese. that adership suggests atermination

microphone. you, mr. speaker. i'm with cti tv of taiwan. president-elect trump has received a phone call from the president of taiwan. theas also questioned bounds of the one china policy. kicking offs about the table of the one china is he merely pressuring china to make concessions on trade by using taiwan as a bargaining chip? thank you very much. think he's very serious about communicating to the beijing government that they cannot continue to be aggressive and be on offense and not expect to have many things put on the table they are not prepared for. he was also sincere in saying someone who represents 23 million people who have had three different changes of power, you ought to take the phone call. --re's a certain hypocrisy even under obama. they sold billions of dollars of weapons to taiwan while pretending taiwan does not exist. it's also a little bit healthy for the beijing regime to realize there are no circumstances i can imagine where the united states would tolerate the beijing government attempting i force to take over taiwan. it's also true that when you are dealing with

have the microphone. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm with cti tv of taiwan. president-elect trump has received a phone call from the president of taiwan. he has also questioned the bounds of the one china policy. is he serious about kicking off the table of the one china policy or is he merely pressuring china to make concessions on trade by using taiwan as a bargaining chip? thank you very much. mr. gingrich: i think he's very serious about communicating to the beijing government that they cannot continue to be aggressive and be on offense and not expect to have many things put on the table they are not prepared for. he was also sincere in saying someone who represents 23 million people who have had three different changes of power, you ought to take the phone call. there's a certain hypocrisy -- even under obama. they sold billions of dollars of weapons to taiwan while pretending taiwan does not exist. it's also a little bit healthy for the beijing regime to realize there are no circumstances i can imagine where the united states would tolerate the beijing government attempting by f

president of taiwan and declared he wasn't sure why the united states needed to be bound by the one china policy. he suggested it to be used as a bargaining chip for more cooperation. just today, the chinese have evidently seized an underwater don't in this how -- thrown in the south china sea. you agree our china policy could use a fresh set of eyes and what is the big deal about having a short phone call with the president of taiwan? or do you worried these kinds of unorthodox predose -- approaches collisiong us on a course with our greatest lyrical adversary? president obama: i am somewhere in between. i think all of our foreign policy should be subject to fresh eyes. i have said this before. i am very proud of the work i have done and i am a better president now than when i started, but if you are here for eight years in a bubble, you start seeing things a certain way and you benefit from the democracythe benefits, america benefits from new perspectives. , not think it should be just the prerogative, but the obligation of a president to examine everything that is been done and w

issue of what our relationship with taiwan is. the question is, as part of president carter's normalization, we did have the taiwan relations act that was part of the agreement. but the question is, what was the intent of the phone call. mr. orlins: dr. kissinger, did president-elect trump ask you to go to china? [laughter] dr. kissinger: no. mr. orlins: did he ask you to deliver a message to the chinese? dr. kissinger: no. not in this sense. i was, of course, aware of some of his thinking and he knew that i was going but i was not going as a residential emissary. i was going on a trip that i had planned many months earlier. mr. orlins: were you surprised that he accepted a call? -- accepted a call from thailand? -- from taiwan customer do you that is -- do you think that is in the interest of sound and productive u.s.-china relations? dr. kissinger: i was one of the drafters of the shanghai communique and so there are clear promises of that communique and clear obligations and i will not separate my views from the shanghai communique and from the established procedure. i thin

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. and he had a conversation with the taiwan resident which is a break. so how would you predict his way of residency? thank you. laughter] >> that sounds like a policy and question.e i have had conversations with a lot of people. i start the conversation with, who knows? i speculate for 10 or 15 minutes and conclude the conversation with who knows. which thee a way in things that happen in a transition help foretell what will happen in the first year or are they just two different beasts? the -- >> i mean, the nominations made. surround any president themselves with and who they want to beginning them advice. for anyone with a long legislative history, it can be hard to predict what advice giving.is >> i assumed the transition is an and decatur because people, whether this president-elect or any previous president, things do change when they get into a up as. in the beginning, i presume the transition is a predictor of how he will operate. of view on policy and experience, i would say the first budget is important. i am a member of the -- society, so i still look at those things. do

of taiwan. do you think this was a mistake, or is it time to revisit the one china policy? or is it more of a negotiating gambit that has more to do with trade than security policy. don'tetraeus: i really know, without knowing how it was arranged and what the briefings were and whether people consider the pros and cons. i would like to think, and i think there's some foundation that this is shaking it of event. this is a president elect that has said he wants to be unpredictable. you have to be careful because you don't want to be seen as unpredictable in a crisis where they think they need to take the first shot before you do. in some situations, that can be useful. by europeancomments leaders that say, we really do have to get serious about spending more on defense. yes, we were lectured by secretary gates and other u.s. leaders, but this is different. as guys really serious. s guy is really serious. i don't think you want to shake the one china policy, nor do you forget the taiwan relations act, which you want to remind people about as well. deft and delicate deft and delicate st

phone call from the president of taiwan. do you think this was a mistake, or is it time to revisit the one china policy? or is it more of a negotiating gambit that has more to do with trade than security policy. don'tetraeus: i really know, without knowing how it was arranged and what the briefings were and whether people consider the pros and cons. i would like to think, and i think there's some foundation that this is shaking it of event. this is a president elect that has said he wants to be unpredictable. you have to be careful because you don't want to be seen as unpredictable in a crisis where they think they need to take the first shot before you do. in some situations, that can be useful. by europeancomments leaders that say, we really do have to get serious about spending more on defense. yes, we were lectured by secretary gates and other u.s. leaders, but this is different. as guys really serious. s guy is really serious. i don't think you want to shake the one china policy, nor do you forget the taiwan relations act, which you want to remind people about as well. deft and de

congress on his side, but i'm thinking he would possibly use executive action to recognize taiwan as an orependent country [indiscernible] aggression toward crimea. is anything that could be done to stop it before china and the eu take military action against united states? host: thank you. guest: yes and no. it may depend on the area. as you probably know, the president has a good amount of leeway in foreign policy, but congress does still have laws. it was taiwan, we have a system that evolved over the past few decades. based on committee case with the chinese government and the he may be, so somewhat constrained. i am not an expert on china policy or taiwan, but i think it would be constrained. areas, he might have more room to move executive action, the jerusalem embassy relocation i that requires the president to move the u.s. embassy in israel from pebble beach to jerusalem. congress also included a waiver toallow the president determine every six months it is not in our national security interest to move it to jerusalem. trump does have the authority. not even through an executiv

sparked controversy after calling the president of taiwan over the phone yesterday. in addition, the new administration and its allies challenges in pennsylvania and wisconsin. how should the government approach student loans? leastreport estimates at 108 billion dollars in student debt in coming years. we want to know what you think. here are the lines for you to dial this morning. if you are a current college student, you can call us at (202) 748-8000. payingare still off that student loan debt, your number is (202) 748-8001. all others, you can call us at (202) 748-8002. you can also send us your thoughts on twitter. our twitter handle is @cspanwj. you can comment on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. here is a story in the "wall street journal" that details the new government report, the story mitchell.five josh . . josh mitchell. host: to stem a sharp rise in borrowers defaulting on their loans since the recession -- host: we have josh mitchell on the phone joining us this morning to give us a little bit more detail about this story. josh mitchell, good morning to you. gue

, you screwed up. jimmy carter didn't fly helicopters into time ran -- t ron -- taiwan, but that was a black mark on him. what happens is presidents tend to ignore this vast government they run and the government blows up on them and surprise, they get blamed. because the american people think the president is the boss. the first thing presidents should do and really do, his figure out what this thing i and understand that in any given point in time, an organization that consists of several million people, two things are happening and simultaneously. something is going very right. they've got the right intelligence on this problem, the right analysis on this problem. the right expertise. at the same time, somewhere else, something is going very wrong. [laughter] they are understaffed, something is about to blow up. thatl end with an anecdote i used in a chapter of my book. it goes back to the fall of 2013. on december 13, just two days 2013, there were two astronauts in space preparing a misfiring heating and cooling station at the international space station. it were floating around i

professor talks about effect donald trump has recent talk with the taiwan president will have on the united states's relationship with taiwan. join the discussion. leaddnesday, senator senator harry reid paid tribute to president obama. this is just under 30 minutes. [chatter] [inaudible conversations] him him him him [chatter] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [applause] [applause] sen. mcconnell: i must say this is a bit of an out-of-body experience for me. [laughter] sen. mcconnell: it's not everyday the vice president and secretary clinton come to visit us at the capital, but it's not every day that a democratic leader gets to show us how he looks on campus. i know our guests wouldn't miss it. i know landra and the rest of the reid family won't miss this moment either. it's great to see all of you here. you will hear some tributes to harry's service shortly. i offered my own on the senate floor earlier today. one of the stories i told was about landra and harry's first date. he promised her a movie, she wound up push starting his car. [laughter] sen. mcconnell: bu

taiwan. is saying over the past two decades, taiwan has split from its position. that is from the front page of the new york times this morning. we want to focus on trade and jobs. donald trump in indianapolis last thursday. they are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. it's not going to happen. it's not going to happen. we are losing so much. one of the things we're doing to keep them is lowering our hopefullyax from 35% down to 15%, which would take us from the highest taxed nation in the world. it's terrible for business. to one of the lower. one of the other things we are doing is regulations. i thought taxes would be number one and regulations -- these great leaders of industry and even small business people who are just being crushed, if they had a choice between lower taxes and a massive cutting of regulations, they would take the regulations. since about six years ago, 260 new federal regulations have passed. plant.ct this none of them probably amount to anything in terms of safety or the things you have regulations for. he announced the retur

against powers? you can leave aside surprise phone calls to taiwan if you like, which was an unpredictable move. >> i will leave behind the call. i really like harry's three words. it really has to do with signaling and resolved in a way russia and china believe in our resolve and ambiguity is very helpful in some places, not helpful in others. it goes to managing strategic competition, knowing the competitor you are trying to deter and understand the signals and how you demonstrate resolve. within the context of the third offset, we will reveal capabilities for deterrence. we want chinese military planning -- planner's wondering what kind of military keep abilities the u.s. could bring to bear if, god for bid, we got into a military confrontation. ambiguity is useful in some cases but it is not universal. sometimes clarity is very, very needed, but it is certainly something we want in our arsenal of deterrence. >> a related deterrence question about the differences between deterrence and provocation. if you want to touch on freedom of navigation controls in the south china s

innovations on the pakistan front, the taiwan front, the philippine front. i wanted to ask you -- [laughter] i am simply stating truth, i wanted to ask you if you are at all worried that the trump transition team will instigate an international crisis while you are still in charge and if you are still in contact with them at all about managing the transition process. [laughter] sec. kerry: thank you, jeff. thank you very much. mr. goldberg: inquiring minds want to know. sec. kerry: i know. i am working to stay 1000 miles away from the trump transition in the process. it is important for me to be able to brief whoever the final nominee will be and i do not want to come at it with any engagement on any of the choices they are making publicly. i think it is better for me to stay out of the politics that i have stayed out of for four years. i did not go to the race and i did not go to the convention and i'm prohibited by law. i'll will keep it that way until january 20. mr. goldberg: fine. that is what i expected but i was hoping for more. let me pivot to the main subject of the fo

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american public. he calls taiwan and raises questions about our relationship with china, as though he were the secretary of state. but he has not even found anyone to do that job. he should be in the transition office, figuring out how he makes a smooth transition of the american government from the efficiently-run government of mr. obama to his administration, not making the decisions himself and going out and announcing them through his tweet at 3:00 in the morning because he can't sleep. this kind of operation is the operation of somebody who's used to running a big business. when he's president of trump casino or trump towers, he can act like that. he can come in and say, do this, do that, do this, do that. i don't know if he understands, mr. speaker, that you and the house of representatives are the ones who made the contract and put -- appropriated the money for that plane. that's the process. that's the democratic process of this country. it's not done by the president getting up in the morning and tweeting out 147 characters and ending a contract with hundreds of jobs at risk

miracle after economic miracle occurred. think about it. first japan and taiwan, south korea and southeast asia, and now today, china, india, and others rose and prospered. that progress produced incredible things in the region. populations are growing, education has improved, self-determination has spread, economies have grown more interconnected, and military spending and cooperation are both increasing. amid all this remarkable change and progress, america's interests and objectives in the asia-pacific have endured. we still want peace, stability, and progress there for all -- including ourselves -- because -- but as the region has changed how we meet those had to change along with it. today, the department has been operationalizing one after another and rebalancing. we are not only ensuring that we remain the strongest military and primary provider, but we are also connecting our allies and partners in a burgeoning, principled, and security network to allow all of us to see more, share more, and do more to maintain security in the region. in the first phase, which began five years ago,

received from taiwan. how much of an issue is this for you, being from that world? guest: clearly, it has rattled the chinese. in terms of an administrative dish and mission, i used to be -- an admission, i used to be lobbyist. i think the president knew what he was doing when he took the call. when you look at president obama's tibbett to asia -- the guidance to get out of the middle east and focus on asia. unfortunate, the problems this administration is leaving behind for the president-elect are significant. china is engaging in cyber warfare with the united states. it has not done enough, in effect, to constrain north korea's nuclear program. china is building islands -- military islands in the south china sea. it has engaged in currency manipulation, and it's face it, the trade deficit with china is astronomical. i think what is important is to understand here i suspect the president-elect new exactly what he was doing. he wanted to send a message to china. this suggests that the same time he will need a very good ambassador in beijing, and i understand one of the persons he

or economic miracle occurred. first japan and taiwan, south korea and southeast asia and now today, china, india rose and prospered. populations are growing, education has improved, self-determination has spread, economies have grown more interconnected and military spending and cooperation are both increasing. america's interests and objectives in the asia-pacific have endured. we still want peace, stability and progress for all because the region has changed how we meet those had to change along with it. they've been operationalizing one after another we are not only ensuring that we remain the strongest military and primary provider but we are also connecting our allies and partners in a principle of the security network to allow all of us to see more come share more and do more to maintain security in the region. in the first phase which began five years ago they sought to make the regional posture more robust both on our allies, our own parts and partners geographically distributed, politically sustainable. they spend tens of thousands, committed to 60% in the asia-pacific and

. president-elect trump has made diplomatic innovations on the pakistan front, the taiwan front, the philippine front. and so, i wanted to ask you -- [laughter] mr. goldberg: i am simply stating truths. i wanted to ask you if you are at all worried that the trump transition team, that president elect, is going to instigate a national crisis while you are still in charge of american diplomacy, and if you are still in contact with them at all about managing the transition process? [laughter] sec. kerry: thank you, jeff. thank you very much. mr. goldberg: inquiring minds want to know. sec. kerry: i know. i know. amon't want to display -- i merely consciously working to stay 1000 miles away from the and theansition process. it is important for me to be able to brief whoever the final nominee is going to be for the job of secretary of state, and i do not want to come at it with any engagement on any of the choices they are making publicly. i think it is better for me to stay out of the politics that i have stayed out of for four years. i did not go to the race and i did not go to the conv

: do you see a lasting impact to the phone call that esther trump had the leader of taiwan? guest: that is hard to predict. i think it will fall back towards norms. host: talk about the policy toward north korea and their leader there. it is an important story with the nuclear weapons and the tensions. how do you expect mr. trump to approach that country? guest: north korea does not get as much attention as it should. i spent a week in south korea and i was struck by just how concerned people who live there are. i do not have an appreciation about what that looks like on a day-to-day level and the concerns that are there and all the weapons that north korea oul.s that are aimed at sea you will see north korea stretch their wings and test boundaries and see what they can do and continue to work on their nuclear weapons program. that always remains one of the central concerns. that does not get discussed until there is a major movement in addition to another missile getting launched. st: let's hear from karen, a republican caller. caller: is president obama the first resident in his

with putin and whoever else, taiwan and who knows what is going on. it is always going to be and a has already probably been there. if national communications were really getting get from so many different directions, i do not want to go back to where we were gentlemen.st 2 as far citizens united, getting rid of the electoral college. host: i want to stay on this topic. guest: to the truck campaign, i do not know. it does not seem like he is directly controlled by the russians. the opportunity is of their anti-he didn't advantage -- is there and he took advantage of news that was not true at times. the campaign manager did something that turned out to be false or pushed by russia propaganda networks. the more interesting things we need to look at is in terms of russia, it is not really an information war but a term i heard on radio was a war on. we create such a space where it is difficult to understand or pick up truth from fiction that you have no basis of which to make your judgments. in that disorienting place, you do not trust your government, people around you or political pa

interest interfering in any way. mr. trump had a call with the president of taiwan. he has some business, he is in talks of building a series of luxury resorts and hotels there. trump developer has a special envoy to the united states. another one with his business and foreign policy, slate says donald trump's phone is a national security threat. do you agree with that? guest: i don't know if i would call that a national security threat. we have never had a president does. he is supposed to have a press conference on the 15th where he will talk about how he is going to detach himself from his business interests. we don't want even the perception even if it is not the reality that he is making some decision about foreign policy that will benefit his business. that just looks bad. i hope you will find some way to detach himself as much as possible. so he does not have that problem to deal with. the perception can be as damaging as the reality. we have never had a president with these sorts of global business interests. host: robert levinson, senior defense analyst for bloomberg go

bombers around taiwan showing how vulnerable the southern approaches have become. showing the increased vulnerability of the southern reaches. the chinese threat and away will be in forcing function the japanese government to begin to take these challenges more seriously. again, i am a friend of japan. . say tough love when i'm there and talking to japanese industry, government, i think there are coming to the realization that there needs to be somebody who will step up and exert leadership within the government. whether that comes from the nss,, a legislative goldwater-nichols, their joint with the primeow minister the ability for the to direct kinds of capabilities that are truly joint and in the best interest. something -- is not japanese to come in and fire a bunch of people and bring in a lunch of movers and shakers. i do think there is an opportunity here as the chinese threat grows for the japanese government. this is everybody. nsa, missed -- ministry of , i would suggest there is still no defense industrial policy. to put it out there and help industry think about tha

about it. first japan and taiwan, south korea and southeast asia, and now today, china, india, and others rose and prospered. that progress produced incredible things in the region. populations are growing, education has improved, self-determination has spread, economies have grown more interconnected, and military spending and cooperation are both increasing. amid all this remarkable change and progress, america's interests and objectives in the asia-pacific have endured. we still want peace, stability , and progress there for all -- including ourselves -- because the region has changed how we meet those had to change along with it. today, the department has been operationalizing one after another and rebalancing. we are not only ensuring that we remain the strongest military and primary provider, but we are also connecting our allies and partners in a burgeoning, principled, and security network to allow all of us to see more , share more, and do more to maintain security in the region. in the first phase, which began five years ago, dod sought to make the regional posture more r

, december 3. president-elect donald trump has sparked controversy after calling the president of taiwan over the phone yesterday. in addition, the new administration and its allies challenges in pennsylvania and wisconsin. how should the government approach student loans? leastreport estimates at 108 billion dollars in student debt in coming years. we want to know what you think. here are the lines for you to