now russia has its own interest to protect. with natural gas and the close alliance between germany and russia, how will this affect u.s. foreign policy in the future with germany? >> an interesting question. on the first issue, you are right to say that the wages of germans are higher than americans. they have a cushy welfare state and health care system. it is expensive to hire workers in germany. there has been some shrinkage of the system. some efforts have been made to reduce the benefits so employers are no longer as worried about the non-wage costs of labor. but the main reasons the germans have done well is they produce good stuff. they have the best engineers in the world, and produce machines and ball bearings. there is not serious competition in other places. that is why they continue to thrive and exports fuel their economic growth. on the second question, i might disagree with you a little bit on your characterization of russia as an adversary. i would say that with the reset that has taken place between obama and

russia -- there have been moments where we have been close to what i call "ropec" -- russia eye.opec, eye-to0- the canadian market is delighted to have the oil. they have the refineries that can use it. they have no reason to join opec at this time. they would probably have a very tough time meeting the second test, being simpatico with the missions of the organization. host: our first call for kevin book comes from st. petersburg, florida. michael. caller: thank you for taking my call. we focus so much on oil in this country. when are we going to start really focusing on hunkering down on going to green technologies, renewables? there was a wonderful documentary on going grain. -- green. they have algae that turns plant matter into usable fuels. they have cards that they can use that will synthesize energy. when are we going to start doing this in this country and really focusing on the things that are important? host: kevin book? guest: it is a great question. we have been looking at alternatives. effectively, 1973, the embargo, and efforts -- serious efforts began that started to m

up into the black sea up against russia. russia is annoyed. what would we say if china came up into the gulf of mexico noer the shores of us. i know what texas ans would say and people in louisiana would say. we don't need you here. always put it in light of sort of a foreign policy golden rule. what would we think if people did that to us? what would we think. many reasons have been given of why people hate us an want to come here to kill us. they tell us the truth. bin laden told us the truth. they cannot stand occupation and control of their land as we would not either. [applause] bin laden had a plan. he was going to get us very angry and drag us no a war. he wrote this, i'm going to drag the americans into a war. he said the soviets had no right to occupy afghanistan. he would get rid of the soviets. bin laden said we are going to drag them into the war. he says you know what, we'll drive them into a bankruptcy. this is serious stuff. we are bankrupt and bogged down. we are in five wars. remember, you have to remember what was said many y

now russia has its own interest to protect. with natural gas and the close alliance between germany and russia, how will this affect u.s. foreign policy in the future with germany? >> an interesting question. on the first issue, you are right to say that the wages of germans are higher than americans. they have a cushy welfare state and health care system. it is expensive to hire workers in germany. there has been some shrinkage of the system. some efforts have been made to reduce the benefits so employers are no longer as worried about the non-wage costs of labor. but the main reasons the germans have done well is they produce good stuff. they have the best engineers in the world, and produce machines and ball bearings. there is not serious competition in other places. that is why they continue to thrive and exports fuel their economic growth. on the second question, i might disagree with you a little bit on your characterization of russia as an adversary. i would say that with the reset that has taken place between obama and

russia's recalcitrants has left the area with a bitter stalemate. within the context of the stalemate, the temperature has seemed to cool with bitter hardship and frustrations supplanting heated conflict. that cooling is perhaps a very dangerous illusion. while the fear of overt military action may be waning, more subversive but more potentially deadly action is taking place. since 2009, the republic of georgia has experienced 12 acts or attempted acts of terrorism within its borders which the georgians believe are linked to russian forces. one such bombing on september 22 of 2010 took place right near the u.s. embassy. two thwarted attacks took place this month. one i.e.d. was intercepted two days before several colleagues and i arrived there. another was intercepted on june 6 while we were still there. we had the opportunity to discuss with the president at length the nature of these attacks and attempted attacks. he and his administration are increasingly concerned about what they perceive to be a systematic effort to target the georgian people a

in russia? >> i will certainly do that. i remember myself going to tbilisi, when the georgians were under so much pressure from the russians, and georgia is a country that wanted to democracy, and economic story. it wants to join nato. it wants to look west as well as east, and it wants to have good relations with its neighbor. i am delighted that the honorable lady is meeting representatives from the georgian government, and i will certainly make my views clear on the issue of georgia when i visit russia later this year. >> does my right honorable friend agree that the key challenge facing the national health service is out to convert this government's welcome commitment to a year-on-year growth of real resources into improving productivity and improving quality of care for patients? and is not the key to delivering that, did not lie in my right honorable friend's speech yesterday in his advocacy of a more integrated and less fragmented care? and will he continue to -- >> order. we are grateful

now the political objects nor in russia should compel us to persist in -- nor in russia should come palace to persist. the military and civilian elements have noticed progress. it in many parts of afghanistan, measuring success has limited meaning. we will make some progress when we are spending over $100 billion a year. the question is whether we have a sufficient strategy for protecting appeare. the pakistan side of the border has a different dynamic. they worry about state collapsed. the safety of the pakistani nuclear arsenal. pakistan's intersection with other states in the region. it may set a strategically vital country. the question is how the united states navigates the contradictions inherent. >> to look for to get dialogue. >> this is a pleasure to be back here. as the president said last night, and the united states is meeting the goals he set for our three track strategy in my afghanistan and pakistan. the surge has a ramped up pressure on al qaeda and insurgents. the civilian surge has bolstered the government's, and economies, and civil societies, and undercut the insurgency

russia -- there have been moments where we ha been close to what i call "ropec" -- russia eye.opec, eye-to0- the canadian market is delighted to have the oil. they have the refineries that can use it. they have no reason to join opec at this time. they would probably have a very tough time meeting the second test, being simpatico with the missions of the organization. host: our first call for kevin bookomes from st. petersburg, florida. michael. caller: thank you for taking my call. we focus so much on oil in this country. when are we going to art really focusing on hunkering down on going to green technologies, renewables? there was a wonderful documentary on going grain. -- green. they have algae that turns plant matter io usable fuels. they have cards that they can use that will synthesize energy. when are we going to start doing this in this country and really focusing on the things that are important? host: kevin book? guest: it is a great question. we have been looking at alternatives. effectively, 1973, the embargo, and efforts -- serious efforts began that started to make a differen

and russia is annoyed. what would we save china came into the gulf of mexico, right up to the shores of us? i know what the texans are the people in louisiana would say, we don't need you here. one thing i encourage people to do, especially with a question some of the things i say, that we should do this or we should not do that. i always put it in light of eight foreign policy golden rule. what would we think if people did that to us? [applause] although many reasons have been given for why people hate us and want to come here to kill us, the truth is, they tell us the truth. they tell us why they hate us. bin laden told us the truth. the truth is, they cannot stand occupation and control of their land, as we would not, either. bin laden had a plan. he was going to get us very angry and he was going to drag us into war. he said this. he said i am going to drag the americans into war, just as we dragged the soviets into a war. of course we were on the side of those people who said the soviets had no right t

i remember seeing -- there were some efforts, as i recall, pushed in part by russia in the '90s that had some sort of complexity behind the motivation. i am not saying it is easy to do, but i think that as countries over time -- and i do not know how quickly a country like china will rise allies -- will realize they have as much at risk -- countries are going to bit -- are going to get more sophisticated. if they can hit all of these things, maybe there's something there we should be talking about. we sort of do know -- we have treaties for lots of stuff. we need a process that will lead us to a treaty, but there are various convening mechanisms we have done in the past. we should go for it. >> someone said to me a little while ago that in cyberspace, america has a big plate glass window. china realizes this. he was sort of making the mutual vulnerabilities. >> there are eight symmetries in the plate glass window. as you talk to the pla, their concern is internet freedom and the ability to control voice and potential internal unrest. the middle east is the same way. if you come here,

russia for example -- china, for example, has the so-called blue army. we have always had a concept of electronic warfare. in the old wars, we had airplanes flying around jamming the ability of the enemy to see us and communicate. it is those kind of concept which are applied in the -- in today's military. host: the pentagon says over 100 foreign intelligence groups have been trying to compromise u.s. networks. guest: i would not be surprised. again, those people are trying to find out how well or how badly are systems -- badly our systems are protected. they are trying to manipulate those systems. they're trying to hack it. again, sometimes it is very difficult to find the origination of those attempts. we're getting better at that. host: houston, texas, republican line. caller: i have two brief comments. first, what thought has been given to making the internet less anonymous? when the internet for started, it was a convenience and a toy. it was something that was new, unique, and interesting. it has rapidly become integral to our economy and other nat

they went up into the black sea and right up on the borders of russia. russia is on the way. what would we say of china came into the gulf of mexico right up to the shores? i know what the texans would say or the people in louisiana would say -- we do not need you here. one thing i encourage people to do, especially when they questioned some of the things i say, always put it in light of a foreign policy golden rule -- what would we think if people did that to us? [applause] although many reasons have been given for why people hate us and what to come here to kill us, the truth is, they tell us the truth. they tell us why they hate us. bin laden told us the truth. the truth is, they cannot stand occupation and control of their land as we would not either. [applause] bin laden had a plan. he was going to get us very angry and he was going to drag us into a war. he wrote this. he said, "i am going to drag the americans into a war just as we dragged the soviets into a war -- into a war." if we were one of those who said the soviets did not have a right to be in afghanistan. bin

have talked about if i were not to be dragged offstage would be a little bit about china, north korea, russia, iran -- but i've understand that we have a few moments for questions and i would be happy to deal with any of those that the questioners are interested in. thank you very much for your attention. [applause] >> people are eager to tap your vast intellectual resources and give you a chance to hydrate. [laughter] >> i like that. >> we're glad for that opportunity. there are several questions that sees immediately upon some of the topics you're talking about. on the issue of the nation's debt, whether we should be in the business of helping to -- of the nation state, whether we should be in the business of helping to do that. >> that has been one of the president's real problems. there are few countries where our interest are stronger than in saudi arabia. yet, saudi arabia is its own -- has its own uniqueness. it is an alliance between the saudi family and the tribal wars of the arab peninsula with the wahhabi religious brand of islam. the wahhabi religious would bless the saudis to be

the fires in russia, the floods and pakistan. a lot of things happened that caused koren to be in shortage -- corn to be in a shortage. it now costs about twice as much as a did a year ago. it is driving up inflation. it has been causing a lot of hardship for people. places like ethiopia, the price of food is up. by up -- up by 1/3. host: we're showing our viewers some projected prices. what does that mean? guest: last year, at this time, core was selling for about $3.33 per bushel -- corn was selling for about $3.33 per bushel. these are big price jumps. the reason is saur important for other people -- about 1 billion people go to bed hungry, according to u.n. estimates. these folks are buying things -- when we go to the grocery store, a few buy a box of cornflakes, most of what you buy is that advertising -- the basketball star on the cover of the box, transportation to get it to the to stock the touch shelves. even if the price of corn goes up a lot, what matters more is all those other influences. if you live in a poor countr

the only place in the world where the direct interest of russia, china, japan, the united states intersect. it was right in the middle of all of that. i hope we can work with you on the suggestions chairman levin, senator mccain, and i brought forward. >> i appreciate the conversation we had in your office. i know this is not an easy issue. that is why the can has been kicked down the road all these years, because of the cost, the politics, and the diplomatic problems with each of these decisions. absolutely has to be addressed. we have to establish a stable situation. we cannot have a situation where we are playing this year to year. we need a long-term solution. i want to work with you, the chairman, and others. >> thank you. i do believe this is fixable. i've spent many years thinking about this. what we were able to come up with is at least the right approach and it could be done in a timely way, if we could get people to work with us on. doing. -- on doing that. with respect to the situation in libya, i take your point during your exchange with senator mccain that it is the president'

they went up into the black sea and right up on the borders of russia. russia is on the way. what would we say of china came into the gulf of mexico right up to the shores? i know what the texans would say or the people in louisiana would say -- we do not need you here. one thing i encourage people to do, especially when they questioned some of the things i say, always put it in light of a foreign policy golden rule -- what would we think if people did that to us? [applause] although many reasons have been given for why people hate us and what to come here to kill us, the truth is, they tell us the truth. they tell us why they hate us. bin laden told us the truth. the truth is, they cannot stand occupation and control of their land as we would not either. [applause] bin laden had a plan. he was going to get us very angry and he was going to drag us into a war. he wrote this. he said, "i am going to drag the americans into a war just as we dragged the soviets into a war -- into a war." if we were one of those who said the soviets did not have a right to be in afghanistan. bin

we have included all the neighbors including russia and even iran. the united nations security council voted on friday unanimously to support reconciliation by splitting its sanctions on al qaeda and the taliban into two separate lists, underscoring that the door is open for the insurgents to abandon the terrorists and choose a different path. we welcome these steps. a key diplomatic priority for the united states and, indeed, the land of the entire effort is closing the gap between kabul and islamabad. pakistan must be part of this process. earlier this month, the two countries launched a joint commission and held substantive talks at the highest levels. also very significant was the full implementation on june 12 of the transit trade agreement, which will create new economic opportunity on both sides of the line in the foundation for broader vision of regional integration and economic cooperation. this agreement started being negotiated in the early-1960's. it therefore took decades, including great, heroic efforts by the late richard holbrooke and

you have india, russia, iran -- i hope you can get china. with that, i had nine seconds left and i yield back the balance of my time. >> we are working very hard to get china to play a more productive role with pakistan. we agree with that. sunday of like to talk to you about whether or not we agree with the analogies, but just try to go through them. i appreciate what you said. >> secretary clinton, thank you for being here. i join my colleagues in appreciating the job your doing as secretary of state. a little earlier in responding to senator rubio and the decision about what happens after 2014, you talked about the continuing presence of nato. shortly after the president's speech last night, france announced two plans for drawling down troops. obviously several weeks ago secretary gates talked about challenges with our nato allies. given that situation, do you believe that our allies in nato will continue to step up and to help us in afghanistan through 2014 and what assurances do we have that that will happen? >> senator, that was the ag

the fence -- why did we win against russia? remember the long war against russia, the cold war? they had a huge military, but it was technologically nowhere near as advanced as ours. we won by staying the course, by devolving our military, by investing in technology, by being severe -- superior to them. we cannot look to a short cut solving a budget issue and then endangers our safety for our children in the future. host: coming to us from twitter -- writes to us by e-mail -- dennis, democratic caller from upper marlboro, maryland. caller: good morning. thank you for the opportunity. first of all, i want to say the lady from illinois, she kind of stole my thunder. i do believe that the military budget can be cut, and can be cut substantially. the wars in the future are going to be fought electronically. they are going to be fought in cyberspace, and they are also going to demand seal teams like the one that took out bin laden. and i reallys -- admired him as a president, too, by the way -- eisenhower, he warned of the military industrial complex back and the 1950's. and here we

you have 30% certainty that was a country like russia and it is not enough the first and and you have 30% the second and 30% at what point do you say to heck with it? wendy go to the country and say we have discerned a pattern and what will you do? is ambiguity that big a threshold for going to someone. ? at what point are other factors other than specific evidence reduce that ambiguity? >> ambiguity is a factor in a couple of ways. if you go and accused somebody -- and accuse somebody and they are the wrong person, you risk having that information get back to the real perpetrator thereby reinforcing the perpetrator. that is one issue. you want to have a pretty good case going forward. your lawyers will make sure you do and rightly so. aggregated series starts to undercut the notion of ambiguity. don't ask me to comment about compound probabilities. the third thing is you need to choose your target. you need to choose the person to whom you are speaking with great care. you could go into the foreign ministry at a senior level and top three foreign minister. they would say you are wron

just last month, the justice department shut down a cyber crime ring believed to be based in russia, which was responsible for the online theft of up to $100 million. the boldness of these attacks and the threat they present to unsuspecting americans, underscored recently by massive data breaches at epsilon and sony. in some ways, sony has become ground zero in the war to protect consumers' online information. the initial attacks on sony's play station network and online enter statement services, which put some 100 million customer accounts at risk, were quickly followed by other attacks at other sony divisions and subsidiaries. the company, to its credit, has taken some very aggressive steps to prevent future cyberattacks, such as installing new firewalls, enhancing data protection, and enhancing their encryption capabilities, expanding automated software monitoring, and hiring a new chief information security officer. these are all important new safeguards, but with millions of americans in harm's way, why weren't these protocols already in place? one of the most troubling issues i

like countries such as china and russia, who are already conducting cyber probes of u.s. grid system, all by terrorist organizations looking for ways to weaken our capabilities. cyberattacks can cause untold and it our nation's grid can be done from far away locations at very low cost and with little ability to trace the source of the threat. and so it is imperative that we provide those agencies that are responsible for protecting us, protecting our nation's grid, protecting all americans, with all the tools, all the authority, and all the resources that they need to keep us safe. mr. chairman, i thank you for holding this hearing today. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses on this critical issue. with that, i yield back all the time that i have, which is one second. thank you for being so generous. i recognize mr. waxman for the purposes of an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this legislation is a is bipartisan as it comes. this legislation was born at of the bipartisan realization that our electric grid is in adequately protected from a range of p

what steps has germany taken to secure adequate supplies of gas from russia or pipelines? >> i am not sure this is correct. we need some gas plants for the moments when you do not have the wind and sun. no doubt about that. of all the fossil fuels, and gases the most elegant. -- gas is the most elegant because that has less co2. it is not true we use more gas. it is in our power production at 11%. something like that. it will be there because it is nice. you can shut it off within minutes. you can put it on within minutes. that is nice. as i said, in the long run, we want to get away from oil and gas because we want to enhance our security of energy supply. it is not our policy to increase consumption of gas for electricity production. that is not our intention. >> i would like to ask a final question. the difference between the tip of your presentations from our french and german ambassadors. klaus, you outlined a compelling rationale. not only a decision that is based on the risks of nuclear power but also a way forward which i think is very compelling. that was in contr

we already outspend russia and china, the next biggest spenders, by a factor of six. we tell teachers they can't get classroom supplies but we don't tell admirals that they can't have more submarines. we tell mayors that they can't have more cops but we don't tell generals that they can't have more ballistic missiles. and we tell americans that they can't get their roads fixed or their levees strengthed but here we are -- strengthened but here we are funding a next generation of nuclear weapons. not to mention that we already have enough nuclear weapons to kill everybody on earth 25 times over. mr. speaker, we need to recognize that our priorities are askew and our spending on defense is unsustainable. let me give you an example. the republican majority recently cut 1/3 -- proposed cutting 1/3 of the budget. almost $500 million from the food for peace program. over the course of almost 50 years this program has cliffered -- delivered life-saving food supplies to over three billion people. as john f. kennedy correctly noted when he was running for president, and quote

illegals, secretly blended into american society in order to clan dess tanly gather information for russia. we continue to make significant arrests for economic espionage as foreign interests seek to control technologies. the cyberintrusions at google last year as well as other recent intrusions highlight the ever-present danger from internet attack. along with countless other cyberincidents, these attacks set to undermine the integrity of the internet and businesses and people who rely on it. in our criminal investigations the f.b.i. continues to uncover massive corporate and mortgage frauds that weaken the financial system and victimize investors, homeowners, and ultimately taxpayers. we are also rooting out health care fraud based on false billings and fake treatments that endanger patients and cheat government health care programs. in the extreme violence across our southwest border to the south also remains a threat to the united states as we saw with the murders last year of american consulate workers in juarez, mexico, and the shooting earlier this year of two federal agents in mexi

we are just behind saudi arabia and russia as the world's top producer. we have been rising since 2005 and that's a trend i think we'll be able to continue. yet over the same period, oil hit a record high of $147 a barrel in 2008. during our period of production rise, and we need a real solution not simply a solution focused on 2012 election, decrying president obama's pol significance. we need a real -- policies. we need a real solution to help end our nation's reliance on fossil fuels and reduce the demand and supplement energy supply with renewable energy sources. again and again republicans are proving that their energy platform isn't all of the above that common sevens would dictate but rather oil above all, drill, baby, drill. mr. speaker, this rule and the underlying bills are bad policy. and i think we need an open discussion of these issues rather than trying to split the baby in half, pleasing no one. and on the energy issue giving a sound bite approach that really requires a comprehensive national energy strategy, including all of the above. wi

radical islamic expansion around the world with al qaeda and hamas, and vladimir putin with his vision in russia returning to their former power. we have money-laundering and drug-trafficking as well as black market oil. the terrorists have to pay their bills, too. cyber as banaszak of our secrets. pirates operating openly on the seas, and you in initiatives trying to tell us where to live and take away our guns. how are we going to do these threats? i think ronald reagan had it right. you threaten us, we win, you lose. [applause] we need less regulation and fewer laws that restrict business, jobs, and freedom. we need to decrease or eliminate the u.s. department of education and return that control to the states. we need to secure our borders. to put this altogether, how we are going to go forward and when this entire battle, we need a comprehensive and integrated national security policy that returns american pride, strength, and respect around the world. were our allies and with us at all times pitbull we have to ensure our national secrets and vital interests are protected. no more wikileaks

terror and radical islamic expansion around the world with al qaeda, hamas, hezbollah, and putin in russia wanting to return to soviet power. folks, the terrorists have to pay their bills, two. cyber espionage of our secrets, pirates operating openly on the seas, and u.n. initiatives trying to tell us where to live and take away our guns. how will we defeat these threats? i think ronald reagan had it right. you threaten us. we win. you lose. [applause] we need less regulation and fewer laws that restrict jobs and freedoms. we need to return public education control to the states. we need to secure our borders. to put this all together on how we will go forward and win this and tarbell, we need a comprehensive and integrated national security policy that returns american pride, strength, and respect around the world, where our allies stand with us all times and our enemies furious. we have to insure our national secrets and no more wikileaks. we have to bring to bear all elements of national power into a unified effort. and we need this policy to consist of four pillars. first, immigration

we are in constant contact with other countries, in particular russia, to lift their ban. i cannot emphasize enough how important it is to work together, cooperate and share expertise. to address this outbreak and bring it to an end as soon as possible. the european consumer has the right to feel confident about the food they eat. we can and we must do everything we can to ensure to them that the food they eat is safe in order to avoid any more loss of human life and suffering. when the crisis is over, we must learn the lessons from this outbreak, look at our systems, look at options and possibilities there are, and where changes may be needed. and for improvements to be made in order to prepare and restore the future right now, it is not come for recriminations. this is the time for cooperation and solidarity. thank you very much. -- if there are questions for me at this stage, i can take them now because i will have to leave. >> is it also a matter of improving control from a preventive point of view to avoid contaminated products that actually end up in the consumer's p

he understood what left -- leaving russia meant -- freedom. we have a great office in washington next to the supreme court. my wife and boys gave me a president a couple of years ago, a model of ellis island. do i love legal immigration, yes. that's why we are the country we are. but my goodness, let the state of arizona defend its citizens from a border war jf! [applause] we need change. we need change we can really believe in. that's going to start with regaining the senate and getting the right president of the united states. together we can make that difference. we can undo obama care, let our states defend your citizens, protect the unborn, be faithful to the constitution, protect our ally in the middle east and not be embarrassed to say we are americans, we're proud of our heritage and we're going to stand for freedom and liberty and we're going to defend the constitution and the rule of law, so help us god. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, the former first lady of the great state of m

thirdly, we see the regime of being more and more isolated everyday, and recentlythe g-8, including russia, suggested in the capacity to leave power. witnessed a number of defections from his inner circle. all of these elements will put more and more pressure on his regime. it is not a question of if but when he will have to leave power. >> going back to the first row. >> from the german press agency. related to the question from reuters, in a recent speech, you said that you were satisfied with the level of political support from allies to the operation in libya, but you are somehow disappointed by the willingness to commit the resources. i was wondering if you could expand on this and say what is missing, what you're looking for from allies to give to libya in addition to what is there already. >> as i already mentioned, we have been quite successful in our operation, and the good news is that when i call on allies and partners to contribute more at the foreign ministers meeting in berlin, some weeks ago, the allies and partners actually stepped up to the plate and increased their contri

the fence -- why did we win against russia? remember the long war against russia, the cold war? they had a huge military, but it was technologically nowhere near as advanced as ours. we won by staying the course, by devolving our military, by investing in technology, by being severe -- superior to them. we cannot look to a short cut solving a budget issue and then endangers our safety for our children in the future. host: coming to us from twitter -- writes to us by e-mail -- dennis, democratic caller from upper marlboro, maryland. caller: good morning. thank you for the opportunity. first of all, i want to say the lady from illinois, she kind of stole my thunder. i do believe that the military budget can be cut, a can be cut substantially. the wars in the future are going to be fought electronically. they are going to be fought in cyberspace, and they are also going to demand seal teams like the one >> we will surely bring you live coverage -- we're actually going to live coverage on the conference of regulation financial critic financial regulation law hosted by pure research.

petersburg, russia. it is my passion. in november of 2008, four days after obama was elected, i combined my passion for motivation and success and leadership with my passion for politics. i started the facebook page called "positively republican." i had just seen this guy win the presidency based on a false sense and message of hope. i thought that was exactly what people were looking for. i started a group called positively republican. it is the largest republican group on facebook. we are at about 410,000 members right now. it was started in just teed of years. it is of grass roots. it is focused on the positive message of expanding the republican party and the ideals we stand for. i am a regular contributor and part owner of red county. it is a conservative political blogger site. and is also a candidate for senate in my state. i was running against the most liberal senator in the united states, patty murray. you know you are pretty far left when you are voted the most liberal senator in the u.s. senator, even among be

it was nine votes, and we knew that china or russia would not veto. that is not the case now. [unintelligible] what to do? this is the point of discussion with hillary clinton. we think that now we must go ahead and circulate this draft resolution in the security council. we think it will be possible to get 11 votes in favor of the resolution. and we will see what the russians will do. if they need to, they will take their responsibility maybe they see that there are 11 votes in favor of the resolution and what changed their mind. it is a risk that we will take. >> thank you. that is news. i'm sure there are a lot of questions here and with the minister's indulgence i will take three, and i will take notes for you. we would try to get through as many as possible. please wait for the microphone. please make sure that you ask a short question because very -- time is very short period and then we will move on with the minister's answers. at the back there. no, the guy next to you. sorry. >> thank you, mr. minister. i attended your press conference with hillary clinton and there s

i have had long conversations with people in the cis, from kazakhstan and russia and other countries and they will argue that. i will say that you have rampant bribery and how the new function and they say you have the same thing in the united states but it is legalized. we have legalized best. if you are elected to the united states congress, you will not get elected -- reelected easily if you don't take major money from lobbies and they will ask for things. the major lobbies may be a hamburger company that will say that we want federal money and the congressman will ask why they should get federal money. the company will say that we are selling hamburgers in france and we have to compete against french companies that are subsidized by the french government. we need taxpayer money to be on an even footing. the bottom line is the young couple wants to open a hamburger store is competing and using their own tax dollars against competition. there are too many regulations and their -- and the competition is receiving federal funds. that is a type of corruption of the system. it is not i

we know that russia was there and there were crippled, and interestingly enough, i can remember who, said what did bin laden really want when he went into the towers? that was for america to give up freedom and engage our military in muslim countries and why was out financially, and somehow, that is all being accomplished. the last thing i would say is that i really wish that we somehow could get in a dialogue about what is going on with corporations controlling all of our political forces, so that we think we had his voice, but we do not. they really need all this money all of them to get reelected. we need to somehow get an open dialogue in this country which does not happen. it is just to worry. thank you for listing. host: we're going to move to the editorial and opinion pages about the war in afghanistan to let me start with the "los angeles times." tom toles cartoon. i will describe this for our radio listeners. there are two pictures of soldiers. the u.s. is holding of big words saying afghanistan, and is saying, want to hold this now that go home? our allies has spent the las

. >> the president going to russia this year, does he have any plans to -- >> i did not have any trouble announcements to make? -- i do not have any travel announcements to make. there is no deadline. the transition will begin in july 2011. the drawdown, rather. the transition has already begun. you heard it from the best source possible. the president said he would make that decision soon. >> will he get it will take at least a week before july to think about it? >> soon is pretty soon. soon as spoken by the commander in chief. i think you can expect that to be soon. >> you suggested it spoke of germany about taking a role in libya. what other plans is the u.s. making for what happens in libya after a get off the departure? >> [inaudible] was planning to consider the future we have helped to bring about with the very actions we have taken, both diplomatically, economically, unilaterally, multilaterally, as well as militarily, so, yes, we are consulting with our allies, with the contact group that has been stood up, consulting with and talking with transitional council about libya's futu

instead of outsourcing to russia, we are looking at a new way of doing it. it is not easy to do, but in terms of how we want to look of the future, the government has to look at new ways to go about obtaining the same type of results its did before. turning to the educational side, in colorado, we have had the fortune of getting good support from legislators, and we have created a center for space entrepreneurship. it is a partnership between local and state and federal government as well as educational institutions to look at not only the stem issue. many people look of the educational side, but what do those people do once they get educated? how do they create the next level of opportunity? what they look at is how to get students interested in engineering and science and math and targeting those that allowed him who work on this while going through school, and that is terrific, but the second part is opening ways and -- opening up businesses once they get out of graduate school, and there are companies already funded by people who went through that progra

was this a missed opportunity to talk about corruption and bribery at the g8, especially as russia is 150 four out of 168, and many of our member states showed poorly. >> corruption was dealt with when we had the average meeting with african leaders but i can tell you that anti-corruption members will be high on the agenda in november. when there is corruption, someone is corrupted but the areas of force that is corrupting. the g8 members were also scrutinized when they discussed the issue with africa. i announced the commission is going to come with initiatives for raw materials. it is easier for summer jinju's -- for some regimes to use. that was the ankle in which the issue was brought up at the g8. >> you mentioned that ecb a few moments ago and you said it was independence. the central bank is not independent in terms of this crisis. >> it has chosen sides. irresponsible for tens of millions of euros -- it is responsible for tens of billions of bureaus worth of bonds. ecb is under all sorts of pressure because of the greek restructuring, and what are you b?ing about helping the e

there should be more money there, but there's not because in the 1990's after the fall of russia, tens of thousands of russians, landed at laguardia, they stepped off the airplane and got social security and medicare and never put a dime in. that is what is wrong with the system. you keep giving money away of the people who put it in there. congress has rated the money every year. it was supposed to be a trust fund. host: lawmakers say it is due to the amount of people that are in the system. caller: how come they have people put their money in 401k's? if they would have invested the money instead of robbing a, it would be there. host: what is the alternative? people say medicare is not sustainable on its current path. caller: the alternative is to with what the guy ryan suggested. host: john, age 70, on the line. caller: lawyers get on tv every day and say to sign up for your disability, social security, and medicare. these illegal aliens, there are over 1 million of them on social security disability and medicare. host: stick to what the word from the two senators. what you think abo

domestic law to the whims of governments in europe, china or russia. it would be unprecedent to have u.s. law held hostage to legal changes made overseas and would completely go against what this great country stands for and what our founders fought for, the independent rights and liberties we have today. for these reasons, madam chair, i'm strongly opposed to the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i yield the balance of our time to the gentleman from california, dana rohrabacher. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. rohrabacher: let's just note that ms. lofgren last night presented a case to this body which i felt demonstrated the danger that we have in this law. a move to first to file system, which is what this bill would do, without a corresponding one-year grace period in other countries dramatically undermines the patent protection of american inventors. some of us believe that's the purpose of this bill because

the only place in the world where the direct interest of russia, china, japan, the united states intersect. it was right in the middle of all of that. i hope we can work with you on the suggestions chairman levin, senator mccain, and i brought forward. >> i appreciate the conversation we had in your office. i know this is not an easy issue. that is why the can has been kicked down the road all these years, because of the cost, the politics, and the diplomatic problems with each of these decisions. absolutely has to be addressed. we have to establish a stable situation. we cannot have a situation where we are playing this year to year. we need a long-term solution. i want to work with you, the chairman, and others. >> thank you. i do believe this is fixable. i've spent many years thinking about this. what we were able to come up with is at least the right approach and it could be done in a timely way, if we could get people to work with us on. doing. -- on doing that. with respect to the situation in libya, i take your point during your exchange with senator mccain that it is the president'

illegals, secretly blended into american society in order to clan dess tanly gather information for russia. we continue to make significant arrests for economic espionage as foreign interests seek to control technologies. the cyberintrusions at google last year as well as other recent intrusions highlight the ever-present danger from internet attack. along with countless other cyberincidents, these attacks set to undermine the integrity of the internet and businesses and people who rely on it. in our criminal investigations the f.b.i. continues to uncover massive corporate and mortgage frauds that weaken the financial system and victimize investors, homeowners, and ultimately taxpayers. we are also rooting out health care fraud based on false billings and fake treatments that endanger patients and cheat government health care programs. in the extreme violence across our southwest border to the south also remains a threat to the united states as we saw with the murders last year of american consulate workers in juarez, mexico, and the shooting earlier this year of two federal agents in mexi

illegals, secretly blended into american society in order to clan dess tanly gather information for russia. we continue to make significant arrests for economic espionage as foreign interests seek to control technologies. the cyberintrusions at google last year as well as other recent intrusions highlight the ever-present danger from internet attack. along with countless other cyberincidents, these attacks set to undermine the integrity of the internet and businesses and people who rely on it. in our criminal investigations the f.b.i. continues to uncover massive corporate and mortgage frauds that weaken the financial system and victimize investors, homeowners, and ultimately taxpayers. we are also rooting out health care fraud based on false billings and fake treatments that endanger patients and cheat government health care programs. in the extreme violence across our southwest border to the south also remains a threat to the united states as we saw with the murders last year of american consulate workers in juarez, mexico, and the shooting earlier this year of two federal agents in mexi

illegals, secretly blended into american society in order to clan dess tanly gather information for russia. we continue to make significant arrests for economic espionage as foreign interests seek to control technologies. the cyberintrusions at google last year as well as other recent intrusions highlight the ever-present danger from internet attack. along with countless other cyberincidents, these attacks set to undermine the integrity of the internet and businesses and people who rely on it. in our criminal investigations the f.b.i. continues to uncover massive corporate and mortgage frauds that weaken the financial system and victimize investors, homeowners, and ultimately taxpayers. we are also rooting out health care fraud based on false billings and fake treatments that endanger patients and cheat government health care programs. in the extreme violence across our southwest border to the south also remains a threat to the united states as we saw with the murders last year of american consulate workers in juarez, mexico, and the shooting earlier this year of two federal agents in mexi

my constituents do not usually realize that pakistan has more people than russia, for example. >> they are projected to have over to madrid million in the next 20 or 30 years -- 200,000 million in the next 20 or 30 years. it is a country i think we have to continue to engage with and be frank with. at the same time, i think we are paying the price in afghanistan and pakistan for walking away in 1989. that is a model that runs in my head. 20 years from now to ever is sitting here or sitting in your seat, it is much more dangerous than it is right now. >> increasingly pakistan has itself been the victim of terrorist attacks. they have felt the wrath of the taliban and the other groups. >> they have lost tens of thousands. they have lost specifically over 3000 of their military. they have had tens of thousands were did. they sacrificed greatly for their own country. sometimes that sacrificed gets lost. they have some enormous challenges. they have faced them and will continue to face them. i think we need to help them, not hurt them. >> as you say, they are a reality we will have to deal

as a young person, she grew up from the age of five in japan, the child of jewish emigres from russia. she was interested in japanese culture. in 1939, she laughed -- left japan to come to mills college. how frightening that must have been. i have heard stories about leaving home. think about leaving home and wondering if you would never go home again because your country was going to war. she did not speak about her contributions until she was asked by the japanese government to discuss the amendments 14 and 24 that proclaimed the essential the quality of the sexes. her work has inspired so many tributes including a documentary beate, andrifift from her own memoir. she is a performing arts director for the society, she has continued throughout her life to bring connections between asia and the united states and europe and the rest of the world. she currently lives in new york city and lectures frequently at schools, universities, and other institutions. we are going to hear from doctor beate sirota gordon. although we're not bestowing an honorary degree, i think it is time for beate

. >> regarding russia (inaudible) and ask the president to be relected next year. >> president obama? >> yes. >> so do i. >> does he hope that medvedev will be relected next year? >> that's good, that's clever. i haven't asked him. >> jay. >> thank you, in your reaction to hearing the president today, and did the president learn anything from you that he hopes to still political reform? >> well, we have said and what i will say again today, what is required in syria is action. not words. not promises that reform will come in some period in the future. or that dialogue will happen after some review. there needs to be concrete action, there needs to be sensation of violence against syrians. there needs to be actual action towards political dialogue. so that this transition to a more democratic syria can take place. as we have said in the past, president assad needs to either lead that transition or get out of the way. which is not -- i am not saying the words are meaningless. but he needs to act on it. and to fulfill the sentiment expressed and the dialogue, that needs to happen but fir

subcommittee, i served on the other subcommittees, this gives an asymmetrical advantage to others, china, russia, iran, penetrating the networks of our nage defense companies. we had storied this week about lockheed, something that's been going on since the 1990's, and this issue worries me. i just am concerned. you have bioterrorism, the threat of nuclear weapons, you have the threat of cyberattacks. and this is one where we're vulnerable. we have critical infrastructure in this country where homeland security is supposed to be taking care of -- the defense department has a cybercommand, general alexander, n.s.a., and they've signed an agreement between -- between defense department and homeland security about sharing people so we get some of the expertise from the n.s.a. over in homeland security. and my concern is that we still don't have a real plan for our utilities, our critical infrastructure in this country and this is something that homeland security has to be involved in and as i said, they take care of all the rest of the government, besides -- i ask unanimous consent to have two addi