here in the united states connecting the dots trying to collect information and connect it to each other if they have some sort of effect that might give us a warning of a terrorist attack like in boston or any islamic extremists that might be. coming after the united states or our allies well one thing that has definitely changed is the massive infusion of money since two thousand and one the united states has spent i think over a five hundred billion dollars on intelligence during that period and american officials have long claimed that you know the main outcome of that exorbitant spending was the lack of any. additional catastrophic terrorist attack but of course many other countries achieve the same result for much much less i wonder if these. you know all that spending has really led to any increase in efficiency of operations or rather what they've had possibly an opposite effect because we all know that when money is not an issue efficiency is usually not the first concern well i would disagree with you i don't think it's exorbitant spending at all when you look at what hap

of the united states. the long wait for approval is troubling enough but it represents a larger issue for our nation and begs a bigger question for all of us who serve our states and the american people in this institution. how will america ever build an all-of-the-above energy policy if the president takes more than five years to approve just one piece of a comprehensive plan? i know that you've seen this issue before in your state when it comes to the alaskan pipeline, how for years and years that was worked on until it was finally approved. then once approved, not only was it a vitally important -- is a vitally important piece of infrastructure for the state of alaska, but contrary to all the concerns that were raised in regard to the alaskan pipeline, like the environmental concerns, it's proven to work and work very well. you address the concerns, the project was approved. the same is true for the keystone x.l. pipeline. to recount briefly, this $7 billion, 1,700 mile high-tech pipeline not only from alberta, canada, to refineries to oklahoma and the texas gulf coast but will car

includes a segment from oliver stone's showtime series the untold history the united states a film adaptation of the joint book authored by stone and historian her cousin that take a look. if the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike. that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. is murder three the torch was passed back to an old generation the generation of johnson nixon ford and reagan leaders who would. systematically destroyed the promise of kennedy's last year as they returned the country to war and repression joins me now to discuss j.f.k. and their five year long project oliver stone their cousin excellent to have you thank you so much all i want to start with you it's clear that your series sets j.f.k. apart from other presidents what makes you think he would have been different if he led. he was different in those three years he came into office after thirteen years of national security state build up a monstrous build up we had we had thirty thousand nuclear weapons by nineteen sixty mandated by eisenhower and national security

to the saddam regime has been exposed so the united states and france and britain are in a trouble spot and i think they are looking for practical solutions here i mean the they basically were withdrew their support from the free syrian army not completely but to a degree when the. basically ransacked the free syrian army headquarters. close to the border of turkey and that was kind of a statement that really the free syrian army and the syrian national coalition are not powerful they're not taken seriously by anyone outside the west yet if i can stay with you but nonetheless a few months ago the obama administration was going to launch a war against syria in the name of the people you just mentioned but apparently they are not really players and never have been players on the ground no i think they've been the pawns of foreign influence all along and now we're seeing as as the u.s. return. it's slightly i think we're seeing the sort of saudi arabia and qatar really step up and we're seeing the emergence of a strong proxy war between really saudi arabia and iran really the sunni ex

tradition of the united states senate, a tradition which was held for about 225 years. republicans are frustrateed with the attempts successful made by the democrat party under its leader to change the rules, break the rules to change the rules, and so we end up with no rule, no rule relative to protecting the rights of the minority. now, i know it's easy for those who have been elected in recent years that have never served in the minority because they simply don't have the experience of what it's like to be subject to a leader and a party which basically says we don't care what you think, we don't care what you say, we don't care what you do, none of it will be allowed unless we give you consent to do it. and i know that a lot of my friends across the aisle have said well, it's your party that's holding things up, and it's the -- you are making the senate a dysfunctional institution. what they haven't done is ask why are you doing this? first of all, i don't believe we're the ones making it dysfunctional, but even if you think that, the question has not been asked why are you doing t

vital interests of the united states and i would be opposed to my own government my own country imposing sanctions on the ukrainian government in people for decision which is their sovereign right so and i don't think the congress of the united states would would go along with sanctions i find that hard to believe you know like you said this is a choice that ukrainian people should make themselves and there is no one opinion on what path ukraine should choose in your opinion what do you think can help them figure things out at this point well i think the ukrainians order to decide what really is in their own best interest i know a bit about the ukraine i was there and back in nineteen way back in the nixon administration before richard nixon in one nine hundred seventy one and i know that the eastern ukraine for example is very much oriented toward russia and the western ukraine is somewhat oriented toward the old half spirit empire so it's a country that is really it is really a mixture but again this is a decision a democratic country ought to make for itself and it is not the

covert team of journalists trying to release wiki leaks documents about the old united states and strike. more pro-american they encounter fear ignorance and pressure. blocks the way to information freedom. media style. hello and welcome to crossfire were all things considered i'm peter lavelle palestine and the road ahead washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last t

time to come. now the united states is promising a new package of military aid to the philippines, $40 million, as geopolitical tensions in the region rise after provocative decisions made by china. we'll get the latest on storm recovery and face off of the south china sea on this edition of "inside story." but first some background. >> secretary of state john kerry traveled to the philippines tuesday. he met with senior filipino officials to discuss trade, security and disaster relief. it is part of the u.s. strategy to pivot towards asia and become closer to its pacific partners. >> the united states will stand with our friends in this region. >> the tour comes during rising tensions in the region. china declared a new air defense zone above the east china sea. with disputes still boiling in the south china sea, the restriction has concerned it's neighbors, including vietnam, japan and the philippines. >> the united states does not recognize that zone and does not accept it. the zone should not implemented, and china should refrain from taking similar unilateral actions i in the regi

spending at all when you look at what happened in the united states on september eleventh to have two of our biggest buildings in new york knocked down the pentagon attacked and another plane that was heading for washington d.c. that was very appropriate spending and i think we've seen the results of it you mentioned other countries other countries are not the target that the united states is for islamic extremists and so i think the united states citizens have gotten what they've paid for when they because we've been able to for you all and prevent numerous attacks on the continental united states and in europe with some of our allies because we're spending so much more money on intelligence and because we're able to have a more capable intelligence service going after threats to our country well you just mentioned nine eleven and that was of course twelve years ago but if we consider the. funding that the cia has requested of the intelligence community or rather has requested for the fiscal year of two thousand and thirteen it is still pretty high over fifty two billion dollars and

currency. why would the united states break from the gold standard in 1933? in 1944, world leaders designed a blueprint for a new international monetary order, a plan dependent upon the strength of the american dollar. what led to the collapse of the heralded bretton woods agreements? 2002 -- a new currency went into circulation in 12 countries of the european union. would the new euro challenge the dollar as the world's reigning currency? in a global marketplace, our economy depends on the international value of the dollar. it affects how much we pay for foreign goods and how well our exports sell overseas. "exchange rates: what in the world is a dollar worth?" with the help of economics analyst richard gill, we'll examine that question on this edition of "economics u$a." i'm david schoumacher. it is only in recent years that exchange rates could vary from day to day. for generations, exchange rates were fixed and currencies freely convertible to gold. to cast aside the predictability of the fixed exchange rate system was considered more than unusual -- it was nearly unthinkable.

is if you put the site was secured to do with the united states could mean for the washington david for all its troops next year. he wants the united states to put him in egypt and committed to the tune of tom holmes and it wants to its commitment to peace talks before deciding to buy that unsecured debt. the distorted aniston still no tv. the us will come the design of the jeep and people of afghanistan in the morning target stated. overwhelmingly in their desire for the psp to be agreed in green promptly and urge that the sky and the skin as possible before the end of the year for the mac people who have invested so much in this partnership with afghanistan. that was very good news i only hope very much. the president will decide that it is sad in his snow. best interest in the interest of his country to conclude an agreement liam august includes cushions the book written in the us and nato troops will remain up to the end of the mix to ever done is done this is austin austin insurgency page provided by militants or artist is pinning its own military budgets. his defiance has surp

truman did it for the truman doctrine with greece the united states has done it quite a lot more than you know and that's why we wrote this to st peter you can talk about nuclear threats bush had a similar plan to provoke an attack on iraq and he's going to paint us plain that i did nations colors that it shot down and use that as a pretext to invade iraq so this thing goes on all the time still and bush the father of push in kuwait way why do you think these are a false flags and more historically explored in these provocations kind of the use of these false provocation to start to look for this but we're excited especially to try to expose this to national security archives putting out great documents about these things so people know some of this but it's at the heart of our story because we're telling the other side of american history the dark side all that intervention is the assassinations the dirty tricks the psychological warfare the torture of don't forget the arrogance it's behind and once you have those two atomic bombs you're able to drop them on japan and get away with i

forces there rebels are basically dissipated they're on the run and the united states is talking about talking about dealing now with the national islamic front that's in syria right now i mean what do you think of that before. i mean i think it's dangerous because we don't really know who the rebels are and i also think that it's not clear exactly where where the peace talks will go you know i mean firstly we have to figure out whether we want assad to stay or not and i don't think the united states has a clear idea of that and it's not clear whether assad is going to stop his war with with the civil war in the country so you know the one hand we have massive civil war going on inside the country and the other hand it's not clear whether who is backing who and what rebels are working with so i think the key thing now is to get assad to stop bombing his own people and have sought stop the civil war once that is done then you can have a discussion about where the country goes next where they're ok leaves but in a way that hazy and sunny looking like you can you flip it over also to use

european economic union and i don't think that's an issue in which the united states has any right to be involved it's a decision for the ukrainians as i've said and senator mccain be in there would be a little bit like president putin being in canada during the nafta debate and telling the canadians not to sign so i think the ukrainian should make this decision themselves you know there are talks about sanctions to us could use against ukrainian government what are they is that action warranted i don't take any action against ukraine is warranted no matter what decision it may and this is a decision again for the ukrainian government and the ukrainian people it has nothing to do with the vital interests of the united states and i would be opposed to my own government my own country imposing sanctions on the ukrainian government in people for decision which is their sovereign right so and i don't think the congress of the united states would would go along with sanctions i find that hard to believe you know like you said this is a choice that ukrainian people should make themselves and t

the united states is largely playing a bystander role in this pacific pivot isn't some ways an acknowledgement of the u.s. bystander role over the last decade and this is largely between china and japan this current issue united states has encouraged japan to have a more aggressive more muscular shall we say foreign military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what if the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on and on this is it's of to kerry's position for the united states to be

everyone and everywhere. i think there is no greater champion for human rights in the united states congress than our friend patrick leahy. he is determined and indeed his historic work to advance human rig rights is too extensive to detail and give him time to talks as well. but i will talk about the 2-3 public plics accomplishments. i want to mention i have seen his work up close. the senate has to keep an eye on them and i can tell you as commissioner of the ins if you chose to ignore pat on an immigration issue you do it on your own. the senator does a lot of things that are below the radar screen that make a big difference in the lives of other people who would otherwise fall through the cracks. he is not a show horse. he is a work horse. he has been a long time leader in the international campaign against landmi mines. he authored a bill to ban the export of these horrible weapons and spearheaded the effort to aid victims of land minds by creating a special fund and that fund has now on annual bases provide $12 million in aid to the vaccinaictims of these bomb. he sponsored the patrick

come to mean the. self-appointed group of nations led by the united states and various of its close allies and satellites and it provides a rationale for their policies now if one were to really to look at what is genuinely in the international community one would find that actually the united states is. very much outside of that kind of consensus of the international community i mean one example springs to mind is for instance the. the conflict between israel and the palestinians well there's a view of the international community which is a two state solution with east jerusalem as the capital of a palestinian state who has been the who both ardent opponents of a genuine two state solution well obviously the united states in other example is iran now there is the nonproliferation treaty to which most states in the world have signed on with the exception of. us close u.s. ally israel but part of the you nonproliferation treaty is that states this nuclear. power states help other states the non-nuclear weapon states to develop their peaceful use of nuclear energy well that part of th

here in the united states and around the world. we'll have special breaking news coverage of the death of nelson mandela here in "the situation room." we're watching what's going on, christiane and robyn kurnow is in johannesburg watching what's going on as well. we will only now begin, christiane, to get reaction. i'm sure that leaders around the world will want to speak out and pay their special respects to this world leader, from the president of the united states, the leaders in europe, africa, all over the world. it's only just beginning now. >> reporter: that's right. indeed, president zuma paid tribute to how much nelson mandela had been embraced by the world, that he was also the global representation of this relentless and unyielding struggle for freedom and justice, and he never gave up. i remember, you know, watching him being released from prison from very far away, from here in new york, watching the television, and nobody knew what to expect, the last pictures they had seen of nelson mandela were the black and white pictures of his trial when he was sentenced in 196

grateful to the united states. >> the cold war mentality of the 1980s defined the u.s. relationship with south africa's apartheid rulers and others across the country says former president jimmy carter. >> all the other presidents were in bed with military dictators. >> he is in the country to attend the funeral of nelson mandela. he reflects on u.s. policy and l how it has changed. >> mr. president, thank you for joining us. at the time you were in office, nelson mandela was still in jail. there were americans who will remember back, and said we were not always the best friends we so have been to the antiapartheid forces in south africa. >> when i was in office we were looking for an end to apartheid. we worked hardest on changing to what became zimbabwe, and also were working to make a change in south africa as well. my vice president, walter mon mondale, called for one person, one vote in south africa. but that was kind of an anomaly in those days. after i left office, the united states administration went back to its previous time of being aligned with the apartheid government.

in beijing. >> we, the united states are deeply concerned at the attempt to change the status quo. it has raised regional tensions and increases the risk of accidents and miscalculation. >> this is china's declaration last week which no aircraft, military or civilian can fly over an extensive area of the east china sea without chinese permission. they are asserting exclusive troll of the identification zone akiz. and that is 1 million square miles of sea where all of the oil, natural gas and fishing resource it's contains. all aircraft must now identify and submit their flight plans to chin neat military authorities as they begin to enter the zone this move caught the international community by surprise. till last night, the week in question had been universally respected as japanese airspace. china proclaimed it and it covers a number of islands in dispute. and now high tensions with japan and china and they claim that the vast regions quote, core interest unquote. china uses the term core interest to mean a nonnegotiatable status over taiwan and tibet and now they are prepared to go

the united states wants is a strong master type leader an arab nationalist who will seriously ensure that the resources of that country or are taken and protected and used for the benefit of the people that's the last thing that the empire wants and that israel wants so while you have these religious fundamentalist nutcases who are running around bombing and doing all sorts of stuff like that you have a weakened fractured country in iraq and that is the prerequisite for ultimately expanding israel into the fantasy of the greater israel project it doesn't seem sane and it's not sane because those who are trying to carry out these agendas are pure and simple psychopaths and so you think that american administrations one of turning out there have been following this plan for thirty years. if you ask me how the world functions then you have to understand one thing plain and simple the head of the snake the system of power is headed by the financial system the bankers rule the earth through the private control of the issuance of money debt based money which we're all supposed to pay alter

experts all over in the united states, in latin america and and in europe, i found out that health care is something so complex that it depends on medicines even though the generally-assumed idea is that the issue is health care insurance. so it was a six years' project of my life in which i dedicated completely to this project, and i am very glad that i have the opportunity to share this knowledge not only with scientists and physicians, but also with the general population, and in that way i think that is what a book should be about. it should be about informing the general population and sharing with them the findings, because those are the ones who are generally affected by the problems of health care. and with that, i would like to start my lecture. >> patients were in a veryies docile position. and i think that the internet has done a lot of positive things in that because we have a very informed and more educated patient population. so this is a wonderful opportunity for all of us right now. what i'm going to be talking about would be, first of all, i will be talking about the he

go its way but when you talk about the united states that it states is israel's main supporter but right now we see that it's kind of open to iran as well knowing how much anxiety that raises among his rallies what does it tell you about the u.s. well it tells me that the people are beginning to realize their power i think there are things that correlate the approval rating for barack obama in the u.s. congress is about as low as it's possible to get somewhere in the neighborhood of ten percent twenty percent maximum the people have come to a point where they are sick and tired of being lied to they know they're being lied to and when they see their so-called leaders trying to cooperate with israel and yet another war that would lead to disastrous consequences for the region and for the united states and every other person involved they've had it and the reflection of the policies is that and is indeed that of the. people it's the people who are sick and tired and i do see that there is some demarcation coming going on here between israel and the united states but this is because t

numbers of people. i do not often get the president of the united states as an opening act, but i will take it. [laughter] it is a pleasure and a great honor for me to be here with all of you. as i'm looking at the faces particularly in the front row here, general allen and others, it is as though we time warped ourselves from a meeting in jerusalem yesterday, and here we are. morning inday jerusalem to this afternoon in washington, it is a pleasure to be here. welcome to all of you who have traveled from israel and from the territories. it is a pleasure to be here. saban.im and cheryl i am so personally graced by their friendship and got to know them well during the course of my elected political life. but it is really nice to be able to come here today and congratulate both of them in person for the incredible work than they have done to further strong relationships between the united states and israel. and this forum, as all of you have seen in the last 24 hours, has become an invaluable expression of not just their personal commitment, but our ability to come together to talk

acceptable to the united states of america or to any other free country in the world followed by explicit threats to kiev if the movement and membership and he has not achieved that is going to have very serious effects here in ukraine and in us cray cray malaysians. interfering but many question twice he was there in the first place it's not the first time john mccain has been seen paying a visit to the united states is currently lending its support to he had a photo op with some syrian rebel kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician and mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine his appearance that gets independence square was preceded by u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland handing out cakes to the protesters the reason they are that is bluntly because i think these people want to detach the ukraine from russia as they see it and they think that by supporting the protesters in kiev they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that it's simply not working the balance between the ukraine and russia economically and cultura

status quo and be frankly please the united states which kind of disgusts me to be honest i would certainly agree that he is a victim but somebody is to make an example out of him because he embarrassed hollywood. well the pressure first started to mount against pirate bay back in two thousand and six when the file sharing website got on the wrong side of hollywood lets take this timeline through it was then taken down for several days when swedish police raided the headquarters of the government started it was time to take action fast forward two years later the founders of pirate bay were charged and eventually sentenced to a year in prison for me encouraging copyright violations so far so lost his appeal or was arrested in cambodia last year then extradited to sweden but finally ended up back in denmark as a suspect in a separate case. next the syrian president is the lesser of two evils that seems to be the message from western powers to the rebels that the latest so-called friends of syria meeting the apparent u. turn was prompted by the rise of al qaida and other extremist g

between the united states government on the one hand and what is now being presented as the new islamic front and we see that the united states is in fact no goes and establishing a dialogue with the leaders of these terrorist organizations i should say that in this particular case the people who have dialogue with the terrorists they have blood on their hands they have provided funding most of the military and logistical financial aid has been china holds to these al qaeda affiliated organizations and that's what we have to address there can be no peace as long as the west military alliance supports the terrorists. this is our senior national sort of come on the program the extending reach of the n.s.a. around the globe will be looking at what nations get hope to get in return for spying for america. it's late about now president period how his annual marson q. and a session there so we go which lasted for more than four hours but by dozens of questions he shared his thoughts on intelligence leaks the controversial green peace case and tensions in ukraine. was there for. they'v

he had connections with the united states connection to germany and of course mr holder because he ran a full moon to be effective public relations machine he had lawyers all over the place spokesmen all over the place who became involved in spinning his story despite the fact that it's not just the russian courts that have said that he's guilty of that people consistently overlook the european court of human rights has repeatedly said that he's guilty as well but that never seems to get reported. one of course of course his former employees he was convicted to life in prison for murder. he was found guilty of ordering the murder of a mayor of a siberian town it was in a dispute with you cost over tax free to form a oil tycoon mentioned but you can when describing how he'll fight for the release of political prisoners in russia but political commentator alexander class of told us that these sentiments are inconsistent. with that of course you mentioned. enough in some others later simply because he has his own understanding of call the judicial process works and what people should

relationship between the united states government on the one hand and what is now being presented as the new islamic front and we see that the united states is in fact the goes to. establishing a dialogue with the leaders of these terrorist organizations i should say that in this particular case the people who have dialogue with the terrorists they have blood on their hands they have provided funding most of the military and logistical financial aid has been china holds to these al qaeda affiliated organizations and that's what we have to address there can be no peace as long as the west military alliance so calls to terrorists. and while ronnie's go on in ukraine despite assurances from the government that the country still plans to move closer to the e.u. but reports coming out from central kiev just ahead but now it's a short break. down the study a correctly that you don't believe that ad words snowden performed a public service may be in all of in the best interest of the united states but at least in the best interest of humanity two countries don't want to turn over their play boo

. the celebration of our legendary code talkers in emancipation hall at the united states capitol was a historic and proud moment. but it's regrettable that most of the 216 honored did not live to see their heroic contributions acknowledged. congress was decades late in recognizing native american code talkers' work when we needed them most. we can't make that mistake again. i believe now is the perfect time to move forward on a lasting tribute to all native veterans, including the extraordinary contributions of native hawaiians. mr. president, my home tof hawaii is second to none when it comes to patriotism, public service, and personal sacrifice. the heroic deeds of anthony t.kahahano from hawaii proved how true this is. he joined the army to fight in combat in the korean war. he was assigned to company h, 17th infantry regiment, private first class displayed extraordinary heroism in korea on september 1, 1951. due to the enemy's overwhelming numbers, troops were forced to execute a limited withdrawal. as the men fell back, kahahano ordered his squad to take up more defensible p

me go. i will have a profound interest in u.s.-brazil relationships. brazil and the united states look to share cooperative paths that will benefit both of our countries. nearly four years ago, i was invited by paulo to speak here. in that instance, i made a few assertions. the first was that, although brazil had been described as an emerging power, i said that i did not agree with that. it was not emerging. it had already emerged. it was already exercising a role as an important global player. it needed to be recognized and understood. secondly, i said that brazil's emergence was a product of its domestic transformation as it addressed long-standing social inequities like poverty, inequality, and social exclusion. they built a functioning democracy and created one of the largest economies in the world. an economy which was building a large consumer base middle class that was globalizing as it developed. its emergence was putting brazil in contact with the united states and this new engagement with brazil, whether it was in the middle east, africa, asia, or in the americas, it meant th

receive the approval of both houses and the signature of the president of the united states. today, pursuant to hr 4544, we will recognize 33 tribes for dedication, valor, and for sharing what may be the toughest code, what it takes to be the bravest of the brave. they say every metal tells a story, but by adding these men to such lofty ranks, we also mean to add their story. one worth honoring today, one worth retelling every day. thank you all for being here. [applause] >> ladies and please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states armed forces color guard, the singing of our national anthem, and the retiring of the colors. ♪ o say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ ♪

the united states. thus them but since it's an all time are you a good man so perhaps thinks he can be discussed are the finest of the two so that it looks he gave a talk on thepot has been in the united states. the more obvious and religious extremism and terrorism is taken to a most haunted live in yes people i teach on to what you are just too good an inch in any new potentials on as tight as this cleaning and security personnel. the art could not be about three hundred of constant intimidation academy is an old lighthouse and at the scene. budget this year ok the vet things for the new two bedroom hands and optus towns increasing insecurity tea with it. yes keeping footprint in a funny stunt. it is tiny and probably but that new genuine entry to the more contentious off president karzai isa quests. the root of the main color it did because it is not as in april. it does not have the option of this engaging art of acting. i promised hubby cannot afford to do that we have our interests and the stability of the country under the gun capacities in my view is the only way followed up wi

and in many many other cases around the world it's clear that the what the united states government is after is regime change in the ukraine and it has nothing to do with what they say they're concerned about that is you know human rights and democracy why are there no sanctions against the united states for what it did to iraq or what it's done in afghanistan or what it's done in vietnam or in so many other countries around the world are calling for an emergency meeting already expected to attend our helen hunt george clooney this team america knows the growing trend of trying to use they to sway public opinion in politics like hello. world is an international vice week meeting truly understands global politics namely. angelina jolie was wheeled into a photo op was disgraced chief dave patris in baghdad as people began to question the mainstream version of the iraq disaster never previously showing the slightest interest in ukraine and a bizarre case of life imitating george clooney just jumped the queue of. reading a ukraine speech from a script to the soil of the camera apparently w

about the united states, and even with foreign or american domestic policy, it is not the greatest. and how this sometimes talks about the historic influence that just keeps on. so as soon as i finished being the ambassador, and you know that certain country in certain circumstances in which i was present at that position, i decided that researching this book was my priority. i wanted to talk about how the u.s. and pakistan became allies. so i and what makes this relationship function. and why hasn't pakistan benefited from a relationship with the united states. i've been to japan, but other cities. but then they became apolitical american ally after the same war was fought on opposing sides, during world war ii. and what did we do wrong and pakistan. and this includes what their place under the sun was an american leaders were delusional about this. >> host: let's talk a little bit more about those american delusions. because i found it very interesting to talk about this and earlier in your book you talk about kennedy, and he was someone who didn't have such delusions. but he cou

russian civil society as you heard. this case is being closely watched by the united states and many are saying that vladimir putin released him at this time because he wants to clean up russia's image ahead of the winter olympics in sochi but many are saying that vladimir putin felt confident enough at home and on the world stage to release the man who had been his arch political rival at this time. candy? >> thank you for watching "state of the union". "fareed zakaria gps" is next. >>> this is "gps" the global public square. welcome to those of you around the world and in the united states. first, a star studded panel to look back at the year and ask what were the smartest moves on the international chess board? the biggest blunders? the most impressive players in 2013? then, the federal reserve signaled this week that america has emerged from its depths. i will talk to britain's finance minister, george osborne, who argues that his nation's recovery proves that austerity actually works. >>> later, is what the nsa does unconstitutional? i will ask president obama's first director of na

family the president is that head of the first family the president of the united states plays an incredibly in powerful symbolic role in the in the sort of larger cultural system of men power not not just that he that he has always been he of course plays the role of chief executive of the country but in the symbolic stand people use the role of him by the national manhood and so when women are trying to navigate that terrain when women are trying to get taken seriously for positions like they present a united states it's not just the obstacles of raising money or building support within the party they also have to overcome the categorical assumption that as women they are not really how can they embody the national manhood if they're a woman and by the way the president of the united states does embody the nation in a certain way and if the nation sees itself the united states as a masculine and which it has been since its inception dominated by white men then women have a really up hill road to climb so when a woman is trying to present herself or to be taken seriously you can

efforts there's a limit to what that you can start going on for and that's to the united states the pew center article has more government has minimal capacity it's ejects have some i don't understand mystic ideas about what we can offer them mainly large infrastructure projects and you know the questionable power plants have those departments and bridges to. where there is some truth to debate then to get guns real contribution to our efforts in afghanistan is to be stable and to allow an unfettered to overfly going transit driver for to. reach their critics have done and failing to be. ok so we have another one there which is they also kind of it's about see how the united states is trying to rear their. mate give me your local media more pro-american. and i'll do they want to do that so there goes in addition to over to the public diplomacy other complimentary efforts could be of both right such as aggressive media campaign through the russian media as well as placing themselves are the girls in the major russian newspaper papers read in central asia. ensure the day that they rec

perhaps perceives obama as weak but i see this more in the longer term and that is that the united states is largely playing a bystander role in this the pacific pivot isn't some ways an acknowledgment of the u.s. bystander role over the last decade and this is largely between china and japan this current issue united states has encouraged japan to have a more aggressive more muscular shall we say foreign and military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is with its economic strength its growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what if the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on