department of state, worked for the u.n. high commissioner on refugees, and now serves as president of the middle east institute. she has been there since 2007. a 29-year veteran of the u.s. foreign service, she was ambassador to pakistan from 2001 to 2002 when she played a key role in securing pakistan's operation in the campaign to boot out al qaeda in afghanistan after september 11. as assistant administrator in the asia, near east east bureau of the usaid from 2002 to 2004, ambassador chamberlain oversaw civilian reconstruction programs in iraq and afghanistan and development assistance programs throughout the middle east and east asia. other assignments included u.s. --director of public affairs for the near east -- araberic raised to israeli affairs, so she is been all over. a graduate of northwestern university, ambassador chamberlin earned a degree from boston university and attended the executive program at harvard. she serves on the boards of the american academy for diplomacy and the hollings center. she is a memb

theontinue to press for assad regime to allow the u.n. investigators into the country to look into this matter. and we talk about without getting into specifics about the process, the answer is we do have some ability and we work with our partners and allies and most importantly the opposition on this matter, but i can. youtube what we said about the evidence that we had gathered and the intelligence assessments that were available at the time. i have no new announcements to make on that, but we are continuing to pursue this matter as one we consider to be very serious and important. you talk about the balance between national security and the need for the press to do it stop. is it the standard that a journalist is prosecuted [indiscernible] things should be said about this. first, on a specific case, beyond the public reports, i cannot really offer my opinions about it. i would. you do what the president said last week. i would point you to some of the president did some of the published reports about what you are raising, but i would a

that lays out how the u.n. and agenda 21 plan. it's shocking with red, orange and red except for a little bit of green. for natural born any -- i learned it was based on a pack of lies to start with, i became sense. i urge you to become sense too. thank you. >> questions? we have a hand held microphone. if you want to ask a question, raise a hand. someone will find their way to you. >> as i recall from my visit down there years ago, that longs to argentina. >> it's the 800,000 acres was part argentina. >> all right, chile and argentina. aren't they players in there. are they accepting the fact that you locked away that very large piece of real estate that can be converted into wealth? >> they are unprepared to deal with the sustainability movement. i believe it's the guy that started it. he has bought enough land. he has almost chile with his land holdings. there's ongoing litigation about this. all of this stuff -- i think societies are sufficiently corrupt where you can make things go away with money and money goes a long way. t

that lays out how the u.n. agenda 21 plan would restrict private property and development in the u.s. it is a shocking image. there is just a little bit of green. for a natural born into authoritarian like me, asserting control of my life is a no- brainer. when i learned it was based on a pack of lies to start with, i became incensed. i urge you to become incensed, too. thank you. [applause] to we have time for questions? >> we have a hand-held microphone. if you want to ask a question, raise a hand and someone will find a way to you. anybody. any questions? >> yes, concerning -- >> where are you? >> here. manyrecall from my visit years ago, it belongs to argentina. >> the 800,000 acres was part of chile and part argentina. >> well, are right. aren't they players in this? aren't they happily accepting the fact that you have locked away the very large piece of real estate that could be converted into welt? >> they are remarkably unprepared to deal with the sustainability movement. i believe is the guy that start

so to me it's a pretty obvious generation of bringing united states into line with the u.n. and agenda 21, bringing the country down to the rest -- level of the rest of the world. host: if you want to talk about those changes and issues as we show a map of the rural counties. very different view from 1970. guest: well the gentleman is a little offbase in terms of decreasing production. federal policy in the last dozen years has been increasing production. the days of the soil bank in the 1950's are long gone. we've gone to conservation reserve programs. that targets environmentally sensitive lands to take out production and that has been constricted and reduced over the years. what we have seen in the last three or four years is an effort to stimulate production because of the incredible demand for bye fuels. ethanol and soy diesel. that may be true some years ago but no longer s. of course the people going into the amenty recreation counties, tom brokaw buying up ranch land in montgomery may be a problem to me, but it's also a way to keep that land prissstin and available f

but we're not relying on the u.n. alone. we are pursuing and gathering information independently of that and working with our allies and the syrian -- most importantly the syrian opposition. i don't -- i don't have the depth of information about the progress that's being made to assess whether or not the report you said about the evidence available, whether or not that's the case. i know that we have been, for in an e now, working effort to build on the intelligence community's assessment about the use of chemical weapons, to make sure that we have a case, if you will , a set of facts that can be be -- corroborated and reviewed and from which we can make assessments about possible policy actions. even as that takes place, as you have seen, at the direction of the president, we have stepped up our humanitarian assistance. we have stepped up our assistance to the syrian opposition. we have made assistance available directly to the military counsel of the opposition, nonlethal assistance, but we have stepped it up. and that pro

but of course, we need a u.n. security council resolution. you ask me about the the prospectus for the balkans. montenegro has made substantial progress. this is the reason why we have rented a membership action plan for montenegro. they do not possess the necessary criteria at this stage, but i'm quite impressed and bosnia -- there is a political statement, and the problem is years ago be granted what i call it conditioned-based action plan. we have declared we are willing to activate that members an action plan as soon as the bosnians carry through certain reforms, modest reforms, actually, related to defense problems. i went to bosnia and february, had a meeting with the political leaders. get to aised me to political agreement, but so far we have not seen progress. we stand ready to move forward as soon as they do their homework, and i have answered as far as copies is concerned -- and i believe the agreement between belgrade and -- so facilitate progress with regards to western balkan integration in the europe structures. it is up to the

but will the u.n. be able to take those findings and be able to operation lies them somehow, some kind of plan to influence the north? that would be my specific question. i think it's dealing with the is a rights situation long term effort and the main thing we have to do is keep it up. and i think one thing the commission does is raises the level of attention on north korea and north korea's problems. the north koreans don't like being singled out. they don't like the u.n. security council voting on sanctions against them for their military activities. and i think the same thing is true in terms of the commission of inquiry. we continue to document, we continue to establish the facts. and there is a growing sense that north korea is out of step with the rest of the nations in the world. and i think this commission of inquiry is part of that process. the economist intelligence unit produces reports periodically. they did a report on freedom, what countries have the greatest amounts of freedom. who are

so far the u.n. security council has failed to reach a consensus i strongly regret because i do believe we have a political framework that could be used as an june 2012, the so-called action group in syria issued a statement of declaration, signed by all five permanent members of the u.n. security council. in that statement, it is clearly stated the regime in damascus should initiate a process of transition leading to accommodation of legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. i do believe a solution could be based on that declaration. too bad and of course negates u.n. security council resolution. now mr. burkett asked me about the good. they have made substantial progress. this is the reason we have granted a membership action plan. they do not fulfill the necessary criteria, but i am quite impressed by the work done and the progress achieved. but there's a political statement. a couple years ago, we granted a condition based membership action plan. we have declared we are willing to activate tha

u.n. human rights group is about to go in an unannounced and watch and see what is taking place in guantanamo. >> take one more question and we will answer but. the person address the issue -- >> contingent issue? how many signatures and how we started. a good question. and, you, sir, in the back. >> >[indiscernible] it seems to be a force more power than the president holds. >> okay, start with the first question -- sorry -- >> red cross. the red cross is allowed to make visits. as a matter of policy they are not allowed to discuss their findings publicly. so that is the basic issue, that we do not know what concerns they may have and what they are conveying or not to the administration and how the administration may or may not be responding. as far as other monitors, no, the red cross is the only independent monitor about at the base. u.n. experts, the injured- american commission on human rights, they have requested access and have continuously been denied. it is the red cross only that

the u.n. is doing a great job. they are running out of money. jordan is about to fall if we don't stop this war. from a human point of view, senator mccain, we have got to get this war over and america needs to be seen as part of the solution, not part of the problem. from a national security point of view, syria is goingo become a nightmare for the whole world, including the united states. mr. mccain: i thank my colleague. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record a piece by senator casey called time to act in syria. it wasn the huffington post, "washington post" editorial entitled repercussions of inaction, "wall street journal" article u.s. has warned planned syria arms sale, and finally a piece by leon wieseltier that i >> in a few moments, the first congressional hearing looking into the bombings of the boston marathon. air force officials make their budget request on capitol hill and face questions on a sexual abuse reports. on a that, a house debate bill that would set debt priorities requiring the and at arst, bobby

in syria, there have been reports that the u.n. humanitarian that has clearly stated that the gas was used by the rebels and not by the o-called vicious regime as the gentleman stated. i don't buy that either. guest: i don't think there's any reason so refer to the regime as a so-called vicious regime when they've slaughtered tens of thousands or maybe hundreds of thousands of people. this is a vicious regime willing to do anything to remain in power. the reason the united states has not yet taken any action is precisely because of the caller's concern. because we want to make sure that if there is going to be any response, that we understand exactly what happened. if chemical weapons were used who used them system of we can act accordingly. i think the administration's approach has been in line with what the caller suggested. >> front page of the "wall street journal," pentagon plans for the worst in syria. host: can you tell us more about this? guest: sure. i think that as i said, there is real concern about the possible spillove

with regard to north korea's missile fire and nuclear testing, china has taken active part in adopting u.n. security council resolutions and it faithfully implementing those resolutions. and with regard to russia, russia's also firmly committed to the denuke larization of the korean peninsula -- denuke larization of the -- denuclearization of the korean peninsula and with regard to that, it has been active in supporting them and they've also sent sent a very -- and they've also worked very hard to include a stearn message to north korea in the g-8 foreign minister's meeting. such constructive efforts on the part of china and russia unified to sending a message to north korea that their nuclear weapons will not stand and encouraging and urging north korea to make the right decision. >> obviously i don't know kim jung-un personally. i haven't had a conversation with him. can't really give you an personal ut his characteristics. what we do know is the actions that he's taken. that have been provocative and seem to pursue a dead end. and want to emphasize, we very much share the view that we a

prior no that he served as ambassador to several countries including the u.n., iraq, mexico. served on the national security council lots of different positions within the government. host: is the d.n.i. instructure effective and is it working in your view? guest: i think. so i think the intelligence community needs a manager, somebody who doesn't have day-to-day operational responsibilities who can deal with issues like bument, programs, priorities and serve as the president's chief intelligence advisor host: did you do the daily briefing with the president? guest: it was done by two briefers. i did it six days a week. half an hour every day from 8:00 to 8:30 in the morning. i thought it was an important process and i thought of myself as in addition to being the d.n.i. and being the president's chief intelligence advisor, i also saw myself as the person responsible for the analytic of the intelligence community. host: ultimately responsible? guest: if i saw material being prepared that i thought needed to be looked at again or modified or changed in some way, restudied. rem

i said, who would pay from new york during the u.n. when it has the worst traffic in the world already? i said, we will make it even harder for them. when you come to our meeting, promised to help somebody somewhere and keep the promise if you want to come back. in the first meeting, we asked people to meet with people and make commitments. it has worked out pretty well. it was a widely. wild leap. these things have come up and then i took up child obesity because it is a public health problem in the country. i tried to chart these programs within the framework of my record and my passions as president where i could still have an impact. and to have the discipline to try to stop doing things when i thought i could have an impact and it turned out not to work. we keep trying to measure for impact and do that. >> final question is from another student at your school in little rock. it ties very nicely back into the theme of your talk today. "i heard you say the last remaining widespread bigotry is toward those with whom we have ideologic