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agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i don't know what the arab spring will lead to. what's interesting is in the best of all words let's say egypt really is a democracy we're going to have this very mixed picture. there are ways in which it's going to be set backs for the united states strategically. popularly governed egypt is not going to be as close an ally and is war on terror, on other issues as, you know, as the stalwart are lubaric was. my view nevertheless because our transcending interest is in a certain kind of world order we benefit nevertheless even if we pay a price in some short term interest. one example like that i think of is the philippines i
agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i...
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china and the united states have important interwoven interests. for us strategic trust is a foundation for mutual beneficial cooperation and greater trust will thread broader cooperation. the two sides should increase mutual understanding and trust and reduce misunderstanding and suspicion. president obama has stated on a number of occasions that the united states while is strong and prosperous and successful china plays a greater role in global affairs. vice president biden stressed in an article after his visit to china last august that china's rise is not america's demise. we in china hope network with the u.s. side to maintain close high level exchanges. we hope to increase dialogue and exchange views with the united states by making full use of our channels of communication including the strategic economic dialogue, cultural and people to people exchanges and military to military exchanges. by doing so we can better appreciate each other's strategic development goals, avoid misinterpretation misjudgment and build up understanding and build up
china and the united states have important interwoven interests. for us strategic trust is a foundation for mutual beneficial cooperation and greater trust will thread broader cooperation. the two sides should increase mutual understanding and trust and reduce misunderstanding and suspicion. president obama has stated on a number of occasions that the united states while is strong and prosperous and successful china plays a greater role in global affairs. vice president biden stressed in an...
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they were mad at the united states. the united states had stabbed them in the back in june, they had declared war on them when they were in mortal danger from napoleon. so they were mad. that's where the english stood at that time. where did the americans stand? well, the americans had done terrible on the ground. their whole invasion of canada had failed. and the privateers did go out, but it takes a long time to get that all going. the privateers were going quite well, but it would take a very long time before that really came into play. what about the american navy? well, my word, the american navy was doing just great. the first defeat of the american army in canada was at detroit in august of -- august 15 of 1812. madison could not believe it. he was horrifyied. here it was an election year, he had told everybody he was going to invade canada and do all this stuff, and here he is, he loses. and this is going to kill him in the election. four days later, four days later the uss constitution, old ironsides, have you
they were mad at the united states. the united states had stabbed them in the back in june, they had declared war on them when they were in mortal danger from napoleon. so they were mad. that's where the english stood at that time. where did the americans stand? well, the americans had done terrible on the ground. their whole invasion of canada had failed. and the privateers did go out, but it takes a long time to get that all going. the privateers were going quite well, but it would take a...
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encourage chinese travel to the united states. but i am sure the vice-president will be the first to tell you we have work to do, especially discriminatory subsidies, financing, protecting intellectual property and trade secrets, and ending the practice of making the transfer of technology a requirement for doing business. the united states will also work to ensure that all countries play by international rules. we brought cases that have challenged unfair trade practices, and we have descended u.s. producers and workers in many arenas. of the month's state union address, president obama -- protect our market. the benefits, and there are many, and the challenges of doing business with china as well as your plans here and their plants here in the united states. we welcome your suggestions on how we can address the difficulties you face, and i would to thank you, again, tom for your hospitality and thank all of your colleagues for joining us and i look forward to our discussion. mr. vice-president. >> [speaking in chinese] >> [speak
encourage chinese travel to the united states. but i am sure the vice-president will be the first to tell you we have work to do, especially discriminatory subsidies, financing, protecting intellectual property and trade secrets, and ending the practice of making the transfer of technology a requirement for doing business. the united states will also work to ensure that all countries play by international rules. we brought cases that have challenged unfair trade practices, and we have descended...
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states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of fear. he maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't if you're radical for russia. my guess is that the russian government. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you. solve the political problem and it provides a much more capable defense with the united states currently building. much cheaper . the professor believes that the purpose of nato europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technologies. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the missile defense shield not as a way to defend your not as a way to defend anybody in fact but to provide a first strike a p
states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of fear. he maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't if you're radical for russia. my guess is that the russian government. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you....
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united states may have to defend there we're. going to question that's who the purist and those are sort of five of them but you know the attitudes that we see in terms of this are really interesting to for example right we had u.s. officials coming out last week saying that israel was in fact funding the enrique. a in order to carry out or at least play some kind of a role in the assassinations the murders of nuclear scientists in iran you have some people arguing that well it's ok if israel's doing it because it's for a good cause and i thought was kind of interesting that kevin drum decided to step in here and take a look at both sides and he basically made the following point saying that it's still terrorism when israel does it so says still is it terrorism yes do both sides use it yes is this in many cases the future of warfare probably yes is there a better alternative that's a good question so you know what's your take on that is everyone to start assuming that well that's that's the future of warfare that's the way that i
united states may have to defend there we're. going to question that's who the purist and those are sort of five of them but you know the attitudes that we see in terms of this are really interesting to for example right we had u.s. officials coming out last week saying that israel was in fact funding the enrique. a in order to carry out or at least play some kind of a role in the assassinations the murders of nuclear scientists in iran you have some people arguing that well it's ok if israel's...
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the united states playing on this issue. for me it's you say that it's really interesting because of the same situation it was during our negotiations with the united states when the we elaborate then you will start treaty year zero zero zero russia today and russia for four or four decades has been living without an immediate threat to security but there are of course some potential threats well what about putin those didn't mention any specific potential threats to russian security doesn't mention enemies well he says something about nato and the united states but it's more of like well let's be cautious yes are there any potential threats to the russian security the security of the country according to the russian military doctrine yes it goes without saying what can you mention at least you say that just would like to mention one it seems to me that it will be enough of that. it seems to me that the most important threat it's the nexus between. weapons of mass destruction related materials it's a very dangerous material
the united states playing on this issue. for me it's you say that it's really interesting because of the same situation it was during our negotiations with the united states when the we elaborate then you will start treaty year zero zero zero russia today and russia for four or four decades has been living without an immediate threat to security but there are of course some potential threats well what about putin those didn't mention any specific potential threats to russian security doesn't...
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in the united states, it's slightly different. we have the structural trends in demand which are shifting if you want demand and which product is in different region. at the same time, we have the shift in the crude supply was giving certain refiners location advantage and certain refiner location disadvantage. so what we're seeing here is a shift of rate or construction of refineries towards the ones who are better positioned than others. it's really location issue which is -- which has to match the changes in the supply. so you're trying to make sure that your infrastructure is adapting to your growth of supply in the united states while in europe or the overall sector is declining and need to shrink. >> all right. thank you very much. let me go to senator brasso. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i graciously appreciate the opportunity to hear from his experts today. i want to thank them for sharing their knowledge. if we're going to grow our economy, we need to have access to affordable supplies of american energy. we hear
in the united states, it's slightly different. we have the structural trends in demand which are shifting if you want demand and which product is in different region. at the same time, we have the shift in the crude supply was giving certain refiners location advantage and certain refiner location disadvantage. so what we're seeing here is a shift of rate or construction of refineries towards the ones who are better positioned than others. it's really location issue which is -- which has to...
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states export to china look at the real numbers the major exports from united states to china last year was cornered so we beings scrap steel and scrap plastic looks more like a eighteenth century economy what we see in united states the other hand what you see is china exporting their number one export united states is now electronic equipment. manufacturer may factor look tronics so china story twenty years ago on the low wage low value added in oh did serry new order go in many american companies are going to get global competitors coming out of china in future yeah you mentioned scrap metal scrap paper yeah if you look at the list of exports from the top twenty states that export to china from the united states number two or number three on the list is always garbage america's excellent exporting its garbage to china like scrap paper for example which of course china recycles into cardboard cardboard boxes and resells back to united states and has made many many billions of dollars for people over there who are not afraid of doing a day's work of course in america that's not in the
states export to china look at the real numbers the major exports from united states to china last year was cornered so we beings scrap steel and scrap plastic looks more like a eighteenth century economy what we see in united states the other hand what you see is china exporting their number one export united states is now electronic equipment. manufacturer may factor look tronics so china story twenty years ago on the low wage low value added in oh did serry new order go in many american...
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states of the things our united states . that i mr obama's address is that's why he's proposing unilateral cuts in u.s. nuclear arsenals mr obama has been opposed to pollute ration everywhere and he wants to move towards nuclear zero as it's called getting rid of nuclear weapons that's one of the reasons he's so opposed to pollute fraîche and is he would like to see the world move away from nuclear weapons and i agree there's a double standard eight countries have nuclear weapons and those countries have should move towards and you can do zero it's going to be a long slow process but let's move in that direction together as a group and meanwhile let's reinforce our efforts against proliferation that's why the focus on iran because the concern about proliferation ok good i'm going to give you the last word in this program what's next i think you're i believe they are he is and there is an obvious sundered and it is racist to assume there is a zoe is that americans are pretty is the french are more rational than their plans a
states of the things our united states . that i mr obama's address is that's why he's proposing unilateral cuts in u.s. nuclear arsenals mr obama has been opposed to pollute ration everywhere and he wants to move towards nuclear zero as it's called getting rid of nuclear weapons that's one of the reasons he's so opposed to pollute fraîche and is he would like to see the world move away from nuclear weapons and i agree there's a double standard eight countries have nuclear weapons and those...
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out of the united states. so i'm looking forward to all you have voting on that next week and seeing how many of you vote against -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> let me finish. so you have agreed to an export ban of that, but opposing this one. i'm looking forward to each of you next week trying to resolve the basically conflicting export free market principles on the same day. now, let me just move forward theno it says no refined produc e exported. products are, they're diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, residual fuel oil, butane, kerosene. that's the definition of refined product. that cannot be exported. that has to stay here in the united states. what is not a refined product? pantyhose, toothbrushes, footballs, antihistamines, steel, which is produced using oil, with -- which is produced here in the united states. those are not refined products. why do i make the amendment? i make the amendment because i want a low price for the oil. for toothbrushes, for steel. for pantyhose. for anyone that makes that prod
out of the united states. so i'm looking forward to all you have voting on that next week and seeing how many of you vote against -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> let me finish. so you have agreed to an export ban of that, but opposing this one. i'm looking forward to each of you next week trying to resolve the basically conflicting export free market principles on the same day. now, let me just move forward theno it says no refined produc e exported. products are, they're diesel,...
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how do you see the united states today in the world? after the economic collapse, after the arab spring, after the whole range after the rise of china and the east? >> well, the impression is that the strength and power of the united states is waning. it is not as strong as before. cheerily, the economy crisis also, deepened the wound in the united states. right now the united states is very much becoming isolated and less involved in the. >> rose: isolated? >> yes. i mean look -- they are not involved, for example, from the point of view of the palestinian israeli crisis .. there is no involvement at all. they are not involved at all. we see for example now the pulling out from iraq, although it was good politically for locally but the position here, the civil war over there, if there is a fight between sunnis and shiites. after spending $2 trillion. >> rose: are you suggesting they shouldn't have pulled out? >> no, i am saying they should have some troops stay over there. >> rose: they were prepared and asked by the government of iraq
how do you see the united states today in the world? after the economic collapse, after the arab spring, after the whole range after the rise of china and the east? >> well, the impression is that the strength and power of the united states is waning. it is not as strong as before. cheerily, the economy crisis also, deepened the wound in the united states. right now the united states is very much becoming isolated and less involved in the. >> rose: isolated? >> yes. i mean...
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despite great pressure to conform to the united states and celebrate the united states as the best in the world, the nation does not lack for critics. the last two decades saw numerous works criticizing domestic policy, foreign policy, in particular, the financial policy, the education, corporate influence over american life, military, and so on. this is estute, and i learned much, but two things lack in my opinion and have a hard time making it into the public eye because americans are not trained to think in a holistic fashion and this analysis i have in mind is too close to the bone. it's very difficult for americans to hear it, hence somebody would say, "i didn't know it failed." you know? the first thing we lack is an integration of the various factors that have done the country in. these studies tend to be institution specific as though it existed in a vacuum and could be understood apart from other institutions. the second thing lacking is the relationship to the culture at large, the values and behaviors that americans manifest on a daily basis. as a result, these critiques ar
despite great pressure to conform to the united states and celebrate the united states as the best in the world, the nation does not lack for critics. the last two decades saw numerous works criticizing domestic policy, foreign policy, in particular, the financial policy, the education, corporate influence over american life, military, and so on. this is estute, and i learned much, but two things lack in my opinion and have a hard time making it into the public eye because americans are not...
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african-americans registered to vote in the united states. and i tell people sometimes if all 19 million of us lived in chicago and could vote three times the way they do in chicago, mccain still would've beat us. so obama had to reach across the aisle and find people to vote for him in order for him to get elected president of the united states. he did what harriet tubman did with the underground railroad, what frederick douglass did, the american soldiers did when they joined the union army. they joined to help make this country a better place. so i wanted to say that in the beginning because i think that right there puts a very important opening on how we begin this discussion about the centennial. time has changed in the united states and changed for good reasons, changed for the better, and i think the -- the moral of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. i want to say as we start, and let me back up for a minute and say the african-american civil war museum located here in washington, d.c. has african-americans who joined p
african-americans registered to vote in the united states. and i tell people sometimes if all 19 million of us lived in chicago and could vote three times the way they do in chicago, mccain still would've beat us. so obama had to reach across the aisle and find people to vote for him in order for him to get elected president of the united states. he did what harriet tubman did with the underground railroad, what frederick douglass did, the american soldiers did when they joined the union army....
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a liability of the united states government but it's not a liability that the united states government can never meet because the u.s. government is the monopoly issuer of the dollar our debts are denominated in dollars and so therefore it's not a dead where we have borrowed another currency or it's tied to some fixed rate of exchange or there's a gold backing or something like that and the proof is in the putting lauren i mean we've been hearing so much about the debt in the united states and remember it's and p. downgraded the credit rating of the united states and guess what interest rates have been going down down down down down and we were warned that oh gosh if this ever happened we're going to see a spike in interest rates and foreigners are going to sell their bonds and foreigners are selling their bonds the chinese have been selling a lot of their u.s. securities interest rates are going down and that simply because the rate is set by the fed i mean that's the way it works is mike isn't that an unsustainable model ok we're talking about rates being loud and they're low because
a liability of the united states government but it's not a liability that the united states government can never meet because the u.s. government is the monopoly issuer of the dollar our debts are denominated in dollars and so therefore it's not a dead where we have borrowed another currency or it's tied to some fixed rate of exchange or there's a gold backing or something like that and the proof is in the putting lauren i mean we've been hearing so much about the debt in the united states and...
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or they will come to the united states and say, can you build a pipeline through the united states? so we can send the oil to china and to south america. it's going to china. it's going to south america. it's going to europe under any circumstances unless you pass my amendment to keep it here. that's the canadian plan. don't you understand? that's their plan. and if i cape from louisiana or texas, i'd going along with opposition to my amendment. by the way, if you come from louisiana or texas, vote against this amendment. i'm telling you this right now. vote against the marky amendment. i give you this warning. tex texas, oklahoma, louisiana, vote no. if you come from any other part of the united states, i do noent he what you're thinking. this oil is not going to the united states. it's going to other countries in the world. >> the gentleman's time has expired. before i recognize you, i'm going to take the chair's prerogative and ask my friend from massachusetts a question. when we all know you were an entrepreneur as a young man and you were selling ice cream at red sox fenway par
or they will come to the united states and say, can you build a pipeline through the united states? so we can send the oil to china and to south america. it's going to china. it's going to south america. it's going to europe under any circumstances unless you pass my amendment to keep it here. that's the canadian plan. don't you understand? that's their plan. and if i cape from louisiana or texas, i'd going along with opposition to my amendment. by the way, if you come from louisiana or texas,...
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united states? what has to happen? >> utah about the educational issue -- you talk about the educational issue. we're falling behind in this country. when you get to the root cause it is k through 12. kids do not turn on. they do not get excited. the quality of teaching is not there. there is an emphasis on this area. that is the long term, frustrating answer. that sort it out 15 years from now. is a lot of cash. there is a lot of cash companies like ours have available to invest. we need some degree of certainty on tax incentives, regulatory. i totally agree with jeff. let's take simpson-bowles. let's sit down and figure it out. everyone gives a little and we move on. even if the answer is half-bad, we will understand the environment we're in and you will see a lot of investing happen. >> do you fear there is enough distinction between the parties that if mitt romney becomes the president you could have such change that you want to keep some of the cash rather than invest it? >> i think there will
united states? what has to happen? >> utah about the educational issue -- you talk about the educational issue. we're falling behind in this country. when you get to the root cause it is k through 12. kids do not turn on. they do not get excited. the quality of teaching is not there. there is an emphasis on this area. that is the long term, frustrating answer. that sort it out 15 years from now. is a lot of cash. there is a lot of cash companies like ours have available to invest. we need...
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make a nuclear weapon the united states only a few weeks some indications are going to the united states of the week actually making the bomb is the easy part hard part is getting the curial with which to make a bomb and iran is spend billions of dollars and twenty years now getting the material to actually make a bomb so we don't want to wait until that last week well i don't think there's anything here but if we have the director of national intelligence james clapper says in front of congress if there is no evidence that iran is building a nuclear weapon that's the head of national intelligence i feel weeks to build a new kind of it takes a few weeks to build a nuclear weapon they don't have to make that decision until the last minute they add however spent billions of dollars building huge priscilla trees with which to make the materials that will let them make that decision when they want to make it they haven't done it yet but what they have done is violated their safeguard agreements with the i.a.e.a. ok good now do you want to jump in there go right ahead if i if i may i believe
make a nuclear weapon the united states only a few weeks some indications are going to the united states of the week actually making the bomb is the easy part hard part is getting the curial with which to make a bomb and iran is spend billions of dollars and twenty years now getting the material to actually make a bomb so we don't want to wait until that last week well i don't think there's anything here but if we have the director of national intelligence james clapper says in front of...
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the united states down but not out. still have trust in the united states, but having said that the united states have to put their house in order. republicans, democrats, president and congress have to put the house in order and meet together and this solution for the problems of the united states are solvable. >> i want to talk more about your investing in the u.s. take a short break and then come back to our exclusive conversation with prince alwaleed bin talal, chairman of kingdom holding company. from the macroenvironment to ininvestigation, he will talk to us about ininvestigation. find out where he sees the biggest opportunities. >>> welcome back, here with me, saudi prince alwaleed bin talal, chairman of the kingdom holding company, with us for the very first time. so happy you made your trip to the united states, your highness. talk about the money you just put into twitter. $300 million you invested in twitter what is so attractive about this company to you? >> usually we don't enter into venture capital compa
the united states down but not out. still have trust in the united states, but having said that the united states have to put their house in order. republicans, democrats, president and congress have to put the house in order and meet together and this solution for the problems of the united states are solvable. >> i want to talk more about your investing in the u.s. take a short break and then come back to our exclusive conversation with prince alwaleed bin talal, chairman of kingdom...
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so i'm hopeful that as egyptians understand a friendly united states but a unified united states that there will be at least a turn of thinking. i hope that will occur promptly. but in any event, i join the chairman in welcoming you, ambassador powell, back to the foreign relations committee where you have spent many happy hours, i hope. this hearing process with us offers an opportunity not only to evaluate your distinguished record, but also to examine the current state of our ties with india. i start from the premise that enhancing our relationship with india is a strategic and economic imperative. india's poised to be an anchor of stability in asia and a center of economic growth far into the future. it's a well educated middle class, larger than the size of the entire united states population. it's already the world's second fastest-growing, major economy, and bilateral trade with the united states has more than tripled during the past ten years. the united states and india are working to build a strategic partnership that will benefit both sides, and we have an ongoing cooperati
so i'm hopeful that as egyptians understand a friendly united states but a unified united states that there will be at least a turn of thinking. i hope that will occur promptly. but in any event, i join the chairman in welcoming you, ambassador powell, back to the foreign relations committee where you have spent many happy hours, i hope. this hearing process with us offers an opportunity not only to evaluate your distinguished record, but also to examine the current state of our ties with...
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united states and. i have heard an opinion about one of the talk shows recently from one of the candidates that i've said i've been to the united states americans don't care about russia i mean they really don't care whether they have other things to do so and it seems that russia the russians and all the russian kandice really do care about the united states what they're thinking what they're planning do you see some consolation here between the attitude of us us and them in the us you know it is a conflict and i had the chance to ask a question to the candidate me. thursday and he said you know we are a great country talking about russia and good point you know we are a very great country and we will not be pushed around or affected by what an ambassador does or not so basically he was able to come put it into perspective and mental eyes and i think there's been a lot of historical stuff in the russian media and on this question on the web somebody is very outrageous videos attacking the u.s. ambassad
united states and. i have heard an opinion about one of the talk shows recently from one of the candidates that i've said i've been to the united states americans don't care about russia i mean they really don't care whether they have other things to do so and it seems that russia the russians and all the russian kandice really do care about the united states what they're thinking what they're planning do you see some consolation here between the attitude of us us and them in the us you know it...
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this is good news for the united states. all that is within the continental united states. so those pipelines being built there are -- these investments are going forward. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the ranking member referred to the first ever downgrade of our treasuries. i would remind the ranking member that the express reason given by s&p was the dysfunction of some in congress who seemed willing to threaten to go into default. i think that we need to investment in energy, and i think we need to invest in energy in the future. i think all of the above doesn't mean all of all of the above. as the bp spill in the gulf showed us, that not exercising judgment -- some judgment about environmental and safety impacts can undermine the economic well-being and the very goal of energy independence. i think what your budget shows to me is a sensible investment in innovation in energies of the future, including energy efficiency which brings me to the 1703 loan guarantee program. i see that you didn't really
this is good news for the united states. all that is within the continental united states. so those pipelines being built there are -- these investments are going forward. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the ranking member referred to the first ever downgrade of our treasuries. i would remind the ranking member that the express reason given by s&p was the dysfunction of some in congress who seemed...
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thank you what does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean. even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become. disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime cha
thank you what does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean. even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign...
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>>and do you believe they came from the united states? (vo)in the state capital of chihuahua city, officers with the mexican army showed us the weapons that their men have seized. from crime scenes like the one at the prison. >>if you look in here these are all ak47 clips. this is another popular variant of the ak47, that's coming through into mexico because it's small and compact. you get a lot of bang for your buck. you can hide it in your coat really easily or on your side. (vo)the vault contains more than 10,000 guns and over 150,000 rounds of ammunition, all seized in the last few years in just one small area along the border with the united states. >>guns are illegal in mexico right? >>so most of these were american? (vo)some estimates put the number of guns flowing into mexico from the u.s. at 2000 a day. it's a staggering figure given that there are only six thousand legally registered firearms in all of mexico. (vo)coming up, we go undercover at a gun show and discover how easy it is to legally buy high-powered assault weapons in
>>and do you believe they came from the united states? (vo)in the state capital of chihuahua city, officers with the mexican army showed us the weapons that their men have seized. from crime scenes like the one at the prison. >>if you look in here these are all ak47 clips. this is another popular variant of the ak47, that's coming through into mexico because it's small and compact. you get a lot of bang for your buck. you can hide it in your coat really easily or on your side....
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so i'm hopeful that as egyptians understand a friendly united states but a unified united states, that there will be at least a turn of thinking. i hope that will occur promptly. but in any event i join the chairman in welcoming you ambassador powell back to the foreign relations committee where you have spent many happy hours i hope. this hearing process offers us an opportunity to evaluate your record but to examine the current state of our ties with india. i start from the premise that enhancing our relationship with india is a strategic and economic importance. india is poised to be an anchorer of stability now and into the future. the middle class is larger than the entire united states population. it's already the world's second fastestro economy. the united states and india are working to build a strategic partnership that will benefit both sides and we have an on going cooperation with india on many many fronts. this ensures security in south asia. india and the united states have strong incentives to cooperate on counter terrorism in the region and beyond. we share concerns ab
so i'm hopeful that as egyptians understand a friendly united states but a unified united states, that there will be at least a turn of thinking. i hope that will occur promptly. but in any event i join the chairman in welcoming you ambassador powell back to the foreign relations committee where you have spent many happy hours i hope. this hearing process offers us an opportunity to evaluate your record but to examine the current state of our ties with india. i start from the premise that...