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The meeting is called to order. The agenda is adopted. I have received a letter from the representative of ukraine to the u. N. , requesting that his excellency, mr. Volodymyr zelenskyy, president of ukraine, be invited to participate via video teleconference in todays meeting, in accordance with rule 37. Would any member wish to take the floor on this matter . I gave the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation. Thank you, mr. President. Our delegation of objects to the virtual participation of the president of ukraine, zelenskiy, in todays meeting. We would like to explain our objection. We are not opposing the participation of the president of ukraine or his representative in the meeting. I will repeat once again for protocol and for those who will try to distort our possession, we do not object to the participation in this meeting. However, this participation must begin person, he must be physically present in the Council Chamber. These are the rules that govern the wo
University, if you dont have your heart set on working in the u. S. Government or if youre retired. [laughter] but its hard to find people inside the Foreign Policy establishment who are willing to say what they think on this issue out loud. Just look at how chuck hagel and Samantha Power had to contort themselves during their confirmation hearings, and you see the lob bys continued lob bys continued influence. And please dont forget were still a long way from a deal with iran or a twostate solution, and the lobby will be working 24 7 to make sure that the United States doesnt do anything israel doesnt want. In short, reports of the lobbys demise have been greatly exaggerated, and given that fact, what do i think we ought to do about it . Ill just give you, i hi, four basic lessons here. Lesson number one, its just politics, stupid. First lesson i would emphasize is this is all about politics. Israel lobby is powerful because it has all the features that make an Interest Group powerful
We begin with todays hard words in the negotiations to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. That steep across the board spending cut and tax increase scheduled to hit in just 33 days. In a scathing assessment today, the speaker of the house john boehner says theres been no substantive progress on a deal. Need to realize there can be no deal without tax rates going up for top earners. Lets go live to our chief White House Correspondent jessica yellin. Shes got more on the latest developments. Tough talk from both sides, jessica. Reporter tough talk and some bright lines, wolf. On the same day that treasury secretary tim geithner went to capitol hill to meet with both democrats and republicans to talk about these negotiations, there is tense body language and tough words on both sides of pennsylvania avenue. Theyre starting to sound dugin on capitol hill. All eyes are on the white house. The country doesnt need a victory lap. It needs leadership. Reporter at the white house. This is availabl
The president s decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Nikki haley will be taking names and we will be taking that live later on this hour. You will not want to miss it. Well start on the next big battle here in washington. The one over the next 18 hours or so to avoid a Government Shutdown. Both ends of pennsylvania avenue covered and i want to start with kasie hunt over on the hill. Lets talk more about the framework. Sounds like crisis averted, at least for now. I am really hoping it doesnt take the 18 hours that you mentioned to get this resolved from the holiday perspective, but i think that also is a sentiment that is shared im channeling how everybody feels. To get out of here. Members of congress have husbands and wives, too, and they all want them to come home for the holidays. Every hour the incentives are building and the most important thing for everybody at home heading into their own holidays to know that there is no appetite for shutting down the gover