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wanted to reflect from a foundation the ideas that has been expressed there and how they are interacting with new ideas. >> you know charlie for probably almost 20 years my publisher jonathan used to say to me you should update the book. we did it once after oslo and i said i will update but it will be new forward beirut to uses level, one page one line. nothing has changed. but in the wake of the arab spring somebody very big has changed. there's been a tendency i think in analyzing the arab spring to say it's over it's finished a disaster, i told you so but i told you so. i told yo...

bankruptcy and we were profitable when we were on a road trip and losing about a billion. including restructuring costs. i made a statement that we would get back to profitability. we were profitable by about 300 odd million in the first half of '11 and then lost about that much in the third quarter. when we were going through our crisis when we got downgraded as our national debt rating was downgrade and there was a lot of controversy in washington where we were going to lift the debt ceiling and the country going to default, think about we finally got that sorted out, but in europe...

rights and ignore the rule of law. there can be no justification for an increase in funds to the these countries. that money was not used wisely as the elections in nicaragua were fraught lend and ran afoul of nicaragua's institution. this budget fails to hold abusers of democracy in the region accountable and cuts support for democracy. instead of standing in solidarity with the cuban and venezuelan people in their time of need, this budget turns its back on them. the castro regime orders its state security forces to beat members of the ladies in white as they leave church services ...

defending themselves, and better at pulling themselves out of poverty is just as important for us in our national security as it is for them. to succeed we must ensure that our budget resources are allocated wisely, our international programs are carried out in the most efficient and effective manner. but before closing, i'd like to highlight two of the my top and somewhat interrelated priorities. middle east peace and the effort to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. madam secretary, for the past three years, the palestinians have simply refused to engage seri...

i appreciate your restraint with the top line number in your budget proposal coming in at $5.1 billion below last year's request. but i disagree with the priorities and programs funded with those limited resources. in iraq and afghanistan, both these governments must be pushed to take the necessary steps to be our long-term reliable partners. we are not seeing such a commitment from karzai or maliki. too much american blood and treasure have been invested in both countries for us to have governments in place that threaten american interests. iran's belligerent and unhelpful role in a...