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Good morning. You can applaud. [applause] i know you are applauding because you are here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. That is why we live here and why it is such a wonderful destination. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair. We have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year and hope you will continue through tomorrow evening when the 7 days closes. This fair just would not take place eac...

[applause] i know that youre applauding because youre here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. Thats why we live here, and thats why such a wonderful destination for our visitors. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair, and we have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year. I hope that you will continue with us through tomorrow evening when the sevenday fair closes. You know, this fair just would...

[applause] joining us now is senator and that are larry pressler, the request for disarmament in a nuclear sub. What is the Pressler Amendment that you discuss in your book. The Pressler Amendment prohibited aid with pakistan if it developed a Nuclear Weapon or using our money for a Nuclear Weapon and it was enhorsed by president george h. W. Bush, and then bill clinton admin statively lifted it. John glenn and i worked on this as partners. I believe there would not be Nuclear Weapons in the indian s subcontinent today. It was clear that pakistan was being given Nuclear Weapons by our pentagon...

Question is the word we. How is this counter messaging going to be organized . To what extent is it going to be spontaneous . Does it represent the youth of the region . My friends from the arab world keep insisting to me that as powerful and intimidating as is i. S. Messaging is, what is dominant in arabic is what i call the freedom spirit, the square statement i am connected and i am not going to take it anymore, and i wont take it from an authoritarian leader and i am going to live in my own world. Somehow that message that spirit of connectiveness, i think, of free citizens, which is still...

Contamination. Weve finally gotten studies to shed light on this tragedy. As someone i know who served at camp lajeune, i hope you will make this a priority, and will you work with congress to work with this . I feel confident because were working with atr and some other areas that overcome any of these hurdles that may halt or delay the pursuit of answers for affected marines and their families. Absolutely, senator. And well do all we can to be transparent with marine families, and frankly, at the end of the day to do the nice thing. I think its a powerful program that allows our Service Memb...