you'll have people commenting saying brussels is trying to get involved. first they are trying to deal with everyone's budgets and now tell everyone what labor policy should be like. you'll get a lot of criticism. i think on the balance this is certainly good news. you want to see how tough things still are. take a look at some things on periphery like champagne sales. it means nothing to most of you or to me of course. champagne sales are down. these are measured year over year. here's what's interesting. if you look at what's going on, european shipments are down 14% but other countries around the world are actually up 9.6%. again, this doesn't mean a lot to me. if you lookty company that's a in the luxury market, one company makes the most popular in the world, they've been moving up recently after bottoming in december on hopes that luxury goods might do better. you can see it's up fractionally today but it's been under pressure for the last month. i know nothing about these matters. the 2002 is drinking well. i think i read that on a website. >> try t

for example, if you wanted to transfer from germany into brussels, you may have to talk about a change of the german constitution. a meaningful change of the german constitution, which of course does remember a public vote. if you were to ask for a public vote of this issue in germany, understood on a vote on italian debt or on spanish debt to be paid by german taxpayers? i guess it might be and therefore the german government might be reluctant to go into this direction rapidly. so we're in a very slow process here. >> when you look at the euro and where it is today, how weak does the euro need to be to drive growth in the eurozone? >> when you look in the various countries, there's a huge difference in the necessary for the environment to cope with. exchange rate is at about 165. you look at the italian euro, it is certainly way below 1.20. but the question here is do we need an exchange rate which is servicing the weakest link in europe and guess that's the case and therefore we stay convinced that the euro has to decline from here. and about it does not decline from here, you have

that and he what we're looking for is nice sounds coming out of brussels. >> so you're saying spanish spreads will be driven by what he says rather than investors making up their own minds? >> he's the first person who will speak on the issue. and he's the most important person. if he speaks favorably and says, yes, they are doing the right thing, then i think that feeds into investor sentiment, that to some extent bolsters the bond market and then we go go on and hopefully see a virtual sir ket in international markets overall. >> an interesting straw because you could have a situation where financial markets -- you're assuming -- >> i'm talking about politics. >> i know. but you say the markets is led by the politics. you're assuming they're always going to get money in bailouts. >> not always going to get bailouts. >> but in terms of what's the significance of help sthem say' okay, we'll give you support? doct >> greece didn't play the game. they had 24 months to engage in the eu and stay on course and we saw what happened to "greasgre . >> numbers don't add up in greece. >> that's

politicians might pay lip service to the need for reform and they might actually decide on reforms in brussels, but before it turns in to law in will berlin, amsterdam or the hague, rather, paris, rome, athens, and other countries of of the eurozone, that's a different question. this is also the fear that you hear for example from angela merkel's council of economic advisers. we caught up with one of the down sers, one of the so-called wise men, and he also said the ecb has bought time, but not more. and be aware that playing with the idea of breaking up the eurozone is a very dangerous thought. here we go. >> the ekb has bought time and has very effectively bought a little bit of time, but during that time, the european governments must come to their minds and get a good solution plan going and a good solution plan would be one which balances model problems on the one hand and refinancing problems, acute problems on the other. >> do you think the breakup of the eurozone or some maybe countries like greece leaving the eurozone is, a, on option or, b, a danger? >> i think we should be very afra

brussels, berlin, paris, amsterdam, the ecb has flushed the money markets with cheap money two three, $1 trillion. money into the market. not to mention the other nonthree-year ltros and the standard procedures. the eurozone money market is a wash with money. lowered interest rates twice, we've still got a bond purchasing program that's dormant but could be reactivated. we've got a covered bond purchasing program, the ecb's done for the time being. of course, talking about exit strategies is premature, probably foolish, but i think that's more of a political backstop position for the bank that have to make their voice heard and say, yes, but we will have to have an exit strategy early enough. we will have to find out how to basically haul in, how to rein in this extra money that is more speak than do. and for the time being, we have to wait how these two ltros really filter through if at all to anything like the real economy. we know the first one was basically aimed at sort of unclogging the dysfunctional money market that has worked to some extent. the second one was more or less de

position is sort of when you get this bit of hopelessness not about policies in those countries but brussels and the ecb. it's no coincidence in my judgment the wobble started when the ecb started making noises about taking away some. it's too early for them to be doing that. as soon as we say these things, spain and italy start wobbling. they can't afford to have these places to be now risking. even if they, i don't think so. u.s. job claims way more important than anything to do with spain. >> interesting. all right jim o'neill. thank you. >> good luck to you. >> appreciate it. >> i apologize for joe. >> oh, please. here's the thing, jim. sorkin, you're in this weird position where you're hoping the market doesn't go up 30% because of my call. so you hope adam parker is right. but that's counter to you wanting to re-elect -- so you're like torn between these -- >> i'm not torn. nuclear power plant the market to go up, even if i end up being right. >> it's good for the world. >> for the tlex. >> it's good for the world. it's good for the world. for the economies of the world. it's good for

why did you have to go to brussels? >> they invite mead to come over. i'm going to be speaking with both the secretary of state and the secretary of defense. we'll have a joint interview tomorrow at nato headquarters right outside of brussels. i'm in brussels right now. i just got off the plane literally, secretary panetta's plane. we flew in from andrews air force base early this morning and just got here ready to do this show. there's a big nato defense ministerial and foreign ministerial joint meeting tomorrow to deal with the future of afghanistan which is the subject, obviously, close to my heart and close to the viewers' hearts. more than ten years the u.s. troops have been stuck in afghanistan. u.s. spending is hard to believe, $2 billion a week, more than $100 billion a year to maintain about 90,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. a lot of them are supposed to stay through the end of 2014. major decisions are going to be made tomorrow here at the nato summit. also in chicago, there's a big summit coming up in may. so we're all over that and i'm look

i'm wolf blitzer in brussels. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm here in brussels, belgium, for an exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense leon panetta. they're here on a ministerial summit on afghanistan. tomorrow in "the situation room" the interview will air. right now millions of americans are struggling to make ends meet and as they are we are learning more about how one federal agency has been wasting your taxpayer dollars. officials, even intern, with the general services administration enjoyed quite a few extravagant junkets to places like las vegas, hawaii, palm springs and even the south pacific and that's apparently just the tip of the iceberg. let's go straight to our senior congressional correspondent dana bash. she's getting new information. what's the latest now? >> reporter: the latest as our viewers probably know right now, t the gsa is supposed to be saving money by make the govern the more,

i spoke of this war in afghanistan at nato headquarters outside brussels, belgium, yesterday. i spoke with leon panetta and secretary of state hillary clinton. they sat down with me for an exclusive interview in brussels. listen. >> madam secretary, mr. secretary, thank you for being with us. >> we are glad to be with you. >> let's talk about afghanistan. $2 billion a week in u.s. taxpayer dollars being spent to maintain the troop level and the existence to the afghan people. is this money well spent right now? $100 billion a year for another two and a half years? >> well, first of all, wolf, we are in a transition and as we transition, the afghan security forces are stepping up to protect their own people and as we saw over the weekend with those deplorable attacks luckily, they were not successful and that was because the afghan security forces which our soldiers and others of the nato alliance have been training and mentoring. so i think that if you look as we do at the progress that has been made on the security side and other indicators and health, education and the econo

i spent two days in nato headquarters outside of brussels. part two of the interview will be airing at the top of the hour with hillary clinton and the secretary of defense leon panetta. we had an exclusive opportunity to sit down with both of them. you'll be afshgs to hear, i think a lot of viewers will be anxious to hear precisely what they're saying about the situation in afghanistan right now. also with iran, what's going on there. hillary clinton actually a bit upbeat as far as the first run of talks with iranians as far as the nuclear program is concerned and the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu saying it's a freebie for the iranians. we'll have the latest on that. also, we'll go in-depth with hillary clinton on 2012. is it possible she could be on the ticket as a vice presidential running mate? we'll go in-depth on that and see what she has to say and 2016. she'll only be 68 or 69 years old in 2016. is she going to be the first woman president of the united states? i'll ask her that question. the interview, we taped it all

says a bird was sucked into the engine of a plane carrying secretary of state hillary clinton from brussels to paris. you may remember cnn's own ali velshi was on the flight from new york to los angeles that was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday because of a bird strike. our mary snow is taking a closer look into what appears to be a growing problem. mary, what's going on? >> wolf, the incident on thursday, the emergency landing is still being investigated. it is not certain the kind of bird that struck the engines, but here in new york the city has stepped up efforts in recent years to cut the risk of bird strikes and that's because the population of canada geese has been increasing and they flock to areas near the city's major airports. just moments after delta flight 1063 took off from jfk airport thursday, it was clear something went wrong. >> delta 1063 has had an engine failure on the right engine declaring an emergency due to a bird strike. >> reporter: passengers described smoke and a loud noise in the cockpit. >> 1063, we'll clear the right. we lost the right. >> the pl

>> let's listen to leon panetta in brussels yesterday. >> this is not who we are. it's certainly not who we represent when it comes to the great majority of men and women in uniform, who are serving there. i expect that the matter will be fully investigated. >> now, he may say that, that this is going to be fully investigated, that this is not who we are. this is not what we're about but it comes on the heels of videos of marines urinating on dead bodies and the massacre that afghanistan is still dealing with allegedly, one u.s. soldier murdering 16 -- i think it was 16 afghan civilians. when you take all of this together, can this resonate the fact that the u.s. is condemning what is happening here and say it's an isolated incident? >> reporter: they are, i think in the eyes of many, become a troubling trend, breakdown of discipline. this is the fourth big investigation the u.s. has said it's conducting so far this year after the misconduct you've described. investigations themselves aren't going to quiet afghans. there's not been this immediate backlash of violen

wolf blitzer is on his way back from nato headquarters in brussels where he sat down today with secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary leon panetta for an exclusive joint interview. they discussed a wide range of topics including the u.s. drawdown in of aing afl and the nuclear threats from iran and north korea and the presidential election at home. listen to this. >> on syria, is president bashar al assad, according to your opinion, madam secretary, a war criminal? >> i'm not going to get into the labeling, wolf, because what i'm doing now is trying to see whether or not he is going to get the implement kofi annan's plan and i don't think it's useful to do anything other than focus on the six points of the plan. right now it doesn't appear, one again that he is going to follow through on what he has pledged to the international community he will do. we are still working to see about getting monitors in to be able to have an independent source of information coming after the security council. i will be going to paris tomorrow afternoon to meet with like-minded nations in

i'm told i even sparkle about things like brussel spouts. >> stephen: how would you sparkle about a brussel sprout? >> are you kidding? oh, my god, brussel sprouts, and they're roasted. that's a real turn-on. >> stephen: are you going to yell through this entire interview? >> no. really by sparkle we mean what is it that makes your heart sing? >> stephen: you know what would make me sparkle? if we could sing a little song together. >> i don't think so. >> stephen: you've also written a series of books about "dumpy the dump truck." >> those are for very young, young men. >> stephen: very young. "dumpy the dump truck" spoke to me. >> really? >> stephen: how does dumpy learn how the take a dump? >> well, he just does that automatically because that's what he is. but don't go any further. >> stephen: ever thought about extending the series to other objects? are rusty the trombone? >> no, we haven't got there yet. we have a lot of other books, but we haven't done the trombone yet, but good idea. >> stephen: yeah. trombone nobody wants to play. [laughter] because it's all rusty. >> rusty. >> step

you were in brussels correspondent from 2002 through 2005. the early years as the euro project developed. i would -- i would love your sense of the internal german dynamics on this but appreciate the anti-german sentiment we are saying in the south. how does the german foreign policy and economic policy react to that? we look forward to your comments. thank you. >> thank you and thanks for your patience. i know this thing -- it is 10 days old. angela merkel said -- they ask, what is your name and would international become a german. she said i am just coming for vacation. icthey know they have a problem. i also would like to talk about that. and i guess i would like to comment on that as well. i think i would address two or three basic misperceptions i have observed here in d.c. german crisis management. i think no one in germany commensurately not the delran has any plan for this crisis trade what they're doing now is they're trying to define what they did as a plan. it is a little bit unfair because no one has anticipated this. there was no

the humanitarian aid, and reaching out to the neighboring countries of syria -- both ambassadors in brussels and three authorities on the ground. we are working to ensure an effective and coordinated response. me of suspended all types of operation. the european investment bank, with which we work closely, has suspended all technical assistance to syria. we have maintained a that benefits the population, students, human rights defenders, and the opposition. those programs with syrian students and universities will continue. we are supporting efforts to deliver shelter, medical supplies, food, and whatever is needed. we have put together a contribution of 29 million euros in a bit too affected syria and neighboring countries. the support to the neighboring countries is essential. i discussed these issues when i was in turkey over the weekend with the prime minister who also joined the prime minister by video link. the situation on the turkish border is critical. the turkish response has been critical, fast, and professional. i have offered our assistance on a number of occasions. i did so aga

i'm going to brussels next week. one of the agenda items is operation unified protection. what we have to do is be candid with each other. i can assure you i will be banned need to provide. in terms of isr, the infusion of intelligence operations and investments they need to make to close some caps we're here to fourthey relied exclusively on us to provide. i see this as a positive. >> what you think are the states? >> on vacation i've been -- on occasion i've been hard. that is not the case. it has to do something, and we absolutely have the capability. i have to be clear about the military objective is that i was being asked to achieve. i have to be clear about how these were contributing to some outcomes that we would all understand and agree upon. what is the outcome? but the dishes stopping the if it is just stopping the violence, that is one outcome. i can build from that outcome. i can build military options andthe other responsibility is to balance the rest to the mission. what would be the cost of doing this? the risk to the forest is a zero sum game. -- to the fo

before christmas, i was on a panel in brussels with a professor who is the iranian representative to the iaea. there was one thing we agreed, we are the only people in the world who have read all those reports. [laughter] let's go back to the iranian nuclear program. the international community's concern about it for a number of reasons. maybe the biggest reason is that iran conducted this clandestine and uranium enrichment conversion activities two decades without fulfilling its reporting requirements to the iaea. moreover, actually iran diverted nuclear material which it received from abroad, never reported to the iaea. this is a classic diversion of nuclear material. it also accepted nuclear material from the safeguards and conducted additional experiments from these. years the first lesson, calling a spade a spade. but you have never heard the iaea has said that nuclear materials were diverted. the reason for that was in 2003 when this came into allied of the international community, the reason for that was the agency did not call it a diversion and noncompliant because it would

i am alert to that and i'm going to brussels next week to meet with nato and one of the agenda items is operation unified protection. we have got to be candid with each other. i assure you i will be about what we can reasonably provide and what they need to provide in terms of isr, the fusion of intelligence and operations, and investments and to make to close the gaps here to fore they have relied almost exclusively on us to provide. i actually see this as a positive thing. >> what do you think are the greatest risks if the united states intervenes? >> on occasion, i have been portrayed as saying this is too hard, but not do it. that is not the case. if asked to do something, we absolutely have the capability. but as far as my concerns and how they would translate, i have to be clear about the military objectives i was being asked to achieve an i would have to be clear about how those contributed to some outcome that we would all understand and probably agree upon. if the outcome is just stopping the violence, that's one the outcome. just stopping the regime is another. i can build

>> well, we're going to be discussing that in brussels and chicago. and obviously, we'll want to work closely with our isaf partners to determine what that enduring presence will look like. but clearly, it's -- it -- you know, any future presence will focus on areas like counterterrorism and focus also on training assistance and advice, as we've provided and probably will continue to provide in the future. do you assume there'll be hundreds if not thousands of u.s. soldiers still on the ground in 2014? >> i don't -- i don't think we ought to comment on what we're assuming at this point, mainly because we really want to engage in serious consultation with our partners as to what that presence ought to look like. >> but there will be some u.s. presence, correct? >> that's -- i think that'll be the case. >> secretary panetta and chairman dempsey, i wanted to follow up with -- on the attacks over the weekend. these kind of attacks are -- amount to something like guerrilla warfare. couldn't that in itself be effective enough to undermine the confidence of

on nato, i am leaving tomorrow for a joint ministerial in brussels, the last high-level meeting that will take place before the chicago summit in may. we are at a pivotal point for the alliance, as we build on the gains that have been made in afghanistan, and try to chart the course for the future in that area. we will also be working to ensure our nato has the right military capabilities that will be needed for the future in order for nato to assume the responsibilities that it must as we proceed. even as we deal with these global security challenges, we have a great challenge here at home, which is working with congress to implement our new defense strategy. let me give you a quick update on where i think things stand at this point. since the president's budget request was released on february 13, the budget and strategy that we have developed have been subject to intense scrutiny on capitol hill. german dempsey and i went to the hill to testify five times before the key committees. there had been more than 50 additional congressional hearings the service secretaries, the service c

secretary-general ban ki- moon speaking earlier today in brussels is calling on syrian authorities to exercise maximum restraint and he says opposition forces should also fully cooperate in the current cease- fire which he says is essential for political dialogue to continue. turning to domestic issues, reaction this morning to reports about secret service agents' actions in colombia from california republican darrell issa. in remarks on cbs, he says that lawmakers will "look over the shoulder of the agency and as it investigates the 11 agents involved." the chairman of the house oversight committee is concerned about the allegations that secret service agents or with prostitutes in columbia, saying that such a activities would severely compromise presidential security. we will hear more from the congressman later today when he gavels in a hearing on management issues and excessive spending at the general services administration. that's live at 1:30 on c-span radio or watch on c-span 3. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> it's been nearly 10 years since the rele

i'm going to brussels next week. one of the agenda items is operation unified protection. what we have to do is be candid with each other. it they need to do what they need to provide. they relied exclusively on us to provide. i see this as a positive. >> what you think are the greatest risks of the united states? >> on vacation i've been portrayed as saying this is too hard. that is not the case. it has to do something, and we absolutely have the capability. i have to be clear about the military objective is that i was being asked to achieve. i have to be clear about how these were contributing to some outcomes that we would all understand and agree upon. but the dishes stopping the violence, that is one outcome. the other responsibility is to balance the rest to the mission. what would be the cost of doing this? the risk to the forest is a zero sum game. we are deployed all over the world. if i am asked to do something in syria and the secretary says i need this option, my response ability is to make sure i understand this and that by articulate the risks not to the miss

uruguay had collapsed in brussels. we came home and began to negotiate nafta. president bush signed in december of 1992. it was put through congress the following year. within five months, we completed the uruguay rounds. people did not want to have the north american market not have the benefits for the global economy. my friend to my left thing is that doha is dead. i believe there is a way to bring back. >> i'm still to your left. [laughter] >> no change at all there. i believe doha could contribute to those of five strategies i just mentioned. a simple package that would harvest some gains. i would move forward if i had a chance to do so. i think the trans-pacific partnership could be grade. the stated goal is to bring together economies from across the pacific into a single trading community to serve as a platform for broader regional integration and a free-trade area of the asia-pacific. the trans-pacific partnership involves nine nations. we have trade agreements with four of the nine. brunei, new zealand, malaysia, be add-nam' would ons. the potential f

one of my colleagues was in brussels testifying how the tools have been used and rethink we can hold companies accountable. some regulations proposed is problematic to block a encryption technology to be exported. said now we do have that ability and there are similar issues. syrians are prohibited from accessing commerce tools for regulations from the commerce department. but to strike a balance they don't get in the wrong hands but also having communication tools. users need to be aware, but those are aware but in the past year we have seen awareness retain -- ratings but look at the bloomberg coverage has been incredible delineating how and where and what is going on. >> host: to follow-up, to call it the wiretappers although it is generally accessible to the public. if we look at the export issue, there are virtually no regulations preventing european countries from capable of equipment to unpleasant places because they are tools to be used for stopping porn or erred catching bad people or to spy on everybody. is there any way to change that or have greater restriction? is their

that exist for social networking company's to surveillance companies so one of my colleagues was in brussels last week testifying to the european parliament about how these tools are used and how we think we can hold these companies accountable. some of the regulations proposed is problematic just as the crypto wars blocked encryption technology from being exported. regulations on encryption. we had these crypto words and the dirksen senate office building export technology. there are similar issues putting regulations on surveillance technology as things stand right now. assyrians are permitted from accessing certain tools because existing commerce and treasury department regulations. the fear is to strike a balance between insuring the surveillance tools don't get in the wrong hands the also that communications tools are accessible to all. it seemed like an unfair fight. in terms of what people can do i think we should be looking at the same sort of models. users need to be aware. not just users. a lot of these have multiple uses but stakeholders and everyone needs to be aware of how these

some of these social networking companies to surveillance companies and one of my colleagues went to brussels last week testifying to the european parliament about how it has been used and how we think that we can hold these companies accountable. on the other hand, some of the regulations that were posed are problematic in that just as back in the '90s the crypto wars blocked encryption technology from being exported. i'm sorry, the regulations on encryption rather and we have that ability to support encryption technology. there are similar regulations on surveillance technology. right now syrians are prohibited from accessing certain communications tools for existing commerce and treasury departments so they are trying to strike a balance between ensuring that the surveillance tools don't get in the wrong hands but also ensuring that communication tools are accessible to all. it does seem like an unfair for -- fight. in terms what people can do we should be looking at the same sort of model. users need to be aware, not just users, sorry, obviously multiple users but stakeholders and everyon

harlem, the first novel -- first novel about a psychiatric resident in the streets of new york and brussels and a collection short story by a master of the form who's seen the appreciation. topics range to the majors at brown in the 1980's and the conscientious objectors in world war i to guns and roses and the real world. without further pleased to introduce the chair of the award committee carol lynn kellogg to present the citation for excellence and review. thank you for joining us. [applause] >> the citation for excellence in reviewing is a mouthful. it's awarded each year to a nbcc member who has proved their mettle beyond the call of duty. i would like to congratulate our four finalists and apologize if i mispronounce any names. william, ruth franklin and kathryn harrison. they rose to the top of a very crowded field and have received more entries this year than ever before the winners stood out from the rest with a sense of emotional urgency and intellectual clarity pleaseççç congratulate catherine schultz for winning the citation for excellence and reviewing. [applause] >> than

and that takes place more than 3000 miles from nato's headquarters in brussels, where troops from all 28 members serve with troops from 22 nonmembers, partner countries have joined in the isaf mission. only nato has the integrated command and control structure that could manage such a complex undertaking. and 7000 more soldiers are maintaining security in the balkans where casework continues to play a crucial role. including are fighting the insurance of a safe and secure environment during the serbian presidential elections that will take place this coming sunday. presidential and parliamentary election. made it was also conducting maritime operations under nato flag. and as you know the last few weeks we successfully concluded a critical mission and libya that saved countless lives. there really isn't an issue today that is of national security importance that we do not work on with our european allies. countering terrorism, dealing with weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile proliferation, addressing cybersecurity, enhancing energy security. the list goes on and on. when

brussels is almost always about to break apart. we've got these down and hungry but my friend down there. look at the rise of all of these teen anti-immigrant populist parties. and this i think is the future. even the chinese are not oblivious. look at the way they do battle with the uighurs, and see game to to that. the tibetan religion and at that identity is challenging the breakup of china and that was fun -- they want to break away china and establish each turkestan and the chinese are terrified of this. they saw the russian and things fell apart. it ain't going to happen to us and they keep moving chinese saying. i'm like, people say we can't talk about that. we won't be talking about what it is that can kill us. >> i will be committed to catch on. first of all in britain were quite happy for scotland to leave. [laughter] that not going to worry us. but since the beginning i've lived for six in los angeles. and i think hispanics are pretty good job of integrating. i think they share a lot of. they're very religious, very focu

brussels is almost always about to break apart. you've got problems in hungary. my friend paul duffy talks about the race about these right-wing anti-immigrant populist parties and this they think is the future. even the chinese are not a theist. but that the way the to do battle with the leakers in pyongyang and into bed. the tibetan religion and ethnic identity is challenging the week up of china and the muslims want to break away from china and established east turkestan. they sell the russians and that fell apart. that ain't going to happen to us. so they keep moving chinese send. so i know that people can't talk about that. we'll be talking about what it is that could kill us. >> first of all in britain were quite happy -- [inaudible] last night. >> tell me the same thing. [laughter] >> i've lived for about six months in los angeles. they think hispanics are pretty good job of integrating. i think they share letters to american values. hard-working, focused on their families. they're still a melting pot up reading. heather macdonald dutchess solomont p. she

in brussels we meet a coordinated set of the european union's representatives because they're getting together to explore space together, embark on space adventures together. and one of the issues was we were perfecting our gps. yes, it was a military funded project, but once it became part of our commerce, then the ownership in a way kind of shifted from the military to the public. our planes are equipped with gps. gps receivers, so they can find their way around the world. europe was planning a competing system to gps system, called galileo. it's extremely expensive to do this. we are there, remember, this is the aerospace commission. we said you could use our gps, what's the matter? we want to build our own. our worry was that if they build it then they will require every one of our airplanes to be equipped with their galileo receivers, upping the cost of equipping all of our airplanes which is already in a bad economic state. so we are at the table, and i remember the guy sitting across from me. he was kind of smug. we were saying we want you to use this, and they were just doing

the uruguay round had collapsed in brussels in 1991. we came home and begin to negotiate the nafta. president george h.w. bush signed in december of 1992 and it was put through congress the following year. within four or five minutes we completed the uruguay round. people came back. they did not want to have the north american market, which was so large to not have the benefits for the global economy. my friend to my lectures thinks that delhi is that. i agree it is on life-support, but i also believe there is a way to bring it back. any still on my left. [laughter] no change at all clear. and i believe doha could contribute to the five strategies you just mentioned, but i don't have time to go through. but i tell you there's a simple package that would poppers and gains than i would move forward if i had the chance to do so. the transpacific partnership is the only trade agreement that this administration is negotiating a and i think occurred, could be grave. the stated goal and i quote mr. bring together economies from across the pacific, developed and developing into a single tra

third times, occasions for here in washington or in brussels or even perhaps in cairo or benghazi, people are listening to and thinking about what the human rights organizations are saying and the human rights organizations can sometimes drive media coverage and public debate. you know, they cannot put an issue onto the agenda of the u.n. security council. that's true. yet on the other hand you talk about, you know, the real struggle that has gone on in this country around a very, you know, which you assert anything to write lee, the most basic idea that torture is unacceptable and the fact that now, more than 10 years after 9/11, that the bedrock comment is still not fully accepted and they think we saw that in the context of some of the recent debate between the republican candidates for the nomination. you know, you attribute as i understand it, at least in part you attribute the failure to more firmly at trench the absolute ban on torture on what you see as the dilution of the language of rights to include things like a right to housing, right to food that really kind of in your mind

from the bottom and that is also why with the commission we hosted a high level event the people in brussels on the sustainable energy for all, developing countries came and they were encouraged because this is about opportunity and this is about jobs, is about building a green economy. cities are some of the elements and divisions we hope to see in rio, we and europe are heavily engaged and we hope to come with a strong unified voice towards building a global inclusive agreed economy and we hope the u.s. will be there as well. thank you. [applause] the minister has agreed to take a few questions and we have a few minutes for that. if i may ask the first question you are speaking here not only has the cooperation minister from denmark but also as a country that holds the presidency of the european union and i wonder what you could reflect whether you're a busy night in its support for the sustainable energy for all has the strong backing that denmark is given to it and also offered in observations on whether there are any points of difference between your government and tear on the one hand

we saw that with nafta to be the the uruguay round collapsed in brussels in 1991. we came home and began to negotiate nafta. president george h. w. bush signed it in december of 1992 and was put through congress the following year. within four or five months we completed the round. people came back. they didn't want to have the north american market which was so large to not have the benefits for the global economy. my friend to my left thinks doha is dead. i agree is on life support plan also believe there's a way to bring it back. >> and he's still on my left. [laughter] >> no change at all. and i believe doha could contribute to the strategies i just mentioned but i don't have time in my five minutes to go through but i will tell you there's a simple package that would harvest some games and i would move forward if i had the chance to do so. now the trans-pacific partnership is the only trade agreement this administration is negotiating and i think it could great. the stated goal, and i quote is to bring together economies from across the pacific developed and d

before christmas, i was in a panel in brussels with the ambassador who is the iranian representative to the iaea and there was one thing that the two of us agreed. this is that we are probably the only persons in the world who have read all those reports. because they all so different to read. let's go back to the iranian nuclear program. the concern about it for a number of reasons, and maybe the biggest reason is that iran conducted this clandestine enrichment two decades without fulfilling its reporting requirements to the iaea. and moreover, actually irandy verted nuclear matter which it never reported. this is a classical diversion of nuclear material. it also accepted nuclear material from the safeguards and went and did some additional experiments for this. here is lesson number one. that it is called a spade a spade, called black a black, but you never heard that the iaea say that nuclear material was d diverted. the reason was when it came into the light of the international community the reason for that was that the agency didn't call it diversion and noncompliance, because

i was at a nato meeting in brussels and the -- i read in the paper that the belgium parliament passed a law that allowed any one in the u.s. military to be prosecuted in foreign courts. and i thought my goodness, that means we can't have military people go to belgium where nato is. if -- if any rogue prosecutor can decide he wants to enhance his public image he can file a lawsuit which he did against general franks as i recall, and so i called in the defense minister of belgium and not being a diplomat i was not very diplomatic. and i explained that nato didn't have to be in belgium. and that we didn't have to be in belgium. and within a matter of weeks the legislation was defeated, nullified, withdrawn, and it stopped. but it happens all over the world. and my view is, it's a danger particularly not just for us but for the world. think of the contribution our military made in the tsunami in india. indonesia years back. think about the earthquake that took place in pakistan. our people did a superb humanitarian job. any time the u.n. or international organization has to deal with the

i'm actually going to brussels next week to meet with nato. one of the agenda items is in fact, operation unified protection. what we've got to do is we've got to be candid with each other. i can assure you i will be about what they can reasonably expect us to provide. what nay need to provide in terms och isr, the analysis, fusion of intelligence and operations. and investments that hay need to make in order to close some gaps that here to for they've relied almost exclusively on us to provide. i actually see this as a positive thing. >> general, what do you think are the greatest risks if the united states intervenes? >> in syria? >> yes. >> first of all, you know, on occasion i've been portrayed as saying this would just be too hard, so let's not do it. i want to assure you, that's not the case. if asked to do something, we absolutely have the capability. but in terms of my concerns and how they would translate into military vices i have to be very clear about the military objectives that i was being asked to achieve, and i'd have to be cle