A fair solution to the middle east conflict unquestionably requires the true exercise by the Palestinian People of their right to build their own state within the borders existing 67. Or to 19 we support their capital being n east jeruslem. People in eastern urope. This is the result of countries in the middle east and africa. As well as poverty and und development preveiling in countries in the african continent. E u. N. Should take on should help the crisis it helped create. After 56 years in which the cuban people put up resistance diplomatic relations have been reestablished between cuba and he United States of america. Conflicts begin now his will only be achieved with our country illegally occupied by guantanamo base, and destablizing programs against the island. And when our people are competence stated for the human and economic damages they still ndure. While the blockade remains in force, we will continue viewing the draft resolution with the embargo imposed by the United States of america against uba. To the people who have sponsored our reforms, we wish to return the appreciation of the cuban people and its government for our continued support. Mr. President , cuba is celebrating with profound commitment the anniversary of he organization. We acknowledge efforts have been made throughout the years. Though not enough has been done to save present and future generations from the scourge of war and protect the right to Sustainable Development without xclusions. The United Nations should be and from unilateralism closer reforms to democratize it and bring it closer to the people. , the historic leader of the cuban revolution, stated in this hall, 50 years ago, and i quote, in anyone understands the fundamental obligation of the United Nations is to save the world not only from war but also from under development, hunger, diseases, poverty and the destruction of the National Resources indispensible to human existence. And he added, and they should do it soon before it is too late. Nd of quote. The International Community can always depend on cuba to rise its honest voice against injustice, inequality, under development, discrimination, and manipulation and for the establishment of a more fair and equityable order that really focuses on the human being, his dignity, and well being. Thank you. [applause] were talking about fund ling of the United Nations. Adams, se Global Policy forum. Guest good morning. Host what is it that you do . We are a policy watchdog, we are a think tank, we undertake a number of Research Policies projects and we produce a number of reports. We are involved in a number of policy engagements, mainly with governments, but also supporting some of the work with the nongovernment community. Host we want to talk about the funding of the United States, not only for the the funding of the United Nations, not only for the United States. Funding for the indicted nations is varied. On one hand there is a mandatory contribution that members have to make to be a member. This is called an assessed contribution. The budget of the that applies to the peacekeeping arrangements. Work ofr part of the the United Nations, most of the work of the United Nations is funded by involuntary contributions, mainly from governments. That covers a whole range of emergency, developing relief, food and support to refugees. The split is 60 to the voluntary contributions and 40 to the assessed contributions, which is more or less half and half between the peacekeeping on the one hand and the mandatory standards of the work of the United Nations undertakes. Host if you look at breakdowns of the contributions, the United States is on top of that list with over 600 million. As well as japan, germany and france. The figures that you are looking at there, they are related to a formula. The formula is more or less related to the worth of a gross tos related to messick product. Corrects the percentage, it would be a higher percentage that the United States pays, but it is important that no one country should pay over 25 , so the top level was ,educed and at the bottom level so the countries at the bottom, it ended up being that they should pay much less than they should pay. There is a ceiling and a floor. As far as the voluntary contributions, how are other countries doing, including the United States, as far as meeting their commitments . Voluntary,use it is it is up to the government. If you look at the patterns with the United States, you might see Something Like a similar average across the whole of the system. Terms of, 20 from contributions. But if you take a closer look, you may see that some issues receive 30 , because those issues are considered a priority for the United States. And maybe less where the United States feels there is something they dont want to be involved in or contribute to. It is more of the assessed contributions where you have people not meeting what they are obliged to contribute to. There is an honor roll. The honor roll is those governments that pay up in time, in full, at the beginning of the year, because obviously this is the money that the u. N. Needs to meet its budget, and there are currently 25 countries on that honor roll that have done that this year, and the United States is not one of those countries. Host we are talking about the funding of the United Nations. Barbara adams from the Global Policy forum is joining us for this discussion. Talk to us about the overall budget for the u. N. What is the figure . And what gets done with the money . The overall figure is just over 40 billion, that cost that covers all of the activities of the United Nations. The full range that you could imagine, it is a figure that is smaller than the budget of the sitting,hich i am now new york city, it is a figure two sense ofover the world expenditure on military. While on one hand, we can talk about how much gets done with the money, it is important to put it in the context that in fact, it given what is going on with global challenges, it is clearly not enough. It averages out to be about six dollars per person per year. Terms of what gets done, anything you can imagine in of peacekeeping, negotiations and delegate , support tos refugees, advocacy for womens writes womens rights. Of access to water, givenng you can imagine, by governments to a mandates to the system in terms of what it needs to do. In terms of the programs that are funded, i believe they refugeentary, assistance, poverty and inequality. How many programs overall are supported . Of the agencies, there are about 33. You can make an analogy at the National Lever National Level with various industries ministries. Thewill see that at interNational Level, there is a counterpart. View of thent of different agencies, you have a large number. In terms of the number of individual programs, that has to be running into the thousands. Because the programs themselves will be translated into a whole range from looking at the u. S. Specifically as a bureaucracy, i guess, are there too many programs . Are there efforts to consolidate or perform some of the aspects of the United Nations . Guest yes, there are. As with any structure, you get a. Ot of interagency work certainly, there is a lot of discussion. There has been since the u. N. Was founded about whether or not it could be structured to be more efficient. There are a lot of ideas about how to measure efficiency. For some people, you would measure efficiency by making sure that the same agency does not seem to be running the same program. Parte other hand, a large of the United Nations is actually deal with really difficult issues, and keep governments together, and keep them talking. That is kind of a difficult thing to measure, depending on how you are looking at result. Host Barbara Adams of the Global Policy forum talking about the United Nations. 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7458002 for independents. Lets start with darren in washington, d. C. , independent line. Caller good morning. We love cspan. I have two questions for you. One is could you explain the process a little better about how the head of the u. N. Is. Lected i know currently it is ban kimoon. Secondly, what is the u. N. Doing to combat irruption . There was a story recently, i believe with the indian government, they found weapons and drugs on a ship do you know anything about that . If you could touch on that, that would be good. Thank you again for coming on. Guest thank you. Thank you for your questions. Certainly, your first question is very very topical right now. We willetarygeneral, be having a new secretarygeneral chosen next year by the governments. The full process for doing it, the established way of doing it, is that the General Assembly of the United Nations, which contains all of the members, actually of points, and makes the final decision. They make the decision based on a slate or recommendations that are brought from the Security Council. It has been the case in the past that the Security Council has only put forward one name. It has also been the case that the Security Council has essentially been through a lot of negotiations amongst itself to choose the leader. Hat has not always been smooth in the Security Council, we have five permanent members who have a veto and can say no to any particular decision coming out council. Curity this has been exercised by different governments over time will beho secretarygeneral. Right this minute, there is a campaign being launched to make the whole process more transparent, to basically make sure that there are qualifications that are required. They put a very funny ad in the ,conomist not long ago pointing out how it works and saying, it should not work like this. The momentum is building behind idea that the Security Council would actually send some real. Hoice to the General Assembly the General Assembly would be able, with all the members, to actually do a proper job of choosing who the next secretarygeneral will be. Host conroe, texas, george, you are up next. Caller i have a question of the ministry of overhead for the u. N. Budget isntage of the spent on administrative overhead as opposed to funding actually programs . Guest for program funding, there is a formula. I believe that the current figure is 7 . Hat is from the Member States also, we are beginning to see the beginnings that was a silly sentence, wasnt it . We are beginning to see more private funding contributed to the United Nations. That, in some cases, follows either the same formula, or it would have a different kind of formula. Areof those arrangements done individually. We are facing at the moment a little bit of a mess of fragmentation of different initiatives driven because of the need for the u. N. To raise more money to do what it is doing. Unfortunately, meaning that you have hundreds of different initiatives, which could be arranged, or reported about, in different ways. This essentially contributing to u. N. Staff having to do multiple s to a variety of different initiatives, and from my point of view, contributing to the inefficiency that people talk about. Host there is a viewer on twitter saying that millions of , again,flow overseas what does the u. N. Do, and are they just a figurehead . And terms of the amount of money that flows directly to developing countries, or emergency situations, the amount that goes from the u. N. Is not, by any means, a major percentage of that figure. The role that the u. N. Plays is basically to bring together the different donors organ to contributors to make sure there is some sort of cohesion, and make sure that people are not tripping over each other. I do not think that is quite a figurehead, from the point of view of what you said. I think it is also important that what the u. N. Was set up to do, and what the u. N. Can do very well in a number situations , is actually to bring together parties that find it difficult to come together otherwise, that would not talk to each other otherwise. It is the impartial, if you like, role of the United Nations , according to what it was set up for, in terms of addressing human rights, protecting civilians in times of conflict. Host from virginia, heres paul, republican line. My phone is about to die. Hang on. Host are you there . We will put you on hold, paul. Lets go to tony in national, tennessee, independent line. Caller my question is this. Number one, you were talking about private funds coming into the union. When you elect the different officers, and elect to do things, it is done by how they countries are and who has the most votes, etc. There is no is way you can do it fairly. The unitedhing is states contributes the majority of the funds to the u. N. , which is astion question, why does the United States need the u. N. When we contribute to all these other countries anyway . That would be my question. Why do we even need the United Nations . Thank you. That the fact that the u. S. Contributes to the 60 the i mentioned that is voluntary contributions, not required, is one of the ways that the u. S. Is answering the questions of whether or not it needs to be involved, or whether the u. N. Is helpful. There are some racing technical things that you will get with regard to radio waves, and postments with regards to systems. Those are technical questions that need to be sorted out, and you need Something International to do it. I dont know if you saw the speech there was a speech yesterday from president obama to the United Nations in regards to sustainability goals. President obama was pretty straightforward that development should be seen as an investment for everybodys security. It is directly connected, if you like, particularly in todays world, where so much of what is happening that affects us all is not happening only inside our. Ountries in terms of your comment about the percentages and how much the u. S. Contributes, while the u. S. Is the largest contributor, it is also because, as we hear often, the u. S. Is the largest economy. There is a formula that is related to that. In fact, if you take a closer look, we are seeing how much is contributed, but you dont see how much is actually reimbursed. It is not just a oneway contribution. Totalcekeeping, the peacekeeping budget, that is actually paid back to the individual governments that make the contribution. The money that comes and goes right back to the governments. On the amount that the United States needs to contribute the 22 confirmation to the regular budget the u. N. Is consistently behind on the payment. The Barbara Adams with Global Policy forum joining us to talk about funding and the u. N. , especially as it meets today. This question,d who is responsible for auditing the money given to the u. N. By member countries . Guest one is that governments themselves. They each other some difficult questions. There is an independent group that looks at the u. N. Budget. I will not spell out the acronym because then you will think i just do u. N. Acronyms. It is a particular group that is the expertise on the financial side that examines the u. N. Budget before it goes for adoption. There is an office of internal oversight. There is an independent evaluation office. There are a variety of different mechanisms. ,ome of them of the governments and some of them independently, they are monitoring the payments of the United Nations. Host from alabama, charles is up next. Caller good morning. It is good to talk to you this morning. Those calling independent and government institutions that oversee each other, acting as our government does, is great. Ist could my question what could a disabled american civilian contribute . How could i contribute as a disabled american, in light of reports that some jobs, lots of jobs, were mishandled, and given to people who were supposed to be given to disabled americans . What can i do as a disabled american with a psychiatric, yet treated and controlled, disorder do to help the United Nations in my own community . I will take my answer off the air. What i did not mention in the previous question, would you have given me a wonderful opportunity to comment on, is the work of the independent Nongovernmental Organization Civil Society groups that actually monitor the work of the United Nations. We have just released a report on that, raising some of the areas where the u. N. Needs to Pay Attention and improve. On the issue with regards to People Living with disability, that is one of the areas where Nongovernmental Organizations, People Living with disability, have organized together consistently over the years, and have been very influential and making sure that the u. N. Adopted a number of years ago a eew convention on th rights of people with disability. I cannot give you, right now, the name of the organization where they were together, but they continue to be active. Yesterday, when i was in the United Nations, i saw the person working with the organization. They are both very effective in terms of advocating for people with disabilities, and monitoring to make sure the u. N. Supports Employment Opportunities in that area as well. Host 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7458002 for independents. Barbara adams. She is a senior policy fellow of the Global Policy forum, joining us from new york, talking about the funding of the United Nations, as the General Assembly meets today. Lets go to nancy, in georgia, independent line. Caller good morning. , tonted to ask ms. Adams get back to the u. N. Charter. A person wrote a piece about the u. N. Charter at the beginning of the bush administration. Recently, there was a court case, that goes to the previous callers question about domestic law. It was bond versus the United States. This was unanimously decided against mr. Obama. Putin toto welcome mr. America today. Im really pleased to see him here. I also want to reiterate that russia pays out a lot of disability payments to ukraine, which is one of the reasons they have an interest there. The primary purpose of the United Nations is to prevent nuclear war. I think that should be remembered, and we would have a lot left waste lot less waste. Guest a number of the decisions and the legal obligations that are struck by all governments in the United Nations have eventually been taken back to the National Level and turned into legislation. Different countries have different ways of doing this. This has been something that has been particularly difficult for the United States. They have not been able, i think because of the statefederal arrangement, but i am by no means an expert on this, they have not been able to ratify so many of the treatise here in you referred to the u. N. Charter not that one, but so many theties with regard to rights of women, indigenous people, and so on. Somebody other than me would be to explain why that is the case. Host you talk about what you referred to as the Sustainable Development goals. That is the lead editorial of the New York Times this morning about the countries of the u. S. Agreeing to them. Could you tell us a little more about the price tag for this and what is expected by the member countries . Guest the price tag is way what we have looked at in the past with regard to developing programs in developing countries. The price tag is very large because the Sustainable Development goals are universal inclusive programs, addressing a full range of things where every country in the world needs to universality means that every country in the world needs to address them. It is looking at issues not only dealing with poverty and poor countries, but poverty and once own country, issues dealing with inequality, climate change, the rights of women, education. That theo understood transformation that economies will need to go through, in terms of how they actually produce wealth, and how they go through production processes is going to need to change radically if we will come anywhere near meeting these targets, which is think many people agree on is essential. That there is a fund in the u. N. In which all of this money will be put. The funding will take place mainly at the National Level by governments and countries. It is up to each government that agrees to these goals, to work out how to implement them at the National Level, as well as supporting the work that needs to take place internationally. Host from wall street a 2030, saying deadline, does that sound right to you . Guest yes, it does. A huge amountieve of this on the way to 2030. We really need to start immediately. Host long beach, california, darrell is up next. Caller good morning. My question for mrs. Adams is how she heard i mean, i heard something to be affect that the United States is putting Nuclear Weapons in the netherlands, and now we plan on putting 20 Nuclear Weapons into germany. Im thinking, why would we want to take and give opportunity to other nations that have this kind of awesome power, and then realized that we are putting it into countries that have areories of today they good, tomorrow they are bad. That is my question. Guest im not sure i can answer the details about Nuclear Weapons. I would say this. Puts weapons, or when it has a military presence in another country, it is in the military base, in most of these cases. There are i dont know the figure, i think it is close to 100 military bases around the world. It is not a question of just loosely giving Nuclear Weapons to somebody else at their from that particular point of view. Of course, the other part of the question would be to us people from the netherlands how they feel about this and what kind of conversation is taking place there. Hi. mary in washington, caller i have a question about the organization of islamic cooperation in the u. N. I want to know what the u. N. Plans to do to hold them a little more responsible for the refugee or economic immigrants that is happening across europe. Another question i have is recently the iranian president had announced that he plans on , to hezbollah, with the funny that america has now given over with the iranian bill can she answer my question on that . The seconderms of , that is a level of Political Affairs that im not sure i am anymore qualified than anyone else to comment on. One problem going on in the United Nations, and more of the government spend the United Nations itself, is that so much of the politics, or agreements, making, tend to follow the pattern that the enemy of my enemy is a friend. You do find an alignment of interest taking place for that reason, which might not necessarily be what you expect. In terms of the question did not quite catch the first question. She i miss that, but mentioned the refugees. If the Current Situation putting a strain on a budget set aside by the u. N. As far as refugees are concerned . Is that is the case, can member countries contribute more . Guest it is certainly putting a strain. There is no budget that could be adequate because one cannot anticipate these problems. Yes, it is putting a tremendous strain. There are a lot of conversations, the second day general, i think you are aware, has been holding a lot of meetings with governments to address this situation and asked for increases in funding, including talking to all governments in the region about the responsibilities that they have in this area. One of the other things that happens that is really important to understand is this united big role ina addressing the causes, not only responding. That is what exist back to some of the comments about development and Sustainable Development goals, to make sure that countries grow and are more prosperous so that there is less conflict. Host in the area of development, before the new announcement, there was the millennial Development Goals. What kind of money was raised for that . What can we say came as a result of that . Guest in terms of the millennium Development Goals, the amount of money that was theed i do not know exact figures. I know we were talking about their needing to be 200 million raise. This was more related to the overseas development systems, the public budget from donor countries. In terms of what was achieved, the millennium Development Goals targeted seven key areas of activity, in terms of womens childrend rights, health and education, issues dealing with water and sanitation, in terms of reducing poverty, and so on. There were particular targets and indicators for measuring success. If you look of the results of that, and there are a number of good reports on this, you will see that there was some success. They were not 100 achieved. In a way, there was a little bit of a mistake in terms of how we measured success. Some of the countries that show the most progress, and these were a number of countries in africa, actually, because you had an absolute target where they had to reduce poverty by withif you are starting much more poverty that other countries, even if you have much more success, you cannot reach the target. It was an unfortunate way of targeting what we call success. Host but your from mark and tennessee. Caller good morning. Toould like to ask ms. Adams answer, if she can, what would the world do without the United Nations . I would remind them that the that aof nations president went to organize was turned down by the United Nations and others. It might have prevented world war ii. I think the peacekeeping of the snited nations since 1945 hav avoided major conflict. And, the many good things that happened in agencies are vital to the peace of the world now. Thank you. Guest i am sometimes tempted to answer that question, which obviously i am asked quite often im pleased to take this lightly tongueincheek ani am sometimes tempted to answer that if we did not have the United Nations, maybe we would be committed to creating something much more stronger and better finance. It is very clear that we need some real commitment to face the global challenges that we have. We have to have this kind of global space. It has to be a lot stronger than it is. Host robert in montrose, new york, independent line. Caller good morning. One thing im interested in is that what we have a World Population now, here in the United States we are only 1000 million, less than 4 of the u. N. Budget. Why is it that we have to spend so much more to the u. N. And other countries that are members of the u. N. Do not pay their fair share . Another thing i am interested in , and i would like to follow up on the gentleman from tennessee even at my age, i do not remember the league of nations, but i remember the early conservative movement in the 1950s and 1960s. We had an Organization Called the John Birch Society that projected in the future that they would be ineffective. Why is it that most of those who are dealing with the issues of war in the middle east are being a burden to western europe and the United States . Why not move east and move the population and disperse it around the world. Think you very much. Guest the issue is not so much that one is measuring the by population figures, but by the economy, dollars. In that context, the u. S. , even as less population, it has more to contribute, and much more to gain, frankly. Reducetribution, if you it to per capita, rather than taking the overall figure, you will find that the contribution tot the u. S. Is making the u. N. And dealing with issues around the world is actually quite small. On the overseas Development Assistance ranking, the u. S. 29 of what out of contribution it is excellent making in that particular area. In terms of the question of how issues, and how Different Countries are actually getting involved, it is very desirelt to separate the and need of people to seek a better life, from wanting to go from countries to other ones that they see a successful. I do not think it is a geographic ink. I think it is obviously related to where things seem to be going better in the world. Host when it comes to issues of funding, and what countries contribute, is that settled before the opening of the General Assembly . Is it done all year round . Is there a special session to determine these figures . Guest that is not the business for today. The business for today is related to the Sustainable Development goals and the issues that your callers have race related to crises around the world. The u. N. Has a budget set every two years. It prepares for that within the is aed nations, there committee, finance and administration, i think, that is dedicated to this work. The delivery and negotiate with each other on what they prepare as the budget. In budget has not grown real terms. Even though the mandates that governments are giving the u. N. Are growing over time. Host one more call. This is patrick from michigan. Theer my question is problem that happened in haiti, where the u. N. Set up a camp, and they dumped raw sewage into the streams, and people were all affected with cholera, and everything else, how could that possibly have happened and what steps have been taken to make sure that does not happen in the future . Guest certainly, there are Lessons Learned from situations like the one you describe. Obviously, one would want those lessons to be learned before, rather than after, Something Like that happens. When the u. N. Is involved in some of the activities, more on the peacekeeping side because it is basically various different governments around the world contributing with troops. Providing therall criteria and guidelines for training requirements. As you point out, there is definitely improvement room for improvement. Host the discussion about the funding of the u. N. With Barbara Adams of the Global Policy forum. She is it gives them the opportunity and a forum to have their voices heard. They can express their views. The documentary they make will be created by just using a cell phone and we have others created sing more hightech equipment. There are many different issues that are created that are pornt to them. We have videos on education and the environment showing a wide variety of issues important to students. Of the river ment will have a positive impact on the community. We have come to the conclusion that humans cannot run without food. 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This years competition is exactly one year away from the next president ial inauguration acial. Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy announced to colleagues he is officially seeking the job of house speaker. Part of the letter reads, i am running to be your speaker because i know the peoples house works best when the leadership you elect listens to the members and respects the legislative process entrusted to committees. To become the 34th speaker of the house Kevin Mccarthy will have to find 288 supporters on the floor. That will require the californian to navigate the same political current inside the republican conference that dug its that put Speaker John Boehner in power. There is only one other compete with him. Good afternoon. Hank you for coming. Today is something of a hay one for the john initiative. We are releasing our first book choosing the lead. America Foreign Policy for a disordered world. The book presents a comprehensive agenda on Foreign Policy and National Agenda and it is written for the next president of the United States. The book is available for Free Download at choosing to lead. Net. We are honored to launch our new book with the House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Rather than recite the linebyline of his extensive he depige biography and accomplishments, i would like to strike on two things from mr. Mccarthys career. First, at every stage of his career, his peers have chosen him as a leader. He was elected National Chairman of young republicans in 1999. As a freshman in the california semireply, he was elected unanimously as republican leader, a first in Assembly History for a freshman member. Then he was elected to the house in 2006, and in a relatively short period of time was elected as House Majority leader. Yet, one senses this is all prologue and we have only begun to see his leadership. The second thing id like to emphasize about leader mccarthy is his work on Foreign Policy. He has done his work on the issues that we face today. E has mailed the times time to travel overseas, to meet with heads of government and foreign leaders. His eloquent remark at the one week after the terrorist attack in indonesia showed a clear understanding of International Terrorism and its many dimensions. He also knows that current efforts are insufficient as he is as he has observed, the war on terrorism isnt going to lead itself. It is also clear in talking to him that what guides his thinking on Foreign Policy questions is that the lessons hes learned from studying the lives of churchill, washington, lincoln, reagan and he will talk more about their influence in his remarks today. We invited leader mccarthy to give an address on americas role in the world, and we are deeply grateful that he accepted our invitation. Please welcome House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy. [applause] thank you all very much. Congratulations on the book. If you walk into my office there are few american leaders in particular that i listen to and i have portraits. Abe lincoln and george washington. Across the hallway is Ronald Reagan all in color and smiling. I sit there every day and i wonder, what advice would these two leaders give us today. You know what lincoln would tell us . Believe in the exceptionalism of this country. The reason why i believe lincoln would say this is the gettysburgh address. You all know the first words, four score and seven years ago. Did you ever hear the next part . Our forefathers brought forth the idea of a new nation conceived in liberty. He went on to say, but if we fail government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from earth. He did not say if we failed england or france would pick up the torch because they were not conceived in liberty and dedicated that all men are created equal. You know when this hit home strongest . Few years back i was in the rotunda. Shimon perez, president of israel, was there to receive a medal. He looked out at us and said, you live on the greatest nation thats ever been on the face of the earth. Not the greatest nation of our times, but the greatest nation on the face of the earth. But he looked tos and he said, do you know what your greatness comes from . It is not what you take but what you give. That america will give the ultimate sacrifice of life so another country can have freedom. With that freedom becomes human rights and a stronger economy. Thats who we are. The second bit of advice i believe lincoln would tell us, dont sit and just blame others for your problems. Accept where you are but find a solution. You know, lincoln was elected november 1806, sworn in march 1861. In those few months seven states left the union and never once did he blame bukebuke buchanan. A little different than our white house today. The advice reagan would tell us, and i think this would be direct advice to the current president , peace without freedom is meaningless. History has proven whether those strive just to have peace like chamberlain, he never achieved freedom. The best example is reagan late in his second term where hes in iceland with gorbachev. He sits down, pretty much gets almost everything he asked for. Gorbachev asked for that one last item, to end the research of s. D. I. Reagan said no, but ill share. Gorbachev said no. Regularans got up and walked away from the table. Had reagan not left, would the berlin wall have collapsed . Would the soviet union collapsed . Peace without freedom is meaningless. A little sidenote. Realize call do you what our current president barack obama has in common with jimmy carter . Both those president s won the nobel peace price. Reagan did not, but he brought more freedom. The fourth peace of advice would come from reagan. He would tell us, seek the truth about our enemies and ourselves. We cant be afraid to call the enemy what it is radical islamic terrorism. We also cant be afraid to say the truth about america. We are exceptional and we are the force for good in the world. As reagan said at the institute of National Affairs in london, when free people cease telling the people about and to yr adversaries, they cease telling the truth to themselves. In matters of state, unless the truth be spoken, it ceases to exist. And the last bit of advice lincoln would tell us, dont put off tough decisions for future generations. Lincoln had a very tough decision. Slavery didntof start in 1860. It started with the creation of our country. Our forefathers thought it was too divisive so they put it to the side. In essence, it had to be hundreds of thousands of grandchildren to make that decision. We dont have the same difficult decision, but this white house is managing the decline and putting us in tough when america was seen as the world shining light of freedom and justice. That is the america i want for my children. Before i even became majority leader, i had a passion for world affairs, because i believe that anyone who wants to lead in washington must commit to americas leadership among the community of nations. And brace americas role and responsibilities preserving safety and security, peace and prosri
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