System in persian gulf. It was in 1990. It is not in 2014. It was right after war. And gensher was almost shocked. He came to washington, and washington declined. Therefore, you can see from the beginning, iranians have been seeking for a type of Regional Cooperation. And the foreign minister in 1991, 1992, 1995, he paid visit to all gcc countries. That time i was in foreign ministry, and he raised iranian willingness to establish such a cooperation with the neighbors. But gcc was not in position to agree because of u. S. Position opposition. I really dont believe iran is going to have a dominant role in the region. What is the conventional understanding here. Iran is preferring more Regional Cooperation with the neighbors, even including saudi arabia. I never mean its immediate. Its gradually within ten years, 15 years, this is to my understanding the u. S. Is going to have a gradually decreasing its role investment in the region, which would take five, ten, 15 years. Its not going to
The expectations we have of adoptive families, we certainly have an interest in avoiding a double standard, but it suggested for a subset, and probably a very small subset of adoptive parents, there may be a different standard. What do you think about the evidence that she is uncovered as to the rate of adoptive versus biological parents that are advertising on the internet . You know, its hard for me to say because i dont know what the mindset was of these folks making these poor decisions. I do think that obviously when they adopted a child, they did not take that responsibility of becoming a parent in the way i think it was intended. Certainly, i think its important for laws to be clear how children, when they are placed outside a parents home, what types of laws and regulations should guide that. That should be equally true. Because it didnt happen in this instance, in this investigation, doesnt mean its not possible. I think the fact that parents, whether adopted or not, arent cle
Declared the winner of the primary Runoff Election by 6700 votes after finishing second in the first primary driven to his victory by courting support from africanamerican democratic voters. The House Veterans Affairs committee is holding a series of hearings looking at medical care problems at the va and tomorrow the committee will look at how they handled whistle blower complaints. That is like at 7 30 eastern. We invite you to join the converation about the va on facebook and twitter. From roll call, john boehner is moving to a late july vote to authorize the lawsuit against president obama as he tries to check executive power and stoke the republican base. Committee staffers are discussing several executive actions boehner could target and widdle the list down to the fewest number of actions that will give the suit the best chance of being heard. Again that news item from roll call today. Now you can keep in touch with Current Events from the Nations Capital with cspan radio. 20226
He discusses the future the middle east and the role of the u. S. His remarks are part of an event hosted by the atlantic counsel. He spoke for about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] is its a great pleasure to welcome you all this afternoon to the atlantic counsel. I am fred kempe president and ceo and this event marks the beginning of an Important New Initiative that the Council Introduction in the first public event around our first ambassador in residence at the Brent Scowcroft center for International Security at the center. There are a lot of reasons why the atlantic counsel was delighted to have been able to bring on board israels former ambassador to the u. S. Michael oren starting february 1 so we are getting him here just surely after he began at the atlantic counsel. In the press release that we circulated late in january i said the following. Quote ambassador oren brings to the council the powerful mixture of a top historians knowledge, the highest level dip
Discuss the stagnant obama economy and how obamacare is making it worse. This is the fifth anniversary of the day the president s signed his trilliondollar stimulus bill into law. The remarks he paid gave that day the president stated that the legislation marked the beginning of the end of the nations economic troubles. Five years later, however, the end of the nations economic strubles nowhere in sight. The headlines of the jobs report released friday say it all. The headline from the Associated Press said u. S. Economy may be struck in slow lane for long run. New york times headline, weakness continues as 113,000 jobs are added in january. From cbs news, another month of weak job growth raises slowdown fears. From the wall street journal, u. S. Adds 113,000 jobs in latest worrying sign on growth. From reuters, u. S. Employment fails to rebound strongly from winter chill. Madam president , before passage of the stimulus president ial advisor Christina Romer predicted the stimulus bill