Land reclamation and construction activities in the South China Sea and the United States and japan are united in our commitment to freedom of navigation, respect for International Law and the peaceful resolution of disputes without coercion. We also remain united in per pursuit of peaceful denuclearization of north korea. We fully support japans efforts to resolve the tragedy of north koreas abduction of japanese citizens. During my last visit to japan, i met with the mother of one of those abductees and she described the awful pain that she has endured. So i know how important this is to the japanese people. Meanwhile, our growing trilateral cooperation with the republic of korea, as well as with australia, gives us new opportunities to enhance security across the region. With respect to trade, we reviewed the progress our teams have made toward the Transpacific Partnership. I know that the Politics Around trade can be hard in both our countries. But i know that Prime Minister abe, l
It was about 30 seconds before we completely activated all of the resources we had to bear. Its been now less than 24 hours. You see we have a couple thousand more people on the streets in baltimore. To my knowledge theres been no incidents. This morning were still concerned what might happen this evening. Were continuing to bring more people in from around the state and around the country. Were going to put as much manpower and as many resources we can to make sure that we do not have that kind of situation. Reporter you did nothing until the you could do nothing until the mayor made a phone call . Governor hogan no. What i told you is we had been working all week and called up the National Guard. We already activated the Emergency Command Center and when the mayor requested we brought them in. Reporter between 3 00 and 6 00 yesterday, you could do nothing . Governor hogan we did quite a bit but we waited until the mayor asked for us to come in. We didnt think it was appropriate to co
Ryan, and the gentleman from arizona, mr. Grijalva, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 1075, currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection so ordered. Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. Mr. Ryan mr. Speaker this bill would designate United States cuss toms and Border Protection port of entry located at first street and pan american avenue in douglas arizona, as the Raul Hector Castro port of entry. Raul Hector Castro was a distinguished Public Servant who served in both elected and nonelected Public Services, in offices such as the governor of arizona and the United States ambassador. Mr. Castro was the first Mexican America
House Foreign Affairs committee on militant Group Alshabaab and why he feels it could become more of a global threat if the United States wont counter its influence. Alshabaab is this tamalebased group that took credit for last weeks attack at a canyon Shopping Mall. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order at this time. Today we are going to meet to assess the threat and i would ask all members to take their seats at this time. Today we are going to discuss the threat from alshabaab which is al qaedas franchise in the horn of africa. We are going to discuss the threat that it poses to somalia combat the threat to the horn of africa, to the region and the threat that it can poses to us. Alshabaab translates to the youth and that organization officially swore allegiance if you recall last year in february to al qaeda but the leadership for many years alshabaab had been working closely with
Your television provider. Host and the name of the book is the end of bic, how the internet makes david the new goliath. The author is nicco mele, and he joins us from boston. Before we get into the substance of your book, if you could, relate your personal experience to the book, the end of big. Guest sure. I started my life as a Computer Programmer and ended up at the intersection of technology and politics. In 2003 i joined howard deans president ial primary campaign. I joined it very early, in late april of 2003, and was on the campaign for almost exactly 12 months from the early days to the very bitter end. And my experience as a working for an insurgent candidate led me to think a lot about the role of technology in empowering insurgence against the establishment. And so its really kind of where my book started, you know . In 2007, in early 2008 we watched the astonishing democratic primary where Hillary Clinton who was the partys standard bearer, indeed, she and bill clinton rea