Screeria nigeria. Maryland discusses u. S. Hostage policy and earnest moniz testifies before the Senate Energy committee. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe has been in washington, d. C. , this week for a meeting with president obama and a state dinner at the white house. Today the Prime Minister addressed a joint meeting of congress. This is 50 minutes. Mr. Speaker the Prime Minister of japan [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his excellence see, Prime Minister shinzo abe, Prime Minister of japan. [ applause ] mr. Speaker, mr. Vice president , distinguished members of the senate and the house, distinct guests ladies and gentlemen, back in june 1957, my grandfather standing right here as Prime Minister of japan began his address. By saying, and i quote, it is because of our strong believe in democratic principles and ideals that japan associ
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let s not forget, they did attack us and start our involvement in world war ii. it s nice to acknowledge all these decades later that, despite our deep and long decades of friendship, that they are based on a horrific period, our nation s history where a lot of people died on both sides. and a wariness of china s emergence in that area, where we re responsible for the defense. it s interesting that we thought this was the first prime minister to visit. hawaii is the third. they did low-key visits before and it was his grandfather that was the first leader to visit from japan. they also visited the grave of former u.s. senator daniel inoye whose parents were japanese. it s also interesting, if you look back, the u.s. and russia were allies at that point in time and now you look at the suspicion among the two groups yet at the same time, the relationship between the u.s. and russia between japan and germany now as allies, interesting turn. i m glad we re doing it. i think it s