Sponsors terrorism all over the world, a country that is developing long range rockets a country that we know has been working on acquiring a Nuclear Weapon capability despite and has always had a secret component to their plan will retain the ability to process uranium. Theres a reduction in centrifuges and in term tz of what they can do, in terms of research and development and the secretary of energy has laid this out clearly. Here the problem. Number one they retain all the infrastructure they wid need to break all those caps. Second enforcing such a deal requires there to be open, full inspections. Iran is saying they will not allow access to military facilities. Thats problematic. The United States does not acknowledge that would be the reality. They said these would be the most Intrusive Inspections yet and they have a year to stop any uranium development. We should never have retreated from the position that iran does not have the right to enrich uranium. We should have insiste
Future in afghanistan. First, this background afghan President Hamid karzai again refused to sign the bilateral Security Agreement on monday. Instead, adding more items to a growing list of demands. It was during a lastminute meeting with u. S. National security advisor susan rice that karzi insisted the u. S. Would need to start peace talks with the taliban and release 17 after gangs from Guantanamo Bay before the bilateral Security Agreement got his signature. Over. If the agreement isnt signed promptly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice. We would be compelled by necessity, not by our preference, to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to to keep our troops here because they will not be invited because the bsa will not have been signed. Then the nature of our partnership and the investments difficult. The meeting with rice came one day after the afghan liter surprised both countries by delaying the bsas package into law despite nods of
Security packet. Karzis demands are prompting threats from the u. S. To withdraw all of its forces after 2014. An overloaded sail boyt carrying people from haiti overturned in the bahamas. Video released by the u. S. Coast guard shows about 100 haitians clinging to a boat, believed to have capitalsized after it struck a reef in rough water. About 110 people have been rescued so far including 19 women. And those are the headlines of this hour. Tony harris. More news. Inside story is next. The u. S. Plays hardball with hamid karzai. Sign the troop deal or we are out. I am ray suarez. Thats the insiinside story americas longest war is almost over, but the transition to the next phase in the u. S. Afghanistan relationship involves a difficult diplomatic dance. The United States negotiated a deal called the bilateral security accord which would keep most troops in the country when natos 75,000 leave next year. The deal hit a signnag. Afghan president karzai presented a new lastminute set of
I am here to voice my strong support for the courageous people. Women and men who have suffered for years under the taliban regime will stop each and every one of us have the responsibility to stop the suffering caused by malaria. Every life in every land matters. And all of us can do something to help. After studying the first ladies and knowing some of them very well like my mother in law, one i admire very much. , our country benefits by whatever our first lady champions for. Laura bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband to the white house. Nine months later was the 9 11 attacks and she helped cover the nation while pursuing interests important to her including education, literacy, and womens health. Good evening and welcome to first ladies image and influence. Would take the story of the life of our 43rd president , laura bush. Here to do that are two people who know her well. This is a laura bush biographer. Her book the perfect wife, tells the st
Ife is working that hard and making 70 of what she deserves to make. Any way you look at it, its lost revenue coming into the home and it can make such a ifference on small things. Vacation, education, groceries, food, subs nance, to make it through substance, to make it through the week, the month, the year. And on top of that, a woman shouldnt have to feel like she may lose her job if she takes time off to care for her sick children. Now, this is something that i know all too well, mr. Speaker. I know that my wife and i were very fortunate to have the fmla while we were raising our triplets. You see, because one would get sick, then the next one would get sick, then the next one would get sick, then i would get sick, then my wife would get sick and it would start all over again. Theres no way, theres no way either one of us could care for them while worrying about whether she is going to have a job to return to. But still today too many women have to choose between being employed and