Terrorist Organization Currently subject to negotiation that cuba is hosting for the u. S. Is playing a role company and thepe government, correct . Thats correct and we are notconflic accompanying that have the special envoy nowt and its also the longestrunning civil conflict in the hemisphere. My i dont want to get ahead of myself but if that negotiation works out positively and we are then, we have the ability of the two continents all wa americans without work, without civil war and without war between nations that would be pretty unusual in the history of these two continents wooden it . It would be an historic achievement. C and it would be pretty unusual wars were civil wars in asia wars are civil wars intw asia and sadly wars are civil wars in europe. Trde you talked in your opening testimony that thing greasing theeements trade in the americas the majority of the american trade agreements agreements are with the nations in the americas. Theres more trade between be the eight n
Weapon. That would provide enough time to detect and act on transgressions. It is irans job to convince the world the Nuclear Program is peaceful. That is why we are seeking a time frame to establish such a track record. Only then would iran be treated like any other nonNuclear Weapons state party to the nonproliferation treaty. With all the rights and obligations including inspections and a binding commitment to not build a Nuclear Weapon. The bush proposed this concept. Dozens of countries adhere to the npt. Some constraints would be removed after a significant time. Others would remain in time indefinitely. Including a monitoring regime. Iran would have to implement the same hard to agreement and additional protocol. Even after some core constraints are completed, far more Intrusive Inspections will be required that before this agreement. Some have argued iran would be free to develop a Nuclear Weapon at the conclusion. That is simply not true. Iran would be prohibited from developi
Chairman, and thank you, mr. Wheeler for your long and dedicated role, and i know it is often thankless. While opinions differ, your dedication is appropriated. Chair wheeler sir, i recognize your badge, and thank you. Rep. Russell thank you. You stated earlier today that it you came to an evolutionary decision because you determined it was reasonable for isps, but not reasonable for consumers with this ruling. Is it not true that federal taxes could be applied to consumers where it was once prohibited . Chair wheeler that is in the hands of congress. The tax freedom act specifically, the freedom of information act prohibits specifically that and whether that has changed is outside rep. Russell but from an Informational Service to a communication service, does it not lay the foundation for consumers being taxed. Chair wheeler again, that is going to be your decision and not mine. Rep. Russell was it possible when it was just an Information Service outside of title ii . Chair wheeler In
Certainly we have good examples, colombia, because of courageous leadership. Im not seeing a lot of democracy flourishing in venezuela or cuba, from that standpoint. Can you help me out in terms of what youre talking about . Theres no doubt that democracys not flourishing in cuba. And its part of the president s effort to pursue a new approach to see what more we can do to help the cuban people begin their own political opening. As we look back over the last several decades, whats important to remember and acknowledge about our hemisphere is this was a region that was largely ruled by authoritarian government, some military, some not, but which has found through its commitment to human rights and its ability to organize and use Interamerican Solutions like the Interamerican Human Rights Court and the Interamerican Court of human rights to develop Civil Societies around human rights issues and use that to build democracy. Whether its chile in the 1980s, our work in Central America to fa
Coming defense review or Budget Planning team. Barry, welcome to the team. Thank you, vag go. Congratulations for your slot on the defense news top 100 most influential people. That was the biggest thrill of the year. So lets start off with the report. Each report begins with assumptions about threats to the United States to be facing and whats going to be needed to meet them what. Are those threats and whats the right strategy to address those threats as cost efficiently as possible . The group was more optimistic than many people in looking at the world. They see russia as a country that doesnt pose any threats now and really wont, cant for many years. They see china as a potential threat in the future but recognize we have common interests in china which would ease that threat. And they see the great instability in the middle east as posing specific threats to us such as the chemical weapons in syria which could fall in the hands of terrorists, but see these threats as threats to be