Transcripts For CSPAN2 U 20120319
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that in 2007-2008, the boycott lasted 8 months. this time, it lasted 2 months when we had no troops in iraq. i think it is useful to provide this comparison, because it offers context that, in my judgment, has been lacking in public discourse on iraq since the war ended. if you read the newspapers and listen to the media, it would suggest that as our troops departed iraq, so did american influence. our administration allegedly has shifted focus away from iraq. for example, it has been reported that our ambassador cannot get in to see the prime minister and our diplomats cannot leave the compound. here are the facts. our engagement has increased, not decreased, since the withdrawal of u.s. forces. embassador jeffrey has been in to see the prime minister a dozen times. that is far more access than our ambassadors in other countries debt. the speaker and many others are seen almost every day. movements from the embassy and our consulate have increased from more than 1200 in jan
reminding us, to republish those documents in our hearts, and that is only a unifier. it is not divisive. thank you so much, congresswoman. thank you. [applause] i am being given instructions by somebody. should i go now? thank you for allowing me to be a part of this. you have got great people up here, by the way. as michele leaves, some people criticize her accuracy, and she mentioned 21 generations, and 21 would be 399 years, just celebrating the 400th anniversary of jamestown, so you are right on target, may be understated by half a generation. i just wanted to say that. see you later. thank you, congresswoman. thank you, thank you. thank you so much, congresswoman, for coming and joining us. she is truly a leader and a strong voice for us on the hill, and we appreciate her. our next question is for senator hatch, and this is coming from online, and the question is from provo, utah, mr. young, and he says, will the realistic response to obama b.p. to what
focus on the muslim brotherhood is that they are o of the two institutions that are, right now, maneuvering for influence and power in whenever the next stage of egyptn political development is going to be whatever the next stage of the egyptian political development is going to be. america s job is to do whatever it can to help manage or influence the political transition in egypt. but, it is important to observe that, in all events, our influence is limited in this kind of affair. it is especially limid, given that we enter into all this turmoil as the united states government without a strategy. i think the fact that we did not, over the last two years, have an adminiration that was reaching out to multiple players in egypt and cultivating people and institutions and ideas that ould have helped us with better information better intelligence, better contacts, more influence it has put this in a position where the united states government now is largely a bystander rathe
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