So we begin with the 11th hour debate over the National Security agency controversial phone records collection and a part of the patriot act the house overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make changes in the extension of the law which expires on june 1st. We should not establish an alternate system that contains a glaring hole in its ability to function. Namely the complete absence of data requirement. Efforts to extend a program. Already declared. How can we abstain from an illegal act . Libby casey in washington. What is going to happen here for the holiday recess . We have two deck ladies, june 1st, the patriot act expires, but the memorial day recess startswhat time it now . At any moment. Theyre trying to get this through. What is most likely to happen at this point is the shortterm extension of the patriots patriots act. When this comes up again and rand paul much kentucky, who ran a talkathon to protest the patriot act wants it in writing and guarantee that hell be able to in
This change of environment has occurred and today the United States government considers the government of afghanistan a really reliable partner. Commitments that are made are considerable. The funding proposal of supporting Afghan Security forces by 2017. It has reese for . 1 billion. It has reached for poor 1 billion. It is a significant issue. Also, there was a new framework of our Economic Corporation laid out according to h 800 million to which 800 million were made to the afghan budget. But most importantly is the flexibility that has been shown in the area of Security Cooperation. And this flexibility is going to ensure and provide confidence to our Security Forces and our people and also is going to said very strong message that this cooperation is not short term but enduring and longterm. Pres. Obama our Strategic Partnership is based on a very simple. We want the afghan, through their Security Forces directed by their president and commanderinchief, to provide for their own s
Ladies and gentlemen last summer i was in, going from india to japan and i stopped in singapore to meet with what people refer to as the Henry Kissinger of the far east. A fellow a lot of you know of equal on you someone that most foreignpforeignp olicy experts note and almost every world leader has sought his opinion. He was kind enough to meet me in his home because he has written and spoken a great deal about the future of india, china, russia and the United States. I sat with him. He is 90 some years old now and i sat with him and his home. He is somewhat frail but he still has an incredibly crisp and sharp mind. In the middle of our discussion i turned to him and i said to him, i said mr. President what is china doing now and literally meaning what is the progress going on . I know president she because i have spent more time with him than any other leader i believe and i think eve knowledges and i was trying to figure out where is china likely to go . He looked at me and he said
And hollande calls the bid for alston unacceptable and focusing on Getting Better offers if the firm. A warm welcome to todays program. Plenty to get through in the Corporate News front. Well be focusing on the bank sectors. But before that, we have the final print of the eurozone pmis. And they have come in at 53. 1. They were forecast at 53. 1. But its the highest since june 2011. Com miss composite 54, german 53, forecast at 55. Italian april surface pmi, 51. 1, and that was forecast at 50. 2. French services pmi, 50. 4. So again the two economies most concerned about coming into the beginning of the year showing continue rebound. Eurodollar up to 139. 20. Up to the best levels of the session. In fact were up to nearly the highest in three weeks. Joining us with his you views and for the first part of the show today, tim hayward, head of fixed income. Another sign of increasing activity in the economies weve been most worried about. Spanish yields now below 3 for the first im time i
One year and the government and russia will have to take into account, and my constituency, and was their first for the elections when there were elections, and they have 14 contenders. You know its still the naval base for russian strategically. Thats for the submarines are and the missiles on submarines when you run the elections in naval base you had to call to me to the office which you can and at least immediately a probably not any cyber. We have china and different geography. So it was much more difficult than just becoming a member but i have to agree with president that in technical terms, in technical terms yours some choose to release of. Basically it problem of russian nonperforming enough. There were consultations with nato because they failed to heed it took me to use tear originally with Warren Christopher and was my counterpart in the United States so that he started to concentrate the on the probable aggression even invited as a new member and could not do that and pro