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the idea that the republic of korea did it to themselves -- some of this is preposterous. to take the theory that this was somehow an old mine that had been laying around for decades and popped up and some, cheonan -- and sunk the cheonan. there are people who might believe that and then they automatically hold suspect that the international inspection team did not do their business very well. do we take it seriously? it is hard when we look at the history of provocation by north korea. it is hard to take serious those theories that are off the shelf and really do not make much sense. what we should take serious is what has been discussed on this panel -- china's reaction to this entire thing. within the alliance, every year that we do our exercises for the defense of korea, china looms ever larger in understanding that issue. we do not always get the support we need from other branches of the government or commands within the military. the bottom line is that north korea profits from china's position whether they did it or not. north korea has received an extremely great
the idea that the republic of korea did it to themselves -- some of this is preposterous. to take the theory that this was somehow an old mine that had been laying around for decades and popped up and some, cheonan -- and sunk the cheonan. there are people who might believe that and then they automatically hold suspect that the international inspection team did not do their business very well. do we take it seriously? it is hard when we look at the history of provocation by north korea. it is...
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raleigh, north carolina, tom, republic line. caller: one question i have is this. in terms of the dearrive temperatures and the role think played i would like you to explain some of that what that is and what your perception is in their role. guest: overtime the counter drives were one of the -- derivatives were one of the problems of the crisis in the sense that some of these exotic types of securities, credit default swaps that we hear about that were traded in great quantities across mortgage companies to other investors, at the end of the day they were not on an exchange where there was great transparency between, for example, if i were to issue a security to greta, for example, no one else would necessarily have to see the terms and conditions of the credit default sweep. that is not right. we changed that with the rules now under dodd-frank that we will bring some of that like fannie mae and freddie mac more under the microscope by putting it on zhanges where there will be good reporting associated with it. so of dodd-frank that is one of the better things. h
raleigh, north carolina, tom, republic line. caller: one question i have is this. in terms of the dearrive temperatures and the role think played i would like you to explain some of that what that is and what your perception is in their role. guest: overtime the counter drives were one of the -- derivatives were one of the problems of the crisis in the sense that some of these exotic types of securities, credit default swaps that we hear about that were traded in great quantities across...
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democratic people's republic of korea. the reason i accepted this invitation and came is to relieve some of the sense of urgency that i feel about north korea. one is north korea is convening party conference now, which is different from party congress. party congress has not been convened ever since 1980, so it has been about 30 years that they did not convene. party conference is even older. they did not convene party congress since 1966, so party conference is its first time in something like 66 years. and why? it is not as simple as party conferences held to approve kim jong il's choice of his successor. i do not know yet, but we should find out about that. we should talk about that. another thing about north korea is those of you who are watching north korea, the most routinely scheduled event in north korea is the meeting of the supreme people's assembly. it is like congress here. every four years, they have had elections. in north korea, it is once every five years. they have 687 representatives in north korea, and
democratic people's republic of korea. the reason i accepted this invitation and came is to relieve some of the sense of urgency that i feel about north korea. one is north korea is convening party conference now, which is different from party congress. party congress has not been convened ever since 1980, so it has been about 30 years that they did not convene. party conference is even older. they did not convene party congress since 1966, so party conference is its first time in something...
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. >> our coverage of town hall meetings around the country continues now from north-central oregon, where senator jeff mer kley met with constituents for a little more than an hour. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all. we are pleased to have our guest here tonight. he was raised in mill creek. he began his career in public service as an intern for former senator mark hatfield. after working in d.c. for a few years in both the pentagon and the congressional budget office, just came back home to habitat for humanity in portland. he was elected to the portland -- portland -- oregon house of representatives in 1998. in 2006, he became speaker, and held the post until he was elected to the u.s. senate. in 2009, he was sworn into the same seat that was once held by senator mark hatfield. jeff has been relentlessly focused on getting our nation back on track and getting our people back to work. in addition to putting to save jobs, he has worked to bring down the cost o
. >> our coverage of town hall meetings around the country continues now from north-central oregon, where senator jeff mer kley met with constituents for a little more than an hour. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all. we are pleased to have our guest here tonight. he was raised in mill creek. he began his career in public service as an intern for former...