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it seems that there was an accountant in moscow that wanted to buy a car. he saved his money for years and years, because no one had much money in the soviet union, and there was only one car dealer. it was a crummy, a piece of crap car. he saved for years and years. he put his money down. the surly bureaucrat said that that is good and well, come back in 10 years to pick up your car. the accountant did not miss a beat and said -- is that tuesday or wednesday? the bureaucrat told him -- it would be 10 years, and you want to know tuesday or wednesday? he said yes -- the plumber's coming on tuesday and i do not want to miss it. [laughter] how could we ever conceive of the government owning our car dealerships and manufacturers? people of america would not get it. but the new acronym for gm, do you know it? government motors. we have come a long way, but we have been going the wrong way in the wrong direction. the government, owning businesses, bailing out people who make bad decisions. anybody here think that a banker that makes $100 million per year on wall
it seems that there was an accountant in moscow that wanted to buy a car. he saved his money for years and years, because no one had much money in the soviet union, and there was only one car dealer. it was a crummy, a piece of crap car. he saved for years and years. he put his money down. the surly bureaucrat said that that is good and well, come back in 10 years to pick up your car. the accountant did not miss a beat and said -- is that tuesday or wednesday? the bureaucrat told him -- it...
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it seems that there was an accountant in moscow that wanted to buy a car. he saved his money for years and years, because no one had much money in the soviet union, and there was only one car dealer. it was a crummy, a piece of crap car. he saved for years and years. he put his money down. the surly bureaucrat said that that is good and well, come back in 10 years to pick up your car. the accountant did not miss a beat and said -- is that tuesday or wednesday? the bureaucrat told him -- it would be 10 years, and you want to know tuesday or wednesday? he said yes -- the plumber's coming on tuesday and i do not want to miss it. [laughter] how could we ever conceive of the government owning our car dealerships and manufacturers? people of america would not get it. but the new acronym for gm, do you know it? government motors. we have come a long way, but we have been going the wrong way in the wrong direction. the government, owning businesses, bailing out people who make bad decisions. anybody here think that a banker that makes $100 million per year on wall
it seems that there was an accountant in moscow that wanted to buy a car. he saved his money for years and years, because no one had much money in the soviet union, and there was only one car dealer. it was a crummy, a piece of crap car. he saved for years and years. he put his money down. the surly bureaucrat said that that is good and well, come back in 10 years to pick up your car. the accountant did not miss a beat and said -- is that tuesday or wednesday? the bureaucrat told him -- it...
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you can bet in places like moscow and beijing, they understand exactly what this administration is doing. pressing the reset button with russia, making concession after concession, not being able to deal with the threat of a nuclear iran. ladies and gentlemen, we need a president who appreciates these threats. who is firm enough to deal with them and can take these measures to protect us herat home. i understand, the american people, when they look at a president from the national security point of vi, they are making a huge delegation of authority. they will not get into the specifics of the day-to-day o foreign policy. they are making a judgment on an old-fashioned word. they're making a judgment on character. they want a president who has judgment, steaness of purpose, leadership, will not falter in a crisis, and who does not believe the role of america in the world is to be a well- bred drman. [applause] i believe our safety's sake, critical to our liberty at home, critical to our economic prosperity, the first duty of the sovereign is to protect the people against foreign attack. i
you can bet in places like moscow and beijing, they understand exactly what this administration is doing. pressing the reset button with russia, making concession after concession, not being able to deal with the threat of a nuclear iran. ladies and gentlemen, we need a president who appreciates these threats. who is firm enough to deal with them and can take these measures to protect us herat home. i understand, the american people, when they look at a president from the national security...
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>> 1st, we wish you well as you head off to moscow. that will be an exciting assignment from all indications. with respect to iran, we have a strong partnership with the e.u. and expect to see them taking additional steps to keep the pressure on iran in the comingiran in the coming days. i believe we're making it clear to iran that its pursuit of nuclear weapons and its need less provocation, such as death threats regarding the straits of hormuz, placed it on a dangerous path. air around may have a choice to make. they may come back to the table, as we have made clear to them, and address the nuclear program concerns that the new it is -- that the international committee rightly has, or face increasing pressure and isolation. we do not seek conflict. we believe the people of iran deserved a better future. they can have that feature. the country can be reintegrated into the global community, able to share in the benefits when their government definitively turns away from pursuing nuclear weapons. last october on behalf of the member nat
>> 1st, we wish you well as you head off to moscow. that will be an exciting assignment from all indications. with respect to iran, we have a strong partnership with the e.u. and expect to see them taking additional steps to keep the pressure on iran in the comingiran in the coming days. i believe we're making it clear to iran that its pursuit of nuclear weapons and its need less provocation, such as death threats regarding the straits of hormuz, placed it on a dangerous path. air around...
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you can bet in places like moscow and beijing, they understand exactly what this administration is doing. pressing the reset button with russia, making concession after concession, not being able to deal with the threat of a nuclear iran. ladies and gentlemen, we need a president who appreciates these threats. who is firm enough to deal with them and can take these measures to protect us here at home. i understand, the american people, when they look at a president from the national security point of view, they are making a huge delegation of authority. they will not get into the specifics of the day-to-day of foreign policy. they are making a judgment on an old-fashioned word. they're making a judgment on character. they want a president who has judgment, steadiness of purpose, leadership, will not falter in a crisis, and who does not believe the role of america in the world is to be a well- bred doorman. [applause] i believe our safety's sake, critical to our liberty at home, critical to our economic prosperity, the first duty of the sovereign is to protect the people against foreign a
you can bet in places like moscow and beijing, they understand exactly what this administration is doing. pressing the reset button with russia, making concession after concession, not being able to deal with the threat of a nuclear iran. ladies and gentlemen, we need a president who appreciates these threats. who is firm enough to deal with them and can take these measures to protect us here at home. i understand, the american people, when they look at a president from the national security...
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get a couple months ago nobody believed there would be massive demonstrations in moscow, so we had to be prepared, and i am sorry for the long answer. >> i want to add something to the same topic before i answer your question. i believe in having extraordinarily substantial and superior military might. i believe in having an -- right now we have 280 ships, and the navy said we needed at least 313 to meet our missions around the world. i want to raise it to 15 ships around the world. we have fewer ships in the navy then we have ever had. i want to make sure we have 11 aircraft carrier task forces, not just because we need to win wars, but we need to prevent wars. ronald reagan used to say four wars began in his lifetime and not one of them was because america is too strong. in the defense department i am going to use those savings to make sure we rebuild our armaments and also to make sure we can care for the veterans. good whole lot of them are coming home mentally and physically damage, and i would like to add to our troops. i will not shrink our military. with regards to where we pu
get a couple months ago nobody believed there would be massive demonstrations in moscow, so we had to be prepared, and i am sorry for the long answer. >> i want to add something to the same topic before i answer your question. i believe in having extraordinarily substantial and superior military might. i believe in having an -- right now we have 280 ships, and the navy said we needed at least 313 to meet our missions around the world. i want to raise it to 15 ships around the world. we...
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a couple of months ago nobody believed there would be massive demonstrations in moscow. so, we, as a nation and world leader, have to be prepared to offer an answer. >> f. thank you, senator. i want to add a comment to that same topic. i believe in having extraordinary substantial and superior military might. right now we have about 280 some odd ships. the navy says we need to have at least 313 minimum to meet our missions around the world. we are building nine ships a year. i want to raise that to about 15 ships a year. we have a few ships now in our navy than we ever have had since 1917 -- 1970. i want to make sure that we have 11 aircraft carrier tax forces. i am willing to make that investment, if not because we to make it to win wars. we need to make that investment to prevent wars. ronald reagan used to say that for wars began during his lifetime and not one of them began because america was too strong. cut back on our deficit and the defense department i will use those savings to rebuild our armament. also, so we can care for our veterans. a lot of them are coming
a couple of months ago nobody believed there would be massive demonstrations in moscow. so, we, as a nation and world leader, have to be prepared to offer an answer. >> f. thank you, senator. i want to add a comment to that same topic. i believe in having extraordinary substantial and superior military might. right now we have about 280 some odd ships. the navy says we need to have at least 313 minimum to meet our missions around the world. we are building nine ships a year. i want to...
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host: linda feldman has covered the united nations and moscow for the science -- christian science monitor. charles bierbauer spent years at abc before going to cnn. let me ask you about all these debates. one of the questions as we look ahead to 2016, and as a professor who teaches this, we heard speculation that mitt romney will not participate in the two debates. the campaigns are complaining that there are far too many. it makes it difficult campaign. guest: i am not sure that should make it difficult. it should help them get a rhythm. we have seen far more debates. we have a very competitive media environment which is part of it. the network i used to work for, cnn, and fox news and nbc, every one of the networks wants its share of the debates, a good promotional tool, no question about that. it also shows there reporters and anchors has been engaged in the process. ultimately it is free media for the candidates. it is an opportunity for them to hit national markets, to be seen nationally, as well as in the states currently being contested. and one would expect that the candidates und
host: linda feldman has covered the united nations and moscow for the science -- christian science monitor. charles bierbauer spent years at abc before going to cnn. let me ask you about all these debates. one of the questions as we look ahead to 2016, and as a professor who teaches this, we heard speculation that mitt romney will not participate in the two debates. the campaigns are complaining that there are far too many. it makes it difficult campaign. guest: i am not sure that should make...
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chief was appointed a day after christmas and i have the brand new facility that they opened up in moscow. you are looking at two symbols of the gru. the one on the right it was there until 2009 and the other one is an exploding bomb. reportedly, this came out of the russian media that it is the largest intelligence service. we know that they fsb svr have 4000 intelligence officers and the have half the population that had during the cold war. the population of the soviet union was 296 million people when they were collapsing. in 2011, the population has dropped about 140,000 russians which is half the population -- 140 million russians which is half the population. that is a 20% drop in the size of the service. they talk about the fact that they gru has more people overseas doing for intelligence. it is a spy organization. it does not have a domestic mission. the russians said there was six times as many as the fsb and the svr. it was never touched by the collapse of the soviet union. it has continued on. there has been some changes in intelligence services this year. espionage, acquirin
chief was appointed a day after christmas and i have the brand new facility that they opened up in moscow. you are looking at two symbols of the gru. the one on the right it was there until 2009 and the other one is an exploding bomb. reportedly, this came out of the russian media that it is the largest intelligence service. we know that they fsb svr have 4000 intelligence officers and the have half the population that had during the cold war. the population of the soviet union was 296 million...
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host: linda feldman has covered the united nations and moscow for the science -- christian science monitor. charles bierbauer spent years at abc before going to cnn. let me ask you about all these debates. one of the questions as we look ahead to 2016, and as a professor who teaches this, we heard speculation that mitt romney will not participate in the two debates. the campaigns are complaining that there are far too many. it makes it difficult campaign. guest: i am not sure that should make it difficult. it should help them get a rhythm. we have seen far more debates. we have a very competitive media environment which is part of it. the network i used to work for, cnn, and fox news and nbc, every one of the networks wants its share of the debates, a good promotional tool, no question about that. it also shows there reporters and anchors has been engaged in the process. ultimately it is free media for the candidates. it is an opportunity for them to hit national markets, to be seen nationally, as well as in the states currently being contested. and one would expect that the candidates und
host: linda feldman has covered the united nations and moscow for the science -- christian science monitor. charles bierbauer spent years at abc before going to cnn. let me ask you about all these debates. one of the questions as we look ahead to 2016, and as a professor who teaches this, we heard speculation that mitt romney will not participate in the two debates. the campaigns are complaining that there are far too many. it makes it difficult campaign. guest: i am not sure that should make...
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. -- moscow couglet me start somet narrowly and then brought in and out as we go. let me start with a couple of events right at the beginning of your tenure as on the boenvoy. start with annapolis. condoleezza rice in her latest book suggested that the obama administration missed an opportunity, that the previous prime minister of israel put a remarkably expensive offer before the palestinians and that the obama administration could have built on that. instead, the obama administration reset the clock, erased the past, and demanded a settlement freeze. why happened? why did annapolis fall away? why did that offer completely fall away? >> it is a matter of well- established public record. i went to the region just a few days after my appointment. it was in the midst of the israeli election campaign, which have been fed pureed 10, 2009. about two weeks before the election, olmert made public the details of the offer that he had made during the annapolis process in his discussions with abass. immediately, the major candidates to succeed olmert, now prime minister neta
. -- moscow couglet me start somet narrowly and then brought in and out as we go. let me start with a couple of events right at the beginning of your tenure as on the boenvoy. start with annapolis. condoleezza rice in her latest book suggested that the obama administration missed an opportunity, that the previous prime minister of israel put a remarkably expensive offer before the palestinians and that the obama administration could have built on that. instead, the obama administration reset...
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new chief was appointed aay after christmas and i have the brand new facility that they openedp in moscow. you are looking at two symbols of the gru. the one on the right it was there until 2009 and the her one is an exploding bomb. reportedly, this came out of the russian media that it is the largest intelligence service. we know that they fsb svr have 4000 intelligence officers and the have half the population that had during the cold war. the population of the soviet union was 296 million people when they were collapsing. in 2011, the population has dropped about 140,000 russians which is half the population -- 140 million russians which is half the population. that is a 20% drop in the size of the service. they talk about the fact that they gru has more people overseas doing for intelligence. it is a spy organization. it does not have a domestic mission. the russians said there was six times as many as the fsb and the svr. it was never touched by the collapse of the soviet union. it has continued on. there has been some changes in intelligence services this year. espionage, acquiring
new chief was appointed aay after christmas and i have the brand new facility that they openedp in moscow. you are looking at two symbols of the gru. the one on the right it was there until 2009 and the her one is an exploding bomb. reportedly, this came out of the russian media that it is the largest intelligence service. we know that they fsb svr have 4000 intelligence officers and the have half the population that had during the cold war. the population of the soviet union was 296 million...