john kerry. we committed not to go to the agencies and talk about conventions for nine months and senator netanyahu agreed to give us prisoners. thise you will honor because i'm hearing from the israeli ministers that it is not encouraging. the question to any palestinian would be if mr. netanyahu cannot deliver an agreement, do you expect to believe us that you will deliver on jerusalem border crucialnts? it's very that the israeli government on .s its commitment it is separate from the agreed not tot we go to the human agency protocols and conventions for nine months. when i came under attack from my colleagues, i believe it is worth it. giving peace a chance is worth it. it's worth it. people in politics have their choice. they can take the comfortable position or the right position. i know this will take the comfortable position. i don't think they will make a difference in their movement in the societies. i have that march 29 will be a day of honor and obligation with the israelis. >> third

reaction from marco rubio and secretary of state john kerry on the sunday morning talk shows today. here is what they had to say. >> if you are asking whether the u.s. should be taking military strikes against russian troops in the u.k. or -- in the ukraine or crimea, i don't think anyone is advocating for that. our nato alliance needs to be reinvigorated. it's an important alliance. the ukraine and poland are part of that alliance and we need to provide assurance of the importance of this alliance and i think we should revisit the missile defense shield we talked about so often. beyond that, as part of strengthening and stabilizing the government in kiev so they can transition to stability down the road, part of that should be strengthening their defense capabilities. athink the threat is long-term one they are facing. >> let me make it clear -- resident putin is not operating from a place of strength here. janik overage was his supported president. was out despite his support. president putin is using force in a completely inappropriate invite the would opprobrium of the world. ga

secretary kerry, i want -- i want to thank you and secretary kerry for the tireless efforts you are putting into this. it is an opportunity to create -- to congratulate secretary kerry for his new granddaughter. we had many productive meetings, but this is truly productive. --hank you both for have passed that since israel entered the peace process have been marked by unprecedented steps that israel has taken to advance peace. we left the house a -- we left gaza entirely. we released hundreds of includingprisoners, dozens in recent months, and looking at what we got in return, it has been suicide bombers, thousands of rockets on our cities fired from the areas -- and just incessant -- stinian israel has been doing its part, and i regret to say that the palestinians have not. facew this is not in the of conventional wisdom, but it is true, and israel knows it is true because what they want is peace. what we all want is peace. paper, although that, too, but a peace that is anchored in mutual recognitions of two states that recognize and respect each other. mr. president, you rightly said stat

on tuesday secretary kerry announced our intent to seek a $1 billion loan guarantee. that will be part of a major effort to build a strong economic support package for ukraine as it undertakes reform. that effort includes the imf and eu, which laid out its packages today. the prime minister and his colleagues understand ukrainian government has difficult choices to make. ukrainian potential has never been matched by its business economic leadership, and now is the time for it to get it house in order. second, deterring further encroachment are unique ukrainian territory and pressing for an end to the occupation of crimea. the president has led a broad international condemnation of the intervention with strong unified statements from the g7 and nato as well as the eu. we are sending international observers from the osce to eastern ukraine to bear witness to what is happening and make clear minorities are not at risk. this was never a credible claim by russia, nor a credible retakes for intervention. we are making clear there are costs for what russia has already done a

secretary of state kerry is in london holding meetings with prime minister cameron. the meeting comes before a crimea.referendum in the u.s. and european union have both said the referendum is illegal and if they goes forward, russia could face sanctions. this is 20 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> good afternoon, everybody. president obama, as you know, asked me to come to london in an effort to try to de-escalate the situation in ukraine. today, foreign minister lavrov and i engaged in a very in-depth , constructive dialogue on how to address legitimate concerns in the context of a unified, sovereign ukraine. the united states strongly supports the interim government of ukraine, and we continue to favor a direct dialogue between ukraine and russia as the very best way to try to resolve the crisis. i came in here in good faith with constructive ideas which we did put forward, on behalf of president obama, in order to try to restore and respect the sovereignty and territorial

secretary kerry has spent the past few days working on that. working with our allies and other interested governments to try to craft the united international community approach to ending this conflict, for russia to withdraw its troops and restore its recognition of ukraine sovereignty. we agree this needs to be a collective international approach. it needs to be a democratic approach. we believe the call of the international community for this to be settled through dialogue, for russia and ukraine to immediately begin talking about this can only happen if the international community is united in supporting this. that is precisely what the secretary is doing in europe right now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. rubin, how do you assess the risk of miscalculation? with so many 747s pointing at each other only one troop -- or one soldier has to fire and things can get out of hand. you mentioned the oec monitors. they've been stopped. as you know, they can't get in. when i visited oec monitors and other countries including georgia and croatia a

secretary kerry announced our intent to seek a $1 billion loan guarantee. that will be part of the major international effort to build a strong economic support package undertakes as it reform. that effort includes the imf and laid out its own substantial assistance package yesterday. hisprime minister and colleagues are committed partners and understand the ukrainian government has difficult reform choices to make after inheriting an economic mess from yanukovych. their considerable economic potential has never been matched by its business environment or time toership. now is a get their financial house in order and realize its promise. deterring further encroachment on their territory and declaring an end to the russian encroachment on crimea. we are sending international observers to crimea and eastern ukraine to bear witness to what is happening and make clear that minorities are not at risk. this is never a credible claim by russia, nor a credible pretext for military and -- military intervention. there are clear costs for russia has artie done. we wan

john kerry, the 6th secretary of state. he began in this post and has been there just over a year now. mr. secretary, welcome again and without objection, the secretary's full prepared statement is made part of the record and members will have are five calendar days to submit statements and questions and extraneous materials for the record. and if you could summarize your remarks, mr. secretary, we'll soon face a short vote series on the floor. thank you. >> mr. chairman, i appreciate that. thank you very much for the privilege of being here with you. ranking member engel and to all the members of the committee, it's a privilege for me to be able to be here with you today. and i hope to please you greatly at the outset by giving you one of the shortest renditions ever. i just want to start by saying thank you to all of you for your leadership which is critical. we have a tough budget. nobody needs to be told that, but it has serious implications. i just want to say to you that it's a privilege for me to lead the 70,000 plus

secretary kerry was in kiev yesterday. he is in paris today. there was a nato meeting yesterday and another nato meeting today osce is sending representatives. the u.n. has had one security council meeting, i suspect there will be more. and other activities along the diplomatic and economic front. earlier this week i directed the department of defense to suspend all not terry to military engagement and exercises with russia. in particular, that includes two trilateral exercises that we had scheduled with the russians, one with the canadians and russians and the other. the defense department is pursuing measures to support our allies including stepping up joint training through our aviation detachment in poland. it is an area that i visited a few weeks ago and augmenting our participation in nato's air policing mission on the baltic and insulin. our [indiscernible] mr. chairman, i think everyone on this committee knows and i know senator mccain was in ukraine a few weeks ago. this is a time for wise and steady and firm leadership. it is a time f

there is a whole range of issues that john kerry mentioned yesterday. and there is a question for mr. putin, who i spoke to directly, and the question for the russian government generally is if, in fact, their concern is that the rights of all ukrainians are respected, given the fact that their primary concern is, as they have stated, that russian speakers, russian nationals are in no way harmed or abused or discriminated against, then we should be able to set up international monitors and international efforts that mediate between those parties, that is able to broker a deal that is satisfactory to the ukrainian people, not to the united states, not to russia, but to the ukrainian people, and so we need to be very specific with the russian people about how that might be done, maybe with some other international organization, and john kerry will pursue that further when he arrives, so there are relatively few paths that russia can take at this point. obviously, the facts on the ground in crimea are deeply troubling, and russia has a large army that bord

kerry's was in russia. and i am wondering how serious the president thinks president clinton is about the democratic crisis and the ukraine cap go >> it is the case that secretary kerry and the foreign ministers did meet to discuss how to resolve the crisis through diplomacy. we're interested in that. in a way that respects the interests of ukraine and ukrainian people. it will be a difficult process, a diplomatic one. to proceed in the current tense atmosphere. that is why we have called on russia to pulled back to pre-russia crisis levels. it is also necessary for russia to establish direct dialogue with ukraine. with international mediation as necessary, and to expand monetary mechanisms on the ground to address legitimate concerns in the ukraine, for the international community to provide monitors to help that come about. above all, we have been clear that the united states will not discuss the future of ukraine, without the ukrainian people. there is no discussion of constitutional change or change in

i note secretary. -- i know secretary kerry was on the verge of announcing something. we keep hearing that. we have private conversations with others. there is no allen's change that we are seeing. what is it that -- there is no allen's change that we are seeing. what is it that is causing assad to negotiate his leadership away from syria? said, reality, as you without change in assad's calculation and change on the balance on the ground, it is impossible you will see the dramatic progress, whether in geneva or anyplace else. at waysooking actively where we can step up our own support for the moderate opposition, which is had it's more -- which has had more of challenges in the last years. we are working more effectively with our partners. >> are we thinking about lethal support, when we have people dropping barrel bombs? are we thinking about doing something to diminish their ability to do that? there have been debates about , having actualt military training, adding actual military -- not our boots on the ground, but getting weaponry to moderates? are we still lookin

days of negotiations with john kerry. both parties come ourselves and the american partners, are seriously concerned. we have expressed our position as to what is happening and what are the reasons. and what are the measures that international community should an inclusive -- that would overcome the deep split within society and to implement the constitutional reform that should in our conviction date part of the interest of all the people of the ukraine. we have expressed the concern no necessary that measures are being taken to provide security and order. no efficient measures are taken to prevent unlawful actions of radicals, that escalate provocations, including armed provocations with file -- with violence and tried to affect what is happening in the country. attracted his attention to the fact that the agreement of the 21st of february is implemented, like -- andp weapons buildings, and our american partners have agreed the order should be brought in this area. they agreed the constitutional reform that needs to ove

should have had kerry as a co-guest. i don't know why people continue to do this democrat-republican thing. it is all about corruption. here in georgia, there was a judge running uncontested. he designs and his next day his daughter registers to be the candidate who wants for his office -- he resigns. i would hate to be in front of that judge ever in the state of georgia. it is all about corruption. it is not about democrats or republicans or the aca. it is about people just being selfish and they are corrupt and they needed to be accountable. guest: if we had the resources to look at everything across the country, i think we would find a number of amazing and striking stories. i guess we're all limited by the resources and time we have. host: jacksonville, florida. republican caller. caller: thanks for digging into this story. i may believe herbalife might change its practices a little bit. i am very upset with ackman. if ackman's stockholders in the hedge fund makes a billion, who pays? i would guess if you look into h

i think that it is worth looking at what the president said earlier today, what secretary kerry said in kiev today. what ambassador power said yesterday at the united nations security council. the mobilization that we saw russia undertake and the movement of troops that we saw russia undertake, the closing of roads, the surrounding of military bases in cry mia -- crimea was all done in response to an imaginary threat. there is no credible reporting of violence against ethnic russians in ukraine, eastern ukraine or crimea, and the president made clear and secretary kerry made clear and ambassador power made clear that if there is an issue and if there is protection that needs to be provided to ethnic russian in eastern ukraine, the proper and internationally lawful way to address those concerns is through international organizations. through the osce, united nations, and the united states would fully support efforts and would work with the ukranian government to support efforts to provide monitors and other means of assuring the protection of the rights of russian -- ethnic russians i

what do you expect from secretary kerry today? purpose ofprimary his visit is to demonstrate support for a ukrainian government that has been in power for about 10 days and it is facing a fragile situation. is of the interesting things if he brings tangible deliverables. there was talk about credits that might help the ukraine bridge to the point when the international monetary fund in program would kick in. host: this is the aid package. is this something the president can do separately? guest: there might be some flexibility on some fronts in the budget, but on larger fronts he will need help from congress. host: there's a lot of talk about how russia is reacting to these moves by the united states, by john kerry being over there, economic moves -- is russia worried about the west right now? guest: i think the russians are not happy about the reaction. on sunday, the seven members of , except for russia, announced they were postponing the meeting that was supposed to happen in june, and i think russia is trying to find a series

secretary of state john kerry response to president clinton's remarks. -- putin'st clinton remarks. >> tuesday, russian president vladimir putin defended russia's move to annex the region of crimea. speech, he said the move to annex crimea was in international law. his remarks are courtesy of "russia today." >> good afternoon members of the council. this thing was representatives of the republic of crimea. -- distinguished representatives of the republic of crimea. russian citizens. [applause] [applause] >> my friends, today we are gather to talk about a very important issue. it is a historic issue for all of us. crimea saw a referendum that took place in line with the democratic procedures and international law. 82% of the voters took part in a referendum. were in favor of rejoining russia. [applause] these are very telling figures. to understand why this choice was made, we need to take a glimpse into the history of the crimea. we need to understand the value of russia to crimea and the importance of crimea to russia. everything is related to russian history. you have places where a

with00, "face the nation," another appearance by john kerry. also, chuck hagel and democratic senator -- along with the american enterprise institute. these are on c-span radio and they are brought to you as a public service i the networks and c-span. three broadcast will begin at press,"h "meet the followed by "this week." 3:00, "state of the union." 4:00, "face the nation." listen to them all on c-span radio. across the country, on ask m satellite radio channel 120. you can download our free app or listen online. with yourontinue calls and comments on the situation in ukraine. what is next for the u.s.? joining us live on the phone is with the is in crimea very latest. the wall street journal is available online, indicating that russia is extending its reach across the region. think you very much for being with us. guest: no problem. host: we have heard from ukrainian leaders that this is a declaration of war. give us your perspective? guest: what we have seen over hours is a-48 consolidation of control by russian forces in crimea, which is n

as many of you know, john kerry is in kiev as we speak, at my direction. he's expressing our full support for the ukrainian people. over the past several weeks, we've been working with our partners and with the i.m.f. to build international support for a package that helps to stabilize ukraine's economy. and today we announced a significant package of our own to support the ukraine's economy and to also provide them with the technical assistance they need. it includes a plan loan guarantee package of $1 billion. it provides immediate technical expertise to ukraine to repair its economy. importantly, it provides for assistance to help ukraine plan for elections that are going to be coming up very soon. as i said yesterday, it is important that congress stand with us. i don't doubt the bipartisan concern that's been expressed about the situation in the ukraine. there is something immediate congress can do to help us. that is to help finance the economic package that could stabilize the economy in ukraine, help to make sure that fair and free elections take p

--re is a kerry citing i wouldn't be surprised if that veered off topic into news of the day. we have been talking >> again the house returns tomorrow for short speeches at noon eastern. the senate begins their day at 4:00 eastern today with a vote on the final passage of legislation involving sexual assault in the military. an all-night session on climate change gets underway. you can watch the senate live on our companion network c-span2. young up, we will bring comment from senator bob casey. he is expected to comment on the afghan security agreements and next month's presidential election. right now though, a discussion on the recent jobs report and anti-poverty initiative supported by both parties. from this morning's "washington journal." host: joining us this morning, nancy cook, and economic reporter for "national journal." tell us what this report means. an ok report. it was better than we had seen in the last few months. the average hourly wage has gone up. there were some great jobs added in professional business services. the bottom line is that if you don't have a

that is why want to thank the indomitable john kerry. new york and tel aviv, those are the cities that never sleep. john kerry is definitely the city -- secretary of state that never sleeps. [applause] i have got the bags under my eyes to prove it. we are working together literally day and night to seek a door both these, -- a durable peace, and the mutual recognition of two nationstates. [applause] israel is the nationstate of the jewish people. with the civil rights of all citizens, and jews and non-jews alike, are guaranteed. the land of israel is worthy identity of the jewish people was forged. it was there were jacob dreamed his dreams. it was in jerusalem where david rolled his kingdom. we never forget that, but it is time the palestinians stop denying history. [applause] just as israel is prepared to recognize a palestinian state, the palestinians must be prepared to recognize a jewish state. [applause] the president recognized the jewish state and in doing so, yourould be telling people, the palestinians, that while we might have

. >> secretary of state john kerry said that russian president vladimir putin's move to claim crimea as part of russia is on the wrong side of history. he is speaking to university students at a town hall meeting. he was disappointed in president putin's remarks. this is 45 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> secretary of state john kerry said that russian president vladimir putin's move to claim crimea as part of russia is on the wrong side of history. he is speaking to university students at a town hall meeting. he was disappointed in president putin's remarks. this is 45 minutes. >> i apologize for being late. we have a few things on the plate. i got held up. i was on a phone call with the prime minister of a country. [laughter] the phone call dropped multiple times. that is modern communications, i guess. i am deeply appreciative that you are here. ambassador ed perkins, thank you for being with us. he is one of the founders of the school. in the university of oklahoma, the founder of the sch

kerry who as going to investigate. did mr. kerry investigate and find out it is in the virgin islands, i hope he not only gets the money back to the russian people but shows to the world who the people are who have actually accepted the money and used it. host: all right, norma. guest: capital flight is a huge problem for russia. last year upwards of $60 million left the country. upwards of more than $20 billion left in january of this year. it is kind of the deal putin has accepted. they can, the oligarchs, take their money out of the country. this is a problem he has with his oligarchs. so this is a question whether the housing market can survive, whether they crack down on -- but capital flight is one of his huge problems. in reality, if russia wants to diversify its economy and crow, it needs the money that is leaping out of the country at a rapid rate. finding a way to help russians keep their money in russia is an important part of putin's agenda. >> please tell us why the american people should care. >> we should care b

kerry spoab friday with russian foreign minister sergay lavrov. quote from secretary kerry -- we raised the issue of airports, raised the issue of armored vehicles, raised the issue of personnel in various places, kerry said, and while we were told that they were not engaging in any violation of the sovereignty and do not intend to, i nevertheless made it clear that that could be misinterpreted at this moment and that there are enough tensions that it is important for everybody to be extremely careful not to inflame the situation and not to send the wrong messages. i am not making that up. so after five years of -- of believing that somehow vladimir putin was anything but what he is, we are now paying the piper. the chickens are coming home to roost. and we do we have a military option? no. but we do have a number of other options. i want to read one other article that was in the "usa today" today by jonah goldberg, "obama in denial on russia." i won't go through a lot of it about student obama, in 1983, then-columbia university student obama penn

. >> next, the russian foreign minister and secretary of state john kerry discussing the situation in ukraine. a house appropriations subcommittee hearing on the 2015 budget request for the agriculture department. >> alex smith, chair of the college republican national committee and natasha mckenzie discuss a new poll profiling millennial's in adulthood. syria,landis talks about the effectiveness of u.s. policy decisions there, and the influence of al qaeda. science students of yellow university describes his field experiment to test whether the offices of members of congress are more likely to grant access to contributors then constituents. we will take your calls and you could join the conversation on facebook and twitter. journal" is live at 7 p.m. eastern -- 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> when we say freedom of choice, let people go their own way. what we mean is that they know best. the government does not know best. the notion of a tommy -- of a omy is a-- auton one-word way of saying that people know better than outsiders do about what will make their lives better. this sounds ki

secretary of state john kerry will be traveling to ukraine tomorrow.

secretary kerry was in kiev yesterday. he is in paris today. there was a nato meeting yesterday and another nato osce is sending representatives. has had one security council meeting, i suspect there will be more. and other activities along the diplomatic and economic front. directed theweek i department of defense to suspend all not terry to military engagement and exercises with russia. , that includes two trilateral exercises that we had scheduled with the russians, one with the canadians and russians and the other. the defense department is pursuing measures to support our allies including stepping up joint training through our aviation detachment in poland. it is an area that i visited a few weeks ago and augmenting our participation in nato's air policing mission on the baltic and insulin. [indiscernible] think everyone on this committee knows and i know senator mccain was in ukraine a few weeks ago. this is a time for wise and steady and firm leadership. it is a time for all of us to stand with the ukrainian people and we're doing that.

i commend president obama and secretary kerry for their leadership. yesterday, the osce announced that 18 participating countries will send 35 unarmed military observers to ukraine. let them reveal the truth. countries with large ukrainian dies a practice, like our country, along with poland, canada, argentina, portugal, the united kingdom and kazakhstan, should have constructive means to help. the international community must make sure that election monitors are trained for the upcoming elections in ukraine on may 25. then, economically, the world community should proceed to work through ukraine's financial challenges. however, any financial assistance to ukraine should be contingent on repayment, and ukraine's new government must clearly at the fine performance standards and lay out a reasonable play to repay any foreign aid. it will require technical assistance, management expertise and loan personnel from governments throughout the world. in addition, the united states and other nations should impose targeted financial, economic, trade and travel

secretary clear -- kerry was clear. let the people of ukraine decide their future. also in collaboration with the european allies as well as others, particularly the osce a $15eir announcement of billion commitment they have made. secretary kerry noted a $1 billion u.s. commitment. i hope the congress would move on that. with some dispatch. the imf is looking at different options so all of our allies and particularly the europeans are all part of this effort. the hold diplomatic -- whole different my -- diplomatic track. clear in active participation with our allies. >> this is critically important and we appreciate that very much. senator lee is next. >> thanks for your service on our country. secretary hagel. the administration has yet to oaca request. make specificto the work [indiscernible] the spectrum, there might be 10,000 troops remaining after their withdrawal. others suggest it might be closer to zero. even at the higher end of these say ates, if it were let the 10,000 range, this would still represent nearly a 2/3 decrease in our presence in afghanistan n

and we are again privileged to hear from secretary of state john kerry. last year, secretary kerry spoke before our committee following a trip to asia dealing with issues related to the north korean regional crisis. today, russian regional aggression is at the forefront. and i'm pleased that the house took a position and spoke very decisively this week, condemning russian actions in clear and unmistakable terms. the u.s. has a strong interest in a democratic and prosperous ukraine. to that end, the house last week passed important legislation to bolster the troubled ukrainian economy. the senate should move on this legislation today and leave imf debates until later. while the committee is interested to here about events in ukraine, the purpose of this hearing is to question the department's budget requests for fiscal 2015. needless to say, resources are tight. and must be aligned with clear goals and objectives. this committee is responsible for oversight of how department resources are spent and we expect the department to think strategically, not react

>> senator durbin and i just got off the phone with secretary kerry. i can assure you that the congress and the president will president ofth the the united states. this is too serious for any partisanship. say what thely reaction would be because it would have to be the extent and size and other aspects of it, but i am confident that the united states of america with our european allies would have a very vigorous response. >> i would just say that when we ,et with the prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk, in washington last week and again today, he made it clear that he is not anticipating be so-called military action of boots on the ground. that is not being discussed. we are talking about other ways that we can help ukraine, other ways that we can put pressure on russia and other aggressors. >> i's i would just add -- would just add that the line has already been crossed. there is no moving from crimea into ukraine. crimea as part of ukraine. so our message to russia and to vladimir putin is that he needs to take immediate steps to de-escalate a situati

secretary of state kerry will be traveling to the area tomorrow. yesterday he said all options were on the table after the kremlin -- were going to- .solate russia before secretary kerry leaves tonight he will head to the american israel public affairs committee conference, taking place in washington. to talk about 6 p.m. eastern and our coverage will start at 5 p.m. on c-span. also israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is scheduled to speak at the group tomorrow. he's meeting with president obama at the white house today. we plan to bring you any comments that may come out of that meeting. to our program on the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. this event occurred earlier last week. >> thank you. thank you. thank you thank you. very much.ll a wonderful welcome here and a us toic morning for celebrate the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the tea party. in my years of slogging this thing out in the public arena we always needed to have the grassroots rise up to save america from the left. you are doing it. i think back of tho

that is why want to thank the indomitable john kerry. new york and tel aviv, those are the cities that never sleep. john kerry is definitely the city -- secretary of state that never sleeps. [applause] i have got the bags under my eyes to prove it. we are working together literally day and night to seek a door both these, -- a durable peace, and the mutual recognition of two nationstates. [applause] israel is the nationstate of the jewish people. with the civil rights of all citizens, and jews and non-jews alike, are guaranteed. the land of israel is worthy identity of the jewish people was forged. it was there were jacob dreamed his dreams. it was in jerusalem where david rolled his kingdom. we never forget that, but it is time the palestinians stop denying history. [applause] just as israel is prepared to recognize a palestinian state, the palestinians must be prepared to recognize a jewish state. [applause] the president recognized the jewish state and in doing so, you would be telling your people, the palestinians, that while we migh

secretary of state john kerry had this to say. [video clip] >> we presented a number of ideas which we believe can provide a path forward for all of the parties. after much discussion the foreign minister made it clear that president putin is not prepared to make any decision regarding ukraine until after the referendum on sunday. united states referendum is clear. we believe the referendum is contrary to the constitution of the ukraine, contrary to international law, in violation of that law that we believe is illegitimate. as the president put it, illegal under the ukrainian constitution. neither we nor the international community will recognize the results of this referendum. we also remain deeply concerned about the large deployments of russian forces in crimea and along the eastern border of russia, as well as the continuing provocations and some of the hooliganism of the young people who have been attracted across the border and come into these, as well as some of those who -- -- those who live there. host: "the post-closed

secretary of state john kerry. [laughter] did you say, taken? -- take him? i feel sorry because it is draining on him i am sure. he does not look happy. [laughter] he sent this message where the president is these venting is. you can see it on him. [laughter] to ask him, why the long face? [laughter] those policies that the cabinet have to ask dana justified, -- have to explain and justify, how do you convey to gluten -- vladimir,utin, " don't mess around or you will feel my flexibility." [laughter] i have a bone and 810. -- a pin. i can run real fast and coke you with my head. -- coke you with my pin. this is the guy who promised to provide for the set, but there are more uninsured today than when obama began the he promised jobs for the jobless. fewer people are working. the average family is bringing home $4000 less than when obama started. he promised us a safe and peaceful world. he has al qaeda on the run. towards us. [laughter] safer? will he got our arsenal allow enemies to enrich? that is like a liberal on gun control. mr. president, the only thing

secretary kerry and president bush does a wonderful job. [indiscernible] i think they did a great job putting the safety on the country. that is what i have to say about it. secretary kerry was meeting with his counterpart in paris. the attempt that russian -- they seek diplomatic agreement but it doesn't seem to come anywhere. the conversation was extremely unproductive. it seems the and -- the administration wants to avoid when you haveion troops on the eastern ukrainian border, there are very real reasons that the situation is going to get worse and it won't be a diplomatic solution that is going to get us out of it. host: he argues if he was president he would take a harder stance against the russian president. talk about his foreign policies. guest: he certainly resents that point of view within the parties. even rand paul, as you just quoted from his column, has moved to the middle. upset and isre calling on the ministry should to do more things in response to russian aggression. when it comes down to the specifics and when it comes d

this is courtesy of russia today. >> we have just had a meeting with john kerry regarding the situation in the ukraine and the actions that our partners are trying to undertake with the russian nato council and others. we need this kind of atmosphere and it's very difficult to work in the atmosphere of ultimatums and threats. it would be very difficult in this type of environment to stabilize the situation. we have agreed that we need to toport all ukrainians achieve -- no, to implement what was achieved on february 21. right now, we will go to the foreign ministry of france. other parties will join us including france, poland, and germany, foreign ministers who were also present when this was signed on february 21. thank you. >> secretary jack lew announced guarantees to help ukraine with its political position. testifying before the senate finance committee, he said do not makections sense. >> before a begin, let me say a few words about the situation in ukraine. territorial integrity is breached by international law. we are looking into a wide range of options including sanctions and

as many of you know, john kerry is in key avenue as we speak, at my direction. as we speak, at my direction, with full support for the ukrainian people. we have been working with our partners and the imf to build support for a package that helps to stabilize ukraine's economy. today, we announced a significant package of our own to support the ukraine's economy, and to provide them with the technical assistance they need. it includes a plan loan guarantee package of $1 billion. it provides immediate technical expertise to ukraine to repair its economy. forrtantly, it provides assistance to help ukraine plan for elections that are going to be coming up very soon. as i said yesterday, it is important that congress stand with us. i do not doubt the bipartisan concern that has been expressed about the situation in the ukraine. there is something immediate congress can do to help us. that is to help finance the economic package that could stabilize the economy in ukraine, help to make sure that fair and free elections take place very soon, and as a consequence helps

he said he spoke to john kerry with it, and the said they want the i.m.f. language but want the aid more. >> in addition to the inch m.f. language being out of there, what about senate republicans? they wanted amendments keeling with energy to ukraine. did they get them? >> that's not going to happen for themful. democrats trop the inch m.f. language and they said, let's move this forward. >> what about the house, didn't they, before they went on their recess a week or so ago, pass legislation that would provide loan guarantees to ukraine? what else do they have to work on? >> the house did pass the loan guarantees measure as a stand-alone bill before last week's recess. the senate has kind of put both sanctions and tide ukraine in the same bill and that's the bill that the senate will vote on tomorrow. the house is considering their own sanctions measure, basically doing aid before the break, now they're coming back and doing sanctions and they're arguing that the better approach -- that's a better approach because the sangs they're considering in the legi

feed them a few line about birth control and thorough infants kerry quotes about the war on women -- throw in some scary quotes about the world women. don't bother their pretty little head about debt or energy independence. imagine if we treated the man like that. a quick word with the sisters here. guys, give us a minute. go play some raising game on your cell phone. [laughter] i will talk to the ladies for a second. we know better than to fall for that victimization line. it comes from the president and his party. if you have a friend or sister or roommate falling for this hooey, you have to set them straight. after was really stereotyping you? you are a thinking, striving individual. those who put you in a box and find you still my body parts -- ll myine -- define you sti body parts. women don't let them use you. unless you choose to be their pawn or their- piece of accessory on their arm. that is not liberation. that is subjugation. this sisterhood fight against that. [applause] [cheering] we fight the mastery that big government would want over us. who are the real women liberat

later in the afternoon on life -- our live coverage continues with secretary of state john kerry and new york senator john schumer, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations between the u.s. and pakistan beyond 2014. there is a longer-term interest in this relationship. i think

while in president -- while in paris, secretary of state kerry eating with his counterpart. in washington this week, congress is back in session. the affordable care act will be front and center as another deadline is met tomorrow, but we're going to begin this morning with your assessment of the president's foreign policy. your calls and comments at (202) 585-3880 that is our line for democrats. (202) 585-3881 for republicans. if you're an independent, the number to call is (202) 585-3882 . you can send us a tweet @cspanwj or join us on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan, or send us an e-mail. already many of you are weighing in on this topic on facebook. a couple of comments from josh saying -- keeping our young americans out of pointless wars -- keep it up, president obama. bonnie says -- what foreign policy? he has none. good morning on the sunday. we want to begin with an assessment of where the president is after his weeklong trip that included stops in brussels, the netherlands and italy. joining us here in washington is fred kempe the president and ceo of the at

secretary kerry is in brussels today. he will be there for nato meetings for the next two days. are issueshat these that our nato partners and the united states will be discussing as well. in general was scheduled to specify in front of the armed services committee this week but he was recall. is there any thought to having another general stay there instead of testifying as he is supposed to do? >> the kind of world do we live in is not a prescribed, weeklong schedule kind of world. depending on issues and challenges that occur, we have the flexibility avoids adjusting our military commanders, depending on where they are required. in the general's case, i think he a smart thing for him to do to have them go back in light of his importance to nato. there was the nato's foreign minister meeting next few days. the supreme allied commander is going to be an integral part of that over the next two days. we're flexible in depending on where we need our commanders. i would like to get your thoughts on this march 14 memo from your department about the banning of tobacco sales on milita