any time when you want to start, sir. Go ahead. Okay. Mr. President, thank you for this interview. In view of what Mr. Gorbachev said to Senator Kennedy, as it's been reported, what do you think the prospects are this year for an agreement with the Soviets on an intermediate-range missile agreement? Well, I'm very hopeful that we can come to some agreement. This idea of separating out the intermediate-range weapons is, we think, a hopeful sign, and now he has not made the SDI in a condition with regard to that. There are some other things in that that are going to cause us to negotiate that we hope can be eliminated. He's kind of made the French and the English an element, and we don't think that we're in a position to negotiate for somebody else. And also the problem of the same kind of intermediate-range weapons being stationed east of the Urals is targeted on Asian targets. And these are the points that have to be worked out, but I'm just optimistic that since we've opened that subject and have made some progress on it that we can achieve that. Is the United States going to submit a counter-proposal that will deal with the British and French and the Asian question? Well, as a matter of fact, we have already, I think, made some proposals to them and haven't had a response yet. The suggestion of that story was that Gorbachev seemed to be saying that he didn't want to have a summit this year unless there was a prospect for a tangible agreement. What's your assessment of that? Is he trying to get out of the summit some way? I can't believe that about him. He was so willing for it, and even then he made the proposal that we have one in 87 in his country, which we agreed to. No, I have to believe that he's expressing a hope, and we are too. I would hope that we could make some progress without waiting for the next summit. Are you still holding for a June or July date? Well, we hope that it can be one of those dates, the earlier date, because of our election. It's going to be, I think, not too easy for us if we get closer to and get into the campaigning season, and so forth, and they're trying to have a summit. They've made one suggestion of a later date, but they haven't pursued it at all, and we've told them why we didn't feel we could do that. Were you surprised that the Soviets had sort of been holding SDI ransom for this kind of agreement, that he seems to have dropped that idea on intermediate range basis? Well, whether he dropped it or whether he never intended to be there, because if you remember the language that they agreed to in the agreement was something about seeking an interim agreement while we go forward with the other interim agreement on the intermediate range. So maybe he's just now confirming that he meant this all the time, but it is progress in our eyes. On the subject of Central America, can the Democratic resistance in Nicaragua survive without military aid, in your view, from the government? I don't see how they could go on permanently without having some aid, particularly in the face of the extensive aid that they're getting from the Soviet Union and Cuba regarding advanced weapons systems and so forth. They've got to be able to protect themselves. Some of your own allies in Congress say that it would be better to take the military aid question up or down rather than just let the freedom fighters wither on the vine with just non-lethal aid. Do you share that view, and are you going to go all out in this... I'm going to go all out to try and get them the kind of aid that they must have. Most of the stories that I have read and estimates I've seen would indicate that it's going to take a very long time for the Democratic resistance there to have any impact. Is this something that we should be starting on now which could be like a 20 years fight down there? I don't think it has to at all. I think, and this is what the Contadora process is aiming at, is what we suggested a year ago, just about a year ago now. And that is that the Sandinista government and their former allies who are now the Contras who fought the revolution against Samosa, that they come together with the church acting as a mediator, they have an armistice and come together and negotiate out how they can arrive at a consensus government that will be what they actually fought the revolution for. Remember that they appealed to the organization of American states for help back when they were fighting against Samosa and they got the help they asked for which was a request for Samosa to step down so the killing could stop. He did. But in return for that, they had given a program to the OAS of what their goals were. And it was democracy. It was a pluralistic government and human rights taken care of and freedom of the press and speech and labor unions and so forth. The Sandinistas then seized the revolution and took it away from the others and they have turned it into the totalitarian state that it is. But I think that the Sandinistas also are being hard-pressed because this thing that has been going on has given them great economic problems and they are totally dependent on the communist bloc for their survival. Well, do you think that it's possible in the White House to get some kind of a negotiated settlement between the Sandinistas and the people in the audience? That's what we've always said we want. Mr. President, on Haiti, your spokesman, there's been some talk about what's happened down there. Do you have any ideas about how to better bring across a democratic transformation and do you plan to resume aid to Haiti that was withheld because of human rights violations? Well, this group that now there's council that has stepped in has made it plain that what they want to do is make it possible now to have a government. In other words, they don't view themselves as the government. They're an interim force and they want to now establish democracy and a government that represents the will of the people. And we're perfectly willing and ready to help in any way we can to bring that about. As I say, we're ready to work with them and do what we can to be of help. Does that include resuming the aid? Of what? Resuming the aid to them that was withheld. I haven't had a chance to talk to anyone about that. We're in the process of reviewing that. Let me see what the new government is. On the question of the Philippines, officials in your government have called for both sides in the Philippine government to work together now after the election. And you just said a few minutes ago in your response to a question that this validates the two-party system there, how do you want them to work together? Do you want them to form a coalition government? And what do you have in mind? Well, no, I would think we have the same thing in our home country. We have a strong two-party system here. And the people make their decision at the ballot box on which party or members of the party get elected or not. And I would foresee that now that there really is a two-party system obviously proven with millions of people going to the polls and voting on both sides, that this is the beginning of what could be the answer to their formal government. Doesn't that mean then that you would accept Marcos winning this or Kino winning? You're not talking about them joining a coalition government. No, I'm talking about whoever wins and the other party doesn't go out of existence. It waits for future elections. You called for free and fair elections. How does the United States respond to these reports of fraud from our observers? And can Marcos ever again make a claim to legitimacy after this? Well, I'm going to wait until I have a chance to talk to our observers who are over there. I haven't as yet. Whether there is enough evidence that you can really keep on pointing the finger or not, I don't know. I'm sure, you know, even elections in our own country, there are some evidences of fraud in places and areas. And I don't know the extent of this over there, but also, do we have any evidence that it's all been one-sided or has this been sort of the election tactics that have been followed there? But what we want is, once the Filipino people have made their decision and a government has been chosen, then we would like to have the same relationship, the historic relationship we've had with the people of the Philippines and with their government. If I could turn to domestic subjects, the budget. Your former budget director, David Stockman, said recently that the deficit wasn't only caused by big-spending liberal Democrats, but by Republicans as well, including yourself. You've been president for five years and under you the deficit is doubled. What's your response to Stockman's comment? Well, my memory doesn't track with his because every year that I've been here we have tried to get the elimination of some programs, reduction of others, putting together a programs. If we had gotten what we asked for in 1981 with regard to the domestic budget, the deficit would be $50 billion less than it is right now. So all of this talk that we did this, all those years back over the last half century when I was making speeches about deficit spending and all, the truth of the matter is deficit spending was a deliberate practice of the party in power. The party in power, which has been there for years with only here and there one or two terms out, was the Democratic Party. And beginning with the war on poverty, the middle 60s and on, this was where the runaway that we'd always talked about. I've always said that it couldn't, that an inflation. You couldn't let them go on without having them break the bounds and start running away. Now, if the escalation started in this 15 years between 1965 and 1980, and the escalation went to the budget going up to roughly five times what it was in 1965, but the deficit was 38 times what it was in 1965. And 1981, our first year here, we were on their budget, not ours. You come in several months into the fiscal year and you will find there again a big increase and it's going on that way. And the only answer is finally what we're trying to do is to have a plan, and this one is a five-year plan, to eliminate once and for all the deficit. With all due respect, sir, every year you've been in office. You proposed a plan, five-year plans. I recall the first one in your speech in Chicago in 1980 in September saying we'd get to zero. And we haven't. Why should people be any more confident we're going to get there now after five years in office when the situation's gotten worse? I know, you gentlemen have delighted in writing about that ever since, frequently. The truth of the matter is, long before the election, I had made public the fact that the plan would not work at the time that I said it would because of the rapid change here in the economic situation in Washington. The runaway inflation, the runaway interest rates, all of those things started. And suddenly the economists who had helped me and given me this plan said, no, it can't do it now. It's going to take longer than that, but we stuck to the same plan and now for 38 months we have had the greatest recovery that we've ever had in the last 50 years. And so I have to think that the plan wasn't at fault. Mr. President, during this period, Congress has repeatedly not done what you've asked in domestic spending and as a result we have this very big deficit. Why is there any reason to think that Congress is going to do something differently this time when for five years when you've been a popular president they haven't? Because they realize now that the explosion has occurred, that the deficit has been institutionalized. It is a part of the whole system of the way the government was set up as is explained by those figures of five times increase in the budget but 38 times increase in the deficit. Now, I think they are aware. There isn't anyone up there that is advocating deficit spending. They're all talking that the deficit must be curbed. The only argument now is which way and they would like to do it in two ways that I think are ducking their responsibility and that is to eliminate our defense build-up and the build-up wouldn't have been necessary if they'd been doing what they should have been doing in the years before we got here. Eliminating that and increasing taxes and they refuse to look at the fact that every time in modern history here that we have reduced the rates, government revenues and prosperity have increased and every time you raise the taxes you threaten another recession, the end of our recovery and these are the only main arguments they're giving us against our proposal for the budget. If I can take up on that, your own polls show on defense that a majority of Americans think that deficit spending is about where it should be. How do you plan to overcome public skepticism and some on Capitol Hill to win approval of this defense budget request at the same time you say that defense spending has brought the Soviets to the bargaining table? Because the people have been hearing a drumbeat, a constant drumbeat of propaganda about defense scandals and defense spending and that it is all wasted and so forth and there's only one way left to go direct to the people and tell them the truth. There wasn't any $600 toilet seat and all those cartoons that run every other week in the paper with Cap Weinberger in a toilet seat around his neck, that's the same price that TWA and Delta and United Pay. It is a molded cover for the entire toilet system and yes it does cost about that much. Now the same thing is true of the $400 hammer. We bought 82,000 hammers and they cost between $6.5 and $7.80 a piece but one invoice came in with one hammer buried in the invoice with a $435 price tag behind it and it was found immediately by a man in the Navy who brought the attention of his superiors and that was changed and we never paid $435 for a hammer but there's the third one, the $6,000 coffee maker. Again, that's the same thing that is in all the great commercial transports and we're having it made for our planes that would carry 365 surface men they might be up there for 10 hours in flight and it's an entire hot cooking system and actually we're getting it for a little bit less than the commercial airlines are paying. Even if those have been exaggerated do you think that Secretary Weinberger has done all that he could do to cut inefficiency at the Pentagon and you've got a commission that you appointed apparently you must think there's something more to be done than what CAP's done. No, for one thing one of the reasons that we appointed that commission was yes CAP has been busy and has known there are reorganizing things that have to be done and he's been working at that and made great progress you'd be amazed at ships that are coming in and planes and so forth ahead of schedule and under budget rather than having an hour car lay but we decided that in the face of this propaganda there was only one answer bring in an outside commission and let them look at the whole thing and then come back and tell us and tell publicly what they have found. I'm quite sure that they will come in with some recommendations of changes that could be made maybe organizationally but I'm also confident that they will help us in trying to make the people understand I'm sure that they will come in with an honest account of what has been accomplished. Now right now the budget we're asking for in defense or 87 that budget is below the projection that President Carter had made as to what the military budget would require in 1987 and we're below that level we have made over a five-year period the savings that we are making will result in 295 billion dollars less than the bill would be if the things hadn't been done that Secretary Weinberger has done already. Can I ask one political question and another topic that you might... Can we make this the last question? Can we do that? Recently your vice presidents come under fire even from some of your most ardent supporters for attacking Governor Cuomo the way he's did it. Do you think that George Bush is pressing too hard too early for the presidential nomination? No, I don't. I think that whatever he does is being viewed by many as all a part of that many of the things that he's done he's done every year for the last five years certain annual things where he has appeared and then suddenly for the first time he gets hailed and that this he's doing and how come he is going to speak to this group and so forth and as I say he's been speaking to him every year. You agree with what he said about Governor Cuomo? Well, I'm not going to comment on that and reopen a feud or not but I've been very satisfied with the conduct of the vice president. Thank you. I think he's been doing a fine job. If I could just add one follow-up to that are you pleased with the way the competition is going in your own party that succeeds you? Bush and Kemp going at it, Hammer and Tong like that? You see, that's what's wrong with having a 22nd amendment. Everybody automatically, the minute the 84 election is over everybody starts saying what are we going to do in 88 and focusing a spotlight on them. I think that it's almost forced on anyone if they're interested in that direction but I don't know what we can do to change it. We told Larry and your chief of staff we won't ask any more questions but if you want to come out for repeal the 22nd amendment and say you'd run again right now it would be one hell of a story. No president can ever come out with himself in mind. I think it's got to be held for whoever's going to be the next president but I do think this, that we ought to take a serious look and see if we haven't interfered with the democratic rights of the people. They can elect a senator for 40 years or a congressman, something of this kind for as long as they want to. Why don't they have the right to vote for whoever they want to vote for? Thank you, sir. All right. What? Your death can be done without a...


I studied the function of aquaporins in plants. Aquaporins are tiny channels which are found in cell membranes and they help the transport of small molecules such as water, carbon dioxide, important for plant functioning across cell membranes. So here we're looking at a plant cell and we have fused, we've attached a green fluorescent protein to an aquaporin of interest. So we can use a laser attached to the confocal microscope to light up this green protein which acts, which glows in the dark and acts as a bit like a torch which is able to guide us and tell us where the aquaporin is located. So in this case we see green all around the outside of the cell and that's because this specific aquaporin wants to integrate so it goes into the exterium, the plasma membrane and all this green that we see is lots of tiny little aquaporins which are found in the plasma membrane. So with the confocal microscope we're able to get really high resolution and sharp images of living cells and so this is a great advantage to us because we're interested in knowing where the aquaporins go within the cell and depending on where an aquaporin is found within the cell this has implications on its function. So if it's on the outside or it's in internal membranes this has the aquaporin as different functions and part of my work is looks at the ciphering where these aquaporins are found and linking that to their function within the plant. So future applications of aquaporin research are quite varied so we're interested in aquaporins as they're really useful in genetic engineering tools in order to make more resilient crops to drought or more high yielding crops as well. So for example if a plant is able to transport important molecules such as water or carbon dioxide more efficiently throughout the plant it's able to do more photosynthesis and this would lead to higher yields.


A time of reawakening and resurgence in Afghanistan, years of turmoil, internal conflict and external interference put the clock back each time the country made a surge forward. At the turn of the 21st century, destiny has put Afghanistan at the threshold of a breakthrough again. Afghanistan is not alone to battle it out. India went through invasions and foreign interference in the past and as such it can amply empathize with the travels of a long-term friend. It is a partnership of history between nations bound as the two are by time-tested tradition of friendship during trauma and turbulence and in times of peace alike. Afghanistan is a mosaic of a multicultural and multi-ethnic society, a landlocked country. Its population had been put at 26.7 million according to estimates for the year 2000. The people lived in harmony and peace in normal times. India's ambassador to Afghanistan Vivek Kachu puts this in perspective. We have had close ties of friendship and cooperation since time immemorial. These ties are now being sought to be strengthened through a desire on the part of both governments and a desire that is buttressed by the peoples of both countries. In our part we are trying to cooperate with the government of Afghanistan by following the priorities, programs and policies of development which they are laying down. It is after all for the Afghan people and the Afghan authorities to decide the direction in which they wish to take Afghanistan and as friends it is our duty to assist them in this process of reconstruction. Afghanistan is a nation on the move. It's women to take part in rebuilding. The role of Afghan women deserves to be seen in a perspective. The Taliban and earlier the Mujahideen put the women fork in the abyss of backwardness. Women had been ministers and holding important positions, often though with a limited role. The rigidity of the so-called Islamic laws by extremists and ultras left them confined to their homes as if cattle. Education, health and transport are the basic needs in a society engaged in reconstruction. All this had to begin from a scratch in a country driven by inner convulsions. Professor Akbar Popol, president of Kabul University, recounts the fate of the academics during the dark period of Talibanization when a large number of academicians and professors had to leave the country for security reasons leading to closure of many faculties and departments. Twenty-three, twenty-four years of war ruined, distracted most of the things here in Afghanistan. Most of the departments here in Kabul University, because of the shortage of the materials, teaching materials, textbooks and most important of all because of the leaving of the professors from Afghanistan, because of certain security reasons, we had to suspend some of our departments until we get back the basic requirement and necessity for the standard department. That's not only true for the Sanskrit department, that's true with some other departments. My students would love to have the Urdu department. Very recently we have opened the department of Turkish origin and we have almost seven foreign departments at the Faculty of Language and Literature. Life is returning to normal in Afghanistan, even if slowly. The way to complete normality is bound to be arduous and uphill, yet it is business as usual in the bazaars of Kabul, even if the old scars will take time to heal. Restaurants and hotels are aplenty serving fast food and of course, Kabuli and Afghan delicacy. Youngsters are also taken to cricket. If things go well, Afghanistan may join other cricket playing nations. The craving for peace is all pervasive in a country that has long suffered under oppression for no fault of theirs.


How much can I earn teaching English in Japan? Japan is one of Asia's more traditional destinations for teaching English abroad, and still one of the most lucrative. With a unique and exotic culture built on hundreds of years of isolation, this fascinating country draws teachers from all over the world.  Depending on experience and qualifications, you can expect to earn between 2000 and 6000 US dollars per month, teaching English as a foreign language in Japan. Foreign teachers have been living and working in large numbers across Japan for decades. However, a significantly increased cost of living in recent years has led to a reduction in the amount that teachers are typically able to save from their salary every month. Having said that, there are still plenty of great opportunities across the country that offer attractive salaries and other benefits, particularly in cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Yokohama. Although it is no longer the top destination for saving large amounts of money, Japan still has plenty to offer both new and experienced teachers. Selleries As with any destination, the salaries can offer very considerably depending on experience, qualifications, location, and type of employment. As a guide, you should expect to earn somewhere between 2000 and 6000 yen, currently 2000 to 6000 US dollars per month. If the job pays by the hour, then a figure of around 2500 yen, 25 US dollars per hour would be typical. In addition to a basic salary, most positions will also include added benefits such as paid airfares, housing, health insurance, and a contract completion bonus. Employers Private language academies known as Aikaiwas employ a large number of foreign teachers throughout Japan. Classes cater to children looking for extra study after school as well as adults who want to learn English in their free time. Working hours are generally in the afternoon and evenings, while weekend work may also be expected. Class sizes tend to be small, averaging around 10 to 15 students. A typical salary is around 250,000 yen, 2500 US dollars per month, with benefits including flights and accommodation possible but not certain. Public schools also hire a considerable number of foreign teachers, either directly or through government sponsored programs. Although there are other smaller programs, the JET program is the largest in the country, hiring around 2000 teachers per year. Salaries start at 280,000 yen, $2,750 per month, with a yearly increase if you decide to stay on after the initial contract is completed. Contracts also include paid flights, accommodation, health insurance, and around four weeks paid holiday. You can expect similar benefits when employed directly by a school, although the salary is likely to be a little lower at between 200,000 and 250,000 yen, 2000 to 2500 US dollars per month. The best salaries for English teachers in Japan can be found at universities and international schools. Either option should pay in the region of 300,000 to 600,000 yen, 3 to 6,000 US dollars per month, depending on experience. To be eligible for these positions, you would generally be expected to hold a high-level teaching qualification and have several years of classroom experience. Competition for university jobs is particularly strong, as they also offer relatively low working hours and up to three months vacation per year. Cost of living As mentioned, the cost of living in Japan has increased considerably in recent years, leading to reduced monthly savings for many English language teachers. One popular option for teachers looking to top up their earnings is to take on private students in their spare time. A typical charge of around 3,000 yen, 30 US dollars per hour, can go a long way to making you stay in Japan even more comfortable.


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Good afternoon. I'm DAV National Legislative Director Joy Elum. And I'm Deputy National Legislative Director Shane Learman. With us is Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee in the 117th Congress. Today we're honored to present Senator Manchin with DAV's 2021 Outstanding Senate Legislator of the Year Award for exemplary leadership and bipartisanship on the Veterans Affairs Committee, as well as his willingness to tackle key veterans issues such as sexual assault, opioid addiction and health care access for veterans living in rural areas. As Senator Manchin, DAV greatly appreciate your legislation to address toxic exposures from burn pits and your unyielding pursuit of justice for the families of veterans whose lives were cut short. You have undoubtedly demonstrated an unflinching commitment to the men and women who serve. Well, let me just say to both of you, to Shane and to Joy, thank you very much, and I am so honored to be named the Disabled American Veterans 2021 Outstanding Senate Legislator of the Year because there are so many deserving Senators and Congresspeople who work just as hard. You all have given so much for our great nation, and it is my honor to serve on the Senate of Veterans Affairs Committee and fight to ensure our veterans receive the support and care they deserve for bravely serving our nation. As many of you know, our veterans in my home state of West Virginia have faced issues of mistrust after at least seven veterans were murdered at the Clarksburg VMC, and there's even more investigation is going on as we speak. Our veterans have endured an acceptable treatment, corroding their trust in the VA system and the care provided to them. Imagine what it feels like to lose a loved one who was supposed to be in the safe, capable hands of VMC and still don't have adequate answers about the circumstances of their death. Their families deserve transparency and answers, which is why I introduced the improving safety and security for Veterans Act, which was signed into law at the end of last year. This legislation requires the VA to submit detailed reports to patient safety and quality of care at VMC facilities and will ensure that Congress veterans and their families are fully informed on the policies and procedures in place at the VA on a national level that could have led to the deaths of these veterans. It also requires the VA to submit a detailed report and timeline of events surrounding the deaths of the Clarksburg VMC after the criminal investigations are completed. And while it's mandated by law that we receive the detailed report within 30 days of the bill becoming law, we're still waiting. We continue to press the VA to release the report as soon as possible and to provide an explanation from the missing deadline, missing the deadline to give West Virginians and Americans peace of mind that their loved ones are being properly cared for. Dennis McDonough, as you know, is our new VA secretary, and we've had some great conversations on this issue. And I'm sure he's working diligently on getting me the information. My main concern continues to be monitoring the quality of care that our veterans receive at our West Virginia VMCs and the VA facilities across the nation. And I'm not going to stop fighting to ensure until we ensure every veteran has the quality care they deserve. I want to thank you all for your service to our nation, our people. We are forever indebted to each and every one of you for your sacrifices and your courage. And let me say this. This is one committee that brings us together. There's two committees that basically bring us together as one, whether you're Democrat or Republican. That's our services committee and our veterans committee. That's what we rally behind. If it wasn't for our military, it would be hard for us to agree on almost anything anymore in this toxic atmosphere. But the veterans and the servicemen men and women who are serving today, keep the country, the glue of the country, if you will, but they keep us together. They keep Democrats and Republicans working as one purpose to make America stronger and better and take care of those who've sacrificed so much. So I want to thank all of you each and every one of you. And God bless you. Thank you for your attention while we wish we could have been there in person today to present the award. We do appreciate you coordinating with us for this virtual presentation and for your very thoughtful remarks.  Thank you to continuing our work with you and your staff to ensure more legislative victories for veterans in the future. Thank you. Well, thank you all. Thank you so much. I appreciate it more than you know, and I am so indebted to every person who has served to make my life better and the freedoms I enjoy every day and I something I don't take for granted.