we view the return of the peace corps as a significant event in rwanda's recovery. these young men and women represent what is good about america. i have met former volunteers who have run major aid programs here, invested in our businesses, and even count them among my friends and close advisors. he goes on to say, while some consider development mostly in terms of infusion of capital, budgets, and head counts, we in rwanda place equal importance on relationships between peoples who have a passion to learn from one another, preparing the next generation of teachers, administrators, and c.e.o.'s to see the exchange of values and ideas as the way to build competencies of our people and to create prosperous nation. we will do this because we see the only investment with the possibility of infinite returns is in our children. and because after a couple of years in rwanda, working and learning with our people, these peace corps volunteers will be our sons and daughters, too. there is no more loved organization in the world than the united states peace corps. and at this

whether cambodia or rwanda. what does never again mean to you as a u.s. president, especially given the fact that genocide is going on right now in our four. there are accusations of going on right now in darfur and in sri lanka. does germany have an extra obligation to take action to prevent genocide in other parts of the world? >> with respect to the confidence-building measures or next steps, again, i will be bringing george mitchell back into the region. he will meet with the parties involved. i think i have said publicly and repeated in the speech some things that are going to have to be done. a lot of the tension has been given to my statement that the israelis need to stop settlement construction. i recognize that it has received a lot of attention in israel as well. keep in mind that all i have done there is reaffirming commitments that the israelis themselves have already made. i recognize the very difficult politics within israel of getting that done. i am very sympathetic to how hard it will be, but as israel's friend the united states has an o

president has sat back and let genocides happen over and over again, whether cambodia or rwanda. what depuzz "never again" mean -- what does "never again" mean to you, especially in regard to the fact that genocide is going on in darfur, there were accusations of genocide going on in sri lanka a few weeks ago? does germany not have an obligation to take action to prevent genocide from happening in other parts of the world? >> with respect to confidence-building measures or next steps, again, i'm going to be sending george mitchell back into the region next week. he's going to be meeting with all the various parties involved. i think i have said publicly and i have repeated in the speech some things that are going to have to be done. a lot of attention has been given to my statement that the israelis need to stop settlement construction. i recognize that it's received a lot of attention in israel as well. keep in mind, that all i've done there is reaffirm commitments that the israelis themselves have already made. in the roadmap. i recognize the very difficult politics within isra

and poverty crisis and a significant but less significant fiscal crisis closing down operations in rwanda and uganda, ethiopia and many others. in 25 percent cut in the budget while food prices are rising and the financial crisis and economic crisis is bring unemployment and cutting back remittances. that is a major crisis. we might incidentally remember it that when britain and landed in what is now bangladesh they were stunned by its wealth and splendor and it did not take long for it to be on his way to become the very symbol of misery, not by an act of god and. the fate of bangladesh should remind us that the terrible food crisis is not just a the result of western a lack of concern. in large part it results from the very definite and clear concerns of the global managers namely for their own welfare. is always well to keep in mind that this to an observation of by adam smith about policy formation in england in, he recognized that what he called the principal architects policy in his day the merchants and manufacturers make sure how that their own interests are most peculiarly attend

where was the concern an outcry over what happens darfur or rwanda which is much worse than what is happening andiran? where is the concern for that? also, these republicans, lindsey graham, john mccain -- they just need to be quiet. iran, unless you are aniranian citizen, who are we to say who they should elect? guest: darfur is a very good example of a story that like gaza surfaces and then slips away far too often. 400,000 people indarfur have died because of war or famine in recent years. it is a place that my newspaper spends a lot of time covering. a correspondent spent weeks at a time there. this is an age where stories are of the moment, unfortunately, and our attention span can be very short. iran in particular has captured the world's attention and this country's imagination largely because of the very tangible u.s. national security interests there. that is one of the reasons special attention is paid iran. darfur poses such a huge moral dilemma to the world and a challenge to western powers not to allow genocide again. the response has been inconsistent. it is a story that does de