local government in algeria was not susceptible 20 years ago. the message of al qaeda was you were not successful in the overthrowing the government because they had the support of the head of the snake. that is the transition in thinking for terrorists. raise the bar, raise the level of your targeting. raise it from the locals to the foreigners so that when the foreigners leave the locals will go down more easily. i do not think there are doing that well. i think they took a huge hit that really decimated the organization. they have a structure, as i mentioned earlier, was the most remarkably organized and disciplined than any group. once they made the mistake of attacking too many people, security services got serious and they went down. >> we leave this for live coverage of the u.s. house. we will return after this short house session. members are meeting. no legislative business, but members can make speeches. house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication frommthe speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington,

will advance with a win and possibly with a tie in its next match against algeria on wednesday. some tough controversy perspective from roger bennett co-host of off the ball on espn.com and co-author of espn's world cup companion. roger, this french meltdown, have you ever seen anything like it? what's going on? >> the world cup has had its fair of intrigue and its fair share of teams not getting along. it's definitely uwe in world cup history. the great french legend pinpointed two problems for the team last week. they were pretty sizable. the first he said was the coach. the second he said was the team. and their complete lack of teamwork. i all begins there. >> brown: it's risen to the highest levels in france. the president sarkozy has spoken about it. he sent the minister to the ... to visit the team and the sports minister today said that french football faces a, quote, moral disaster. that's very french to put it in moral terms, right? >> this whole incident is exquisitely french. only the french could do team meltdowns in such fine style. i mean french soccer ideally the

local government in algeria was not susceptible 20 years ago. the message of al qaeda was you were not successful in the overthrowing the government because they had the support of the head of the snake. that is the transition in thinking for terrorists. raise the bar, raise the level of your targeting. raise it from the locals to the foreigners so that when the foreigners leave the locals will go down more easily. i do not think there are doing that well. i think they took a huge hit that really decimated the organization. they have a structure, as i mentioned earlier, was the most remarkably organized and disciplined than any group. once they made the mistake of attacking too many people, security services got serious and they went down. i think there are other pieces to this patchwork of that is, if you miss them overseas, and we make fun of the a chest. it is blood sport to go after vhs. -- dhs. there was more questioning at airports. it is a very inefficient way to do business. look at who they are sending in here. you get the inefficiency

this year represents syria, to nietzsche, the west bank, morocco, algeria, saudi arabia.ll spent the day with the delegation at the palestinian investment conference as part of our efforts to build reform. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to meet with president abbas. liberia has is not open to this type of business. the u.s. and liberia are united in a strong partnership to combat the national drug trade which poses a serious threat to both of our countries. alss, the africa is troubled by the government of perinde's decision to eject him a human rights worker. they are a nonprofit organization that is observing the human rights decision. we cannot approve of this decision and we urge them to allow the worker to return to the country. we have been granted access to alan gross in cuba five times. the most recent access was on may 25th and we continue to ask that he be released immediately on humanitarian grounds and be allowed to return to his family. also, our next round of russian talks are scheduled for june 14th-16th here in washington. finally, re

maybe they will follow suit in algeria? >> if the question is about reform or the potential of reform, again, i think that there are people in libya that a spouse or form a little more -- that a spouespouse perform a lie more. -- reform a little more. point, it seems to lie exclusively in his hands. safe is the one that has pushed it. he has pushed it at times and at times he has been successful and at times he has been pushed aside. he is the one that we look to as a gauge. we look to them as the gauge as to whether the reform movement is going up or going down. >> could i try to return to that? i have been falling libyan reform for a few years. to or three years ago, people thought -- two or three years ago, people thought that the process was not only ineffective, but was widely seen to be ineffective. people were thinking a few years ago that that action was going to stop. do you still see the same forms of these local councils and direct democracy being pursued with the same level of engagement as in several years past

this year's cohort is adverse group representing algeria, egypt, israel, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libyaoman, syria, the bishop, the west bank and yemen. in the region, george mitchell spent the day with the u.s. delegation with the palestine investment conference in part of our effort to support the economic reform and institution to efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president obama about the pick and they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this week with both palestinian and israeli officials although some of that schedule is being worked out. today in the dominican republic, the d r is hosting the world summit for the future of haiti, solidarity beyond the crisis. this is the first time donors have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usa are part of this delegation that includes secretary clinton, the deputy secretary and christopher millikan fro

this year's cohort is a diverse group representing algeria, bahrain, egypt, israel, and jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libya, morocco, oman, syria, tunisia, the west bank, and gaza, and yemen. george mitchell to set a date with the u.s. delegation in the palestinian investment conference, part of our effort to support their economic reforms and institution building efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president abbas about the pic, and i think they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this peek with both palestinian and israeli officials. so the schedule is still being worked out. today in the dominican republic , they are hosting the world summit for the future of haiti -- solidarity be on the crisis. this is the first time that the owners have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usaid are part of this delegation that includes cheryl mills, counselor to sec