key players, with whom we have to be engaged in addition to the american israeli connection is america/egypt, america/turkey. america/saudi arabia. >> now, when you endorse what mrs. sadat said about patience and space, does our political system really ever have patience? can it allow space? i mean, you know, you have the ngo crisis which on the big scale of things doesn't seem to be a huge crisis, although obviously important for those who are involved. and you had people calling for cutting off economic aide to egypt. you have the muslim brotherhood do well in the elections, made a lot of people uncomfortable. do we have the patience? what does it take to have that patience? >> well, we better have that patience first of all. because we don't have it, we're going to be faced with other things which will not be very comfortable for us. i mentioned some of them. we have to be patient, but we have to have a strategic vision for the region. i'm afraid we no logger have a strategic vision for the region, and worse we're gradually being pushed out of the region. or maybe we're drifting out of th

key players with whom we have to be engaged, in addition to the american-israeli connection is america egypt, america turkey, america saudi arabia. >> when you endorse what mrs. sababa said about patients and space, who does our political system really ever have patience? can it allow space? you have the ngo crisis, which on the big scale of things does not seem to be a huge crisis, although it is important for those involved. and you have people calling for cutting off economic aid to egypt. you have the muslim brotherhood doing well in elections and that made a lot of people uncomfortable. what does it take to have that patient? >> we better have that patients, first of all. if we did i have a, we will be faced with other things which will not be very comfortable for us. i have mentioned some of them. so we have to be patient, but we have to have a vision for the region. i am afraid we no longer have a strategic vision for the region, and worse, we are gradually being pushed out of the region. or maybe we are drifting out of the region. i remember when i went into the u.s. government, we h

gaza, you cannot say i left gaza, but then you left it so close. >> there's an open border to egypt now. >> americagyptians. i'm sorry, you were in the administration that put pressure on them. >> it's scary. >> the use of the word "terror." terror built the wall. there was no wall for years and years after 1967, and sharon built it when they were killing israelis in buses and cafes week after we're after week. we're not talking about terrorism. >> there's a difference between building a wall on an internationally recognized armistice line and building a wall deep inside of the occupied territory. >> it's the only country in the world today that is under daily attack, rockets and missiles. >> israelis not under daily attack, elliott. i'm glad it's not under daily attack. i'm delighted. the israeli security establishment acknowledges it. >> because you denounce it and the war i suspect you also denounce. it's precisely -- >> one question to rula because i was struck by one other piece in the newspapers which was a controversy in israel that the one arab on the supreme court -- >> yes. >> -- did not

go back to its balance but as you mention of america you call it a mess in egypt with these recent democratic elections the muslim brotherhood voted in by the majority is it just simply a case of contrasting ideologies here. hey listen elections are very important for democracy but elections are not i mean a election is not. something that if it is done it means democracy you see what happened in egypt there islam. the religion took place and this small liberal party is that they came to into being in the last few months we did they did you have to did you young people who demonstrated in the streets they could not they were able to perswade the egyptians to vote for them because in the last thirty forty fifty fifty years egyptian did not understand didn't know what was what is what was democracy what is democracy they did their love with me gyptian was done even through mubarak period through slum to religion you see on one side you have the muslim brothers penetrating into the society on the other side. in the textbook of the schools from the elementary school to to the high school islam wa

people who were protecting bin laden but hunting down the people who were helping america, i think the muslim brotherhood in egypt and you look around the region, this is going to get much worse. it's why i've called for an american energy policy. we need to decide we're going to produce our own oil and we're going to frankly be capable of surviving without having to define or dominate the region because i don't think we have the will power or the capacity to do the things you have to do to fundamentally change the region. >> schieffer: you say it is time to leave. you mean let's leave. let's start leaving right now. >> i think we need to reconsider the whole region. we need to understand that our being in the middle of countries like afghanistan is probably counterproductive. we're not prepared to be ruthless enough to force them to change. and yet we are clearly an alien presence. that was the real meaning of the reaction to the koran burning. i mean the fact is those korans had been, in fact, defaced by muslims who were prisoners. they had been abused by muslims not by americans. and yet the instantaneous anti

egypt. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- the queen and her country. in celebration of her diamond jubilee, queen elizabeth rededicate herself to the service of britain in grand fashion. vertical torpedo is what the hollywood director calls his latest creation. a potentially record-breaking one man submarine. he hopes to reach the deepest part of the pacific ocean. >> this is the experimental submarine that will take one of hollywood's most famous directors to the deepest places on earth. james cameron has long been assessed with the ocean, now he is getting ready for the journey alone 7 miles down. -- james cameron has the long been obsessed with the ocean. he will spend 10 hours underwater. if something goes wrong, he will be crushed in an instant. do your friends think that you are a bit mad? >> they know me. there is always the possibility of something not having been checked your installed properly. my wife is nervous about it but she backed my play 100% because she knows this is what i believe in. >> this is a hollywood project. many of the team

think it would be the military is going to play a prominent role for years to come in egypt as it has from latin america to turkey. it will take a long time to disentangle the military from public life again. i at least have been re-assured by the military's initial relationship with the parliament which is noisy at times, but has been fairly successful so far. >> thank you ambassador, pat person. what's the status of bahrain as a banking center for financial services? is there still investment inflow in that area and what in particular would you advise u.s. business at this point? >> most certainly bahrain remains one of the strongest centers of banking and financial services in the gulf. despite the unrest of last year and perhaps even more impact of the economic crisis of 2008 and competition from the other cities in the gulf most particularly dubai for the service they still remain a very attractive place for banking for financial services. and we see an inflow of those companies along with worrying outflow from some of the banks. a couple of banks have moved. some of the other banks have establishe

america. they left the country. they go to places like egypt. imagine it's better to do business in egypt than of america because of the present policy. we saw what the president did on the keystone xl pipeline, say no to the. the president has included a policy that's actually reduce american energy production and supply. of course, the president has been to saudi arabia. he has bowed down to the print and has begged for more oil. i missed and you been to saudi arabia as well and had similar meetings, is that accurate? >> i have been to saudi arabia. >> asking them to produce more oil? >> well, we certainly, saudi arabia is one of the few countries -- >> have you asked them to produce more oil, yes or no? i'm almost out of time. >> allow me to continue. >> i don't have the time. a yes or no question. did you ask them to increase production? >> we would like saudi arabia -- >> an almost out of time, i apologize but rather than going to saudi arabia, i have mapped out come it's only about a five minute walk from your office to the white house. i

we have no diplomacy engaging with these people we you know in america we don't really understand that for example the president of egypt who you know being alleged as a defendant of his i'm not trying to defend him he's not on trial but he's not this is the military commander of that country i mean he is. he has to say you know basically answer to the supreme leader to this parliament he cannot similarly poor nuke. the fact to my mind is this what's happening is we are now in a state of martial law and war a global i was told back in december by a very close friend of mine who has time who who knows the former presidential candidates disclose who that is this candidate's office told my friend by march of this year he should consider leaving the country and i didn't understand i understood why because the n.b.a. but i didn't realize it and the a national defense authorization act actually comes into effect tomorrow this act that obama has called for and signed stipulates that even american citizens can now be targeted by the military picked up and imprisoned indefinitely without civilian trial thus throwing out our join

america cable companies as a public service. >> next a panel of u.s. ambassadors from countries including libya, egypt and tunisia, speak about the economic and political prospects in those countries and others. the national u.s., arab chamber of commerce hosted the eventis month. >> thank you, ambassador, for that. very interesting. we're now our first panel. we're all in full attendance. i think perhaps should we start down at the end with ambassador gray. if you could all just give us five minutes of introduction and then we'll start with our q and a. >> great. thank you. thanks to all of you for coming this afternoon and i want to thank our hosts and particularly david hamud though he couldn't be with us due to previous commitments overseas. my name is gordon gray, the u.s. ambassador to tunisia, and obviously 2011 was a year of profound political change in tunisia. in addition to these political changes came the realization of the importance of job creation to the success of the transition in tunisia. and this led in turn to the further opening of tunisia markets to foreign trade and investment.

world to try and offset the arab spring there's a laugh in egypt and elsewhere they have their own agenda here which doesn't quite shine with america's and let's see if we can sort it out in advance of this meeting and sunday but unfortunately i don't see the call. coming off always interesting here your thoughts chris bambery thank you very much for joining us live there from london political analyst there chris parry thank you. spain has passed his deepest budget cuts yet amid loud public discontent hundreds of thousands spilled out of the streets across the country and thursday where demonstrators clashed with police and broke windows and possibly owner greaves is in madrid. twenty seven billion euro has been slashed that's the equivalent of thirty six billion dollars us aimed at reducing the deficit to five point three percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and twelve some fees already raised about this figure three soon billion euros rudy's credit rating agencies they say that she vowed for siebold billion euro need to be cut from the budget what they are doing is stashing same team percent from all budgets from all the ministries so

egypt. for example revolution in bahrain and saudi arabia chief in beirut where ali has been working has also quit same reason which we started by guests from america who only criticize the regime in syria and support the regime in bahrain and persons who just apply nato intervention this is unacceptable this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by. the. government by maybe the west throughout the through of this war. with no and look proof amergin all of the international media is involved in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share for what follows. r t beirut lebanon. bringing the war in afghanistan so close is the american and british leaders main focus is prime minister david cameron if this is the us london has been washington's main ally in the conflict cameron says people now want an end game. tough talk took some time off to watch a game. president obama took the british prime minister to a basketball game in ohio as the white house said to underscore the special relationship between the two allies especially indeed the two nations have been

egypt struggle with freedom and democracy. how do you feel the events taking place in those countries impact america's national defence? >> we are going through a very historic time in the middle east. the last time we encountered anything like this was the fall of the soviet elite -- soviet union. suddenly, the number of nations is going on their own and trying to develop what their system of governance will be, how to basically put together the institutions that govern, how to be able to develop the kind of reforms that they need to put in place in order for people to participate in their government. what is happening in the middle east, what happened in tunisia, egypt, what happened in libya, the turmoil we now see in syria -- we see a middle east that is truly in a changing state in which people are, in fact, trying to achieve a chance to be able to have a better life and to be able to govern themselves. we have seen these dramatic changes. i think the important thing is to try to do what we can to make sure these changes move by the right direction. when that kind of literal revolution takes place, there are all k

the whole nation of egypt is not against america. but if the regime in power is going to take americans who came over there to help them, who were participating in helping a process so that egypt could continue to get u.s. funds to stabilize their country, if they're going to declare war on those individuals, then we'll take out that which is presiding, attempting to govern. we won't nation build, but we will allow you -- you put whatever government you want in place, but if they come against america we will come against that government. not against the people but against the government. we'll take that government out and then you pick some other government. we don't care who it is. we don't care what kind of government you have. as long as they're not at war with america. but you commit these kind of criminal acts of war against american citizens, against america, we'll take that group out that's governing in that manner and then you find one that won't declare war on america. that's what needs to be done. not releasing the blind she

america. >>> it has been a year since the chaotic protest in egypt's tahrir square, but the events that unfolded minds of a group of women. they've accused an egyptian army doctor of forcibly administering so-called virginity tests. now an egyptian court has acquitted the man. cnn's international desk editor is the here with more. why was this doctor acquitted? >> he was tried in a military court, not a civilian court. many say that because of that, he was garnered favor, and the judge presiding over the case said the statements they received from witnesses is contradictory. based on those grounds, they acquitted him. but the accuser's attorney is saying we're not going to stop here. we're not going to accept this verdict and they're going to take it possibly to authorities outside of egypt even if they have to go as far as the international criminal court. >> you said this was a military court, no the a civilian court or a criminal court. so any other options? >> well, not in this situation given the fact that it's a heavily military-run state at this point, but, again, these women -- they're n

the old ways are still dominate in egypt with critics accusing the new islamist strong parliament of turning the constitutional assembly into a. surface over america's cherished democratic past in washington gets even tougher and the silence home grown protests. the business is. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at moscow i'm sure the syrian regime has pointed the finger at saudi arabia and qatar saying the arab states were involved in the chain of terrible lost in syria's largest cities the gulf nations have been accused by assad's government of arming whoever carried out the attacks which left around thirty people dead and dozens injured the boy who is in the region now reports with the latest. the two sides involved in this conflict the opposition and the syrian government obviously blaming each other for the queen suicide bombings that took place in damascus and syria second largest city often left over the weekend now opposition says that everything has been staged by the syrian government to sort of you know deflect that time ssion from its own crackdown on its people oh god the syrian government obviously disagrees with that and

the old ways it still dominated in egypt with critics accusing the new islamist strong parliament of turning the constitutional assembly into. plus. surface over america's cherished images of democratic bastion as washington gets. silence of homegrown protests. it is good to have you with us here. live in moscow the syrian regime has pointed the finger at saudi arabia and qatar saying the arab states who are involved in the chain of tara blasts in syria's largest cities the gulf nations have been accused by assad's government of whoever carried out the attacks i wish left around thirty people dead and dozens injured. on a bike i know who is in the region has the latest. the two sides involved in this conflict the opposition and the syrian government obviously blaming each other for the twin suicide bombings that took place in damascus and syria second largest city often left over the weekend now opposition sours that everything has been staged by the syrian government to sort of in or defrocked at times from its own crackdown on its people the syrian government office and disagrees with that and sad that this latest example of violence is yet another ag

with a we have to be engaged, in addition to american israeli connection is of course american egypt, america turkey, america and saudi arabia. >> now, when you endorse what mrs. sadat said about patience and space, does our political system really ever have patients? can it allow space? you know, you have the ngo crisis, which on the big scale of things doesn't seem to be huge crisis, although obviously important for those who were involved. and you have people calling for cutting off economic aid to egypt. you have, you know, and the muslim brotherhood do well in the elections. made a lot of people uncomfortable. do we have the patients? what does it take to have that patient's? >> well, we better have the patience, first of all. if we don't have and we are going to be faced with other things, in which we will not be very countable force. and i mentioned some of them. so we have to be patient, but we have to have patience for the region. i'm afraid we no longer have a strategic vision for the region, and worse, we are gradually being pushed out of the region. or maybe we're drifting out of

as we fight for freedoms around the world, syria and egypt and sudan and they have this whole kony movement, in america man cannot go home safely. that to me is the crux of this. if we're really serious about what it means to be an american and the constitution and our inai inailable rights, that's what this conversation is about. >> martin's parents spoke with the "today" show's matt lauer today. >> i feel he needs to be arrested because a crime was committed. my son is murdered. my son is not with us no more. nothing can bring him back. >> judge, this was a controversial law when it was passed. it gives people in florida the right to protect themselves with deadly force. does that complicate chances for an arrest and conviction here? >> it absolutely does. this is an emotional case. common sense dictates it's easy. but when you do the legal analysis, it becomes much harder because details like, he was carrying a gun, he had a permit to carry a gun and florida allows that. he didn't listen to the police when they said, don't follow him. he doesn't have to under those circumstances. the "stand your gro

america. >>> the fractured world of post saddam iraq, the civil war in libya, egypt in the wake of revolutiontimes" risked his life to find human stories amidst all that war and devastation. two weeks ago today, shadid died of an asthma attack in syria, unable to get medical care. he was covering the violent conflict that has killed more than 7500 people in that country. shadid was only 43 years old. he left behind a wife and a baby. his wife said he has just finished his masterpiece about rebuilding his ancestral home in lebanon. he was supposed to be on it, but she was taking his place. she spoke to me earlier tonight. >> i am trying to get my head around it. it's just so unreal, so unbelievable. it's -- you know, it's an unfinished life. and he left too soon. and just part of me feels like when someone had so much more to give and to do and had so many more plans, at least in the near future, they should not go. i'll never understand. >> he writes about being in libya, and he was in libya in the civil war. i remember reading the "new york times" covering his coverage of libya. he talked ab

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think the military is going to play a prominent role for years to come in egypt and in many other countries from latin americato turkey. it well take a long time to disentangle the military from public life again, as it has all over the world. but i have been reassured by the military initial relationships with the parliament, noisy at times but has an truly successful so far. >> ambassador patterson. >> i have a question for ambassador krajewski. what is the status of arena's a banking center or as financial services? is there still investment inflow in that area and one in particular would you advise for u.s. business at this point? >> most certainly bahrain remains one of the strongest centers of banking and financial services in the gulf. despite the unrest of last year and perhaps even more the impact of the economic crisis in 2008 and competition from the other cities in the gulf, most particularly dubai. they still remain a very attractive place for banking, for an angel services and we see in inflow of those companies along with outflow from some of the banks. a couple of banks have moved as i said. s

imagine is better to do business in egypt and america because of the president also policies.e said no to the keystone pipeline. the president has implemented a policy that has reduced american energy production and supply. the president has been to saudi arabia. he has bowed down to the press and has been begging for more oil. you have been to saudi arabia and have had similar meetings asking them to produce more loyal. oil.ore had you asked them to produce more oil? >> allow me to field. >> it is a yes or no question. >> when we went to saudi arabia? >> rather than go into saudi arabia, it is only a five minute walk from your office to the white house. instead of going to saudi arabia, go to 1600 pennsylvania avenue and asked the president to reverse his policies that have reduced production in america and made gas prices higher. there is no consistent policy to get permits. we have lost one dozen rigs. we have lost thousands of jobs because of that. the keystone pipeline. we have lost 1000 barrels from canada. this epa attack on fracking is killing an ovation. we talked to

better to do business in egypt than in america. we saw what the president did on the keystone pipeline. the president has implemented a policy that has reduced american energy production and supply. he has been to saudi arabia. he has to beg them for more oil. i understand you have been to saudi arabia as well. >> i have been to saudi arabia. saudi arabia is one of the few countries -- >> have you asked them to produce more oil? >> allow me to continue perry >> i did not have the time. >> -- continue. >> i did not have the time. rather than go into saudi arabia, i have mapped out, it is a five minute walk to the white house. i would suggest going to 1600 pennsylvania avenue and as the president to reduce -- reverse his policy. in the gulf, there is no consistent process to get permits. we have lost a dozen rigs. the keystone pipeline, we lost a million barrels from canada. the attack on fracking is killing innovation. we talk to a company -- i ask you pursue the administration policies. >> the gentleman's time has expired. if you w

america's cable companies as a public service. >> georgetown university recently convened a panel of psychological lohrs to examine a group of scholars in the arab world. this discussion looked at egypt and how the views of american reejs freedom don't easily apply in arab countries. this is about an hour and ten minutes. >> let me turn now to the panel of experts. first tell me tell you what we've asked them to reflect on and you'll find a remarkable similarity to other themes of this conference. this isn't everything we asked them to do. this is the things we asked them to give some thought to. whether a free and fair academic system for all religious actors is best for egypt and other arab spring countries in the long run. second, whether a regime of robust reejs freedom which we poz it, although they may not is an essential component of religious democracy. whether robust religious freedom is likely to moderate the liberal radicalism of some religious actors or is it to the contrary more likely to unleash liberal radicalism. finally and here we move back to the area that we just discussed a bit in our keynote conversation. how can u.s. foreign policy including our policy of advan

think the military is going to play a prominent role for the years to come in egypt and many other countries from latin america to turkey. it will take a long time to disentangle the military from public life again as it has all over the world. but why has been reassured by the military's in the initial relationships with the parliament, which is noisy at times but has been fairly successful so far. >> i have a question for ambassador krajeski. what is the status of bader reign as a banking center per say for financial services or is there still investment inflow in that area, and what in particular would you edify use the u.s. business at this point? >> most certainly they remain one of the strong guest centers of thinking financial services in the gulf. despite the unrest of last year and perhaps even more impact of the economic crisis in 2008 and competition from the other cities in the gulf coast particularly in dubai for their services. they still remain a very attractive place for banking, for financial services, and we see an inflow of those companies along with the worrying outflow from some of the ban

dominate in egypt with critics accusing the new islamist strong parliament of turning the constitutional assembly into a funk. and the people they work for a year. until they try to surface over america's cherished democratic as washington gets even tougher in a bid to silence homegrown protests. worldwide news around the clock this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory solution the syrian regime has pointed at the finger at saudi arabia and qatar saying the arab states were involved in the chain of weekend terrible loss in syria's largest cities the gulf nations have been accused by assad's government of whoever carried out the attacks now which left around thirty people dead and dozens injured in the region is on a point. the two sides involved in this conflict the opposition and the syrian government obviously blaming each other for the twin suicide bombings that took place in damascus and syria second largest city off the left over the weekend now opposition says that everything has been staged by the syrian government to sort of deflect attention from its own crackdown on its people. and government obviously disagrees with that and says the latest example violence is yet and now t

egypt with critics accusing the new islamist strong parliament of turning the constitutional assembly into a farce. plus. i think people thought they were free to descend into really trying to surface over america's cherished image as a democratic. silence home growing protests. hours after five pm on monday here in moscow this is r t with me rolf restriction welcome to the program the syrian regime has pointed the finger at saudi arabia saying the arab states were involved in a chain of tara blasts in syria's largest cities the gulf nations have been accused by assad's government of arming whoever carried out the attacks which left around thirty people dead and dozens injured. in the region not one points. the two sides involved in this conflict the opposition and the syrian government are obviously blaming each other for the twin suicide bombings that took place in damascus and syria second largest city of aleppo over the weekend now opposition sours that everything has been staged by the syrian government to sort of you know deflect that thompson from its own crackdown on its people the syrian government obviously disagrees with that and says that the latest example of violence is yet another

egypt tunisia whatever for example the revolution and behave as they enjoy zero chief in beirut where ali has been working has also quit for same reason. we started to invite guests from america who only criticize the regime in syria and support the regime in bahrain and persons who justify nato intervention this is unacceptable. this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by external power. actually breaks through the government by maybe the west to fuel this was. with no i look proof emerge in all of the international media is involved in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share portfolios. r t beirut lebanon. government shuttle parliamentary elections for the seventh of may russia's praising that move change in reforms a long overdue on the ground syrian troops of over one another flashpoint city. back armed rebels their opposition activists claim the areas now become the scene of a crackdown while the government's ailing victory against what it calls foreign funded terrorism rebel political leaders have confirmed that they've been promised more weapons from abroad and the inte

egypt. >> syrian activists are posting videos shoiing tanks and cries have gone unanswered. former cia officer tells me that is not likely to change. >> this is probably in america'serest that the current government subdues a rebellion in a civil war. >> and the government is controlled by the minority. the rebels along with the majority of syrians are sunni. >> my best take on syria is that it's become a sectarian war. >> the fear is that the conflict will escalate outside of syria. and i asked what the united states should be doing. he relayed this conversation with a member of the brotherhood. >> he said why aren't you doing more for the people? and i said fem are worried about a civil war. he says well, get rid of the regime it and will be okay. i said what are you going do with the minority ruling sect? he said half jokingly we're going kill them. >> under the joke there is a certain amount of truth as the tanks circle around the strong hold, he says this isn't going end here. >> i don't think this is the end of the conflict. but i'll bet if you're a fly on the wall, in the oval office, saying god i wish this would end, quickly. >> and he describes the middle

i think military is going to play a positive role for years to come in egypt, as it has in many other countries from latin americao turkey. it will take a long time to disentangle the military from public life again, it's it has all over the world. but i at least have been reassured by the military's initial relationship with the parliament, which is noisy at times it has been very successful so far. >> i have a question for ambassador krajeski. which the status of bahrain as a banking center per se for financial services, is there still investment inflow in that area, and what in particular would you advise u.s. business? >> thank you. most certainly bahrain remains one of the strongest centers of banking financial services in the gulf. despite the unrest of last year and perhaps even more impact of the economic crisis 2008 and competition from the other cities in the gulf, most particularly dubai for their services. this tournament a very attractive place for banking, for financial services. and we see an inflow of those companies, along with worrying outflows for some of the banks. a couple of banks have moved

america. the main thing to do in the short term is to maintain the military relationship. the reason egypt did not become syria when you had people rising up against the rot owe crateic -- against the autocratic regime is because the army stood up against the people. the relationship we've had with the egyptian people for over 30 years paid dividends. the egyptian officers coming to american military academies and schools have been maintained as we go forward. honor the treaty with israel, make sure you write a constitution worthy of a bright future in egypt, and to all the political leaders in egypt, the world is watching, the arab world is watching, and if you have a narrow agenda, if you have an exclusive agenda, then you will be doing your country a disservice. so we will be a willing partner but not under any and all circumstances. maybe we've learned our less son that you just can't have partnerships without basic principles. we look forward to working with the egyps parliament and people, but you have the chance to change the course of history. don't lose the opportunity. mr. hoeven

egypt into a radical islamic state. the muslim brotherhood also maintains active ties to hamas, a terrorist organization that openly calls for the destruction of israel. of course, america should stand with the egyptian people, however, if the radical elements of the muslim brotherhood are left inchecked in that country, the security of the citizens of israel, egypt, and the united states all will be in jeopardy. on july 19 of 2011 i wrote a letter to the house committee on armed services chairman, buck mckeon, on the troubling revelation of a possible u.s. military sale to the government of egypt. it stated in my letter, it has come to my attention that the defense security cooperative agency notified congress on the first of july 2011 of a possible military sale to the government of egypt for 125 m-1 a-1 abram kits for production and associated weapons and kits and parts, training, and logistical support. america must continue to stand with the egyptian people and encourage them to build their own democracy with new political parties and freedoms. however we must exercise caution with regard to military sales and support to the egyptian government until the government

egypt struggle with freedom and democracy. how do you feel the events taking place in those countries impact america's national defence? >> we are going through a very historic time in the middle east. the last time we encountered anything like this was the fall of the soviet elite -- soviet union. suddenly, the number of nations is going on their own and trying to develop what their system of governance will be, how to basically put together the institutions that govern, how to be able to develop the kind of reforms that they need to put in place in order for people to participate in their government. what is happening in the middle east, what happened in tunisia, egypt, what happened in libya, the turmoil we now see in syria -- we see a middle east that is truly in a changing state in which people are, in fact, trying to achieve a chance to be able to have a better life and to be able to govern themselves. we have seen these dramatic changes. i think the important thing is to try to do what we can to make sure these changes move by the right direction. when that kind of literal revolution takes place, there are all k

egypt. we have this debate over our own humanitarian efforts now, the efforts of america to be of assistance in this transition. i raise this not because we can solve this year to date, but it so fundamental in what we're talking about with saddam. americans do want to help. they want -- about sudan. americans do want to help. i feel we are being stymied. there is a debate going on as to whether starvation, someone should not only be allowed or they be encouraged as another form of warfare. this is really a fundamental foreign policy problem we are going to have to face. despite our very best attempts, we are now being rebuffed by those who say this is just interference on your part and we are not one to allow it. if we're going to start, we are going to start by ourselves or starve each other. having made the pronouncement, i appreciate so much, ambassador lyman, ambassador, for your work on the ground. >> senator cardin. i, too, join in thanking are two witnesses. i also want to thank those on the second panel for bringing a spotlight on this issue that is otherwise difficult. with so many

egypt struggle with freedom and democracy. how do you feel the events taking place in those countries impact america's national defence? >> we are going through a very historic time in the middle east. the last time we encountered anything like this was the fall of the soviet elite -- soviet union. suddenly, the number of nations is going on their own and trying to develop what their system of governance will be, how to basically put together the institutions that govern, how to be able to develop the kind of reforms that they need to put in place in order for people to participate in their government. what is happening in the middle east, what happened in tunisia, egypt, what happened in libya, the turmoil we now see in syria -- we see a middle east that is truly in a changing state in which people are, in fact, trying to achieve a chance to be able to have a better life and to be able to govern themselves. we have seen these dramatic changes. i think the important thing is to try to do what we can to make sure these changes move by the right direction. when that kind of literal revolution takes place, there are all k

america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >>> a high profile standoff is threatening to derail u.s./egypttion secretary ray lahood, was detained in egypt until late last week. these are images of six of them on their flight home. millions of dollars were paid in bail for freedom. sam lahood is joining us now for his first television interview. back in december 29th your offices were raided. by january 21st when you were headed to the airport you discovered that you couldn't go. you had a ban on leaving the country. and finally that travel ban was lifted and you and six other americanss were able to leave the country on wednesday. bail, i understand, was roughly $300,000 per person. so start me first and foremost how does it feel to be back in the united states? >> well, i'm thrilled on the home and reunited with my family and my wife. i'm excited just to be able to reconnect with people who sent me e-mails and were praying for all of us and looking forward to our release. and my wife is excited that we're going to finally get to have our honeymoon. i was married in september. we weren't a

america will be there to help secure. they are being surrounded on all sides by ensxhees have to worry about their peace agreement was jordan and with egyptthey need to know that they have got the -- the u.s. the superpower. the leaders of the free world being on their side and knowing they will not be destroyed as ahmadinejad. those in iran want to see them. wiped off the face of the earth. >> that's sarah palin speaking to fox news about -- israel -- a year ago. and we were just speaking the previous block about the fact that its torecally jews have -- voted for democrats and have been extremely active in both causes. not to say every jew is liberal obviously but in terms of where they fall in the political spectrum as a group. and so -- so the -- the relationship between israeli and israeli policy is expected. the most interesting features of american politics as it relates to israel, i think, is the ways in which the bond between the american right and american conservatives, particularly american evangelicals, israel have come about in the last 20, 30 years. sarah palin here is obviously a woman who is -- a christian from alaska and