on behalf of the san francisco /amman sister city community, i would like to welcome you all to this historical event. his majesty, king abdullah, loves san francisco, and he has a great respect for mayor newsom. he inspired all of us to work and accomplish this sister city agreement. our thanks don to the mayor for his encouragement and cooperation. our thanks to the chief protocol, a good friend, and her secretary. and to the director of protocol. where is that you? i don't see him. we also welcome the mayor welcomeamman -- the mayor of amman, who made it one of the top cities in the world. welcome to baghdad by the day. actually, mr. newsom, used on the line, i needed an appointment to come and see you at the governor's mansion in sacramento, california. [applause] by that time, i strongly believe that the mayor will be the prime minister in jordan. [applause] and we are going to come up with a new thing in the united states. we are going to ask your permission, mr. newsom, to make the great state of california the sister states of the kingdom of jordan. [applause] the goals and p

our mayor wanted this to celebrate the signing ofp sister city agreement between amman and san francisco, the first sister city in an arab country, and it is our 17th, and we are proud of it. mayor newsom has been contemplating this, looking forward to this from early in his administration. may i present mayor newsom. this is your day. >> thank you. thank you for taking the time to be here. we apologize for competing but there is nothing more glorious for a new father, the sound of children's vo.

her tones clearing collection ramona plaza the amman maidens hotel believe park close a movie to medicine shift it was promised to taper cush promise. the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather here for a two day summit in yokohama japan to get down to business. despite its declared death socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the world many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. sifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to our planet's climate and what is this world coming to which drives me answer that question right ahead. i know you're watching r t broadcasting live from the heart of the russian capital they already account for hot for global economic activity but they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade. so there is a following the apec summit the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are now gathering here in a yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that just happened in seoul w

and would never die if nothing was in amman street. they are not to lists they are researchers. and field workers on land then in deep water. they face to face this is not a provocation but more of. a full of shit that machete first step is what is sure to suppress the trace tricks they have no idea about the hardships to face. they wanted to says it all to tunis and. in the army the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand fully that you have to live a. real life stories from. nineteen forty five. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news make. up stories and we hear in our team spies and lies and videotape georgians feared police and a russian paranoia could find them accused of espionage next. to ads are better than one russian nato pledge to work together to create a fan system to neutralize common threats. obama called that shellacking critics say it was just a good old meeting but something past now votes there were publicans to victory in this week's u.s. mid

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that north korea sold nuclear technology and other weapons to states including iran syria and me in amman the report says one hundred million dollars worth of arms and other equipment have been shipped but sales go against the u.n. imposed sanctions on north korea to try and wash its nuclear activity after it tested weapons and. iraq's eight month political deadlock is nearly over after a power sharing deal was finally agreed prime minister nouri al maliki has been reappointed then as president talabani who is kurdish was about to be reelected politicians from the main rival sunni muslim bloc walks out in anger voting procedures maliki now has thirty days to try and form a new government. while on the way in about ten minutes time artie's a special report focuses on what became the symbol of the fall of nazi germany sixty five years ago. this is just a parliament building in berkeley and. then. sixty farmers or. it was the final target of the last major of from some from the man army. scout troop became the symbol on the fall of the financial tsunami. and the victory all were nazi germany

quite proud when we were in amman for our brief one-day visit in amman, we were joined by dina and david, who had been in amman and been if jordan as official election observers. dina with the national democratic institute, david with the international republican institute, observing jordan's parliamently elections, which was two weeks ago today. so we had the benefit of their on the ground insight in to that experience. and then in israel, we were joined by two other senior fellows of the institute, david pollack, who's doing some important public opinion polling work in the west bank, and andrew tabler, who joined us after visiting lebanon and ended up his trip in israel and i think he went off to parts of gazar, and he did that at the tailend of the trip. now that's all by word of -- by way of background to what we did. we traveled for eight days, of course, this is not the first time either institutionally or personally, members of this group traveled, so we were well versed with the people and the sites we visited. we met with very high political figures in every site. i like to say

political and business leaders in doing so not only in our ahmadi and falluja and baghdad, but also in amman and doha in dubai. the counterinsurgency battlefield on which we thought to be and not just al anbar, not just iran countries in the region. without exaggeration, i can tell you during my time in al anbar, i grew to deeply respect the people of the ancient arab tribes, arrayed along the great euphrates river in the western district. specifically i came to admire the resilience, their spirituality in their faith. i came to respect their courage and almost without exception, their uncommon fighting capabilities. in the end i would come away from the experience changed man. changed for the better. for my exposure and for my immersion in the air of culture of al anbar. that admiration continues today in my current duties. i'm completing my 40th year of service in 2011. these will have been the best, the most formative experiences of my career. all this colors my dedication to our relationships in the region. our relationships with the arab states into centcom's area of responsibility. so