we continue to put our support behind the secretary general and ambassador chris roth to try to move the issue forward. for the time that you would foresee i know it has been an open-ended issue now year after year. >> it's hard to speculate but one might hope the current dynamics where there is change underway i think just thinking underway with ambassador ross's engagement in the diplomatic skills and the international community, one can certainly hope that we will begin to see a new way forward that might bring this to a resolution. >> what is your assessment of the reform efforts taken by king mohammed since the era -- arab awakening? >> he began to make reforms that were well received and we were supportive of those reforms. that effort has continue as i've pointed out under the new constitution. they have now had elections into the islamist led government and we have seen the changes so it is a dynamic government situation which i think it's han very well received by the people. at the same time i also think that they are speaking more and more to bring in the kind of values an