role, we're joined once again by christopher sabatini.ior director of policy at the council of the americas here in new york. welcome back, chris. >> thanks. good to be back, marty. >> all right, let's talk about, what's the significance of secretary of state hillary clinton's meeting today with president zelaya? >> the first meeting with the deposed president zelaya with the high-level u.s. official. so significant in two levels. first of all, it is giving a certain amount of legitimacy to the fact that he was removed unconstutionally and that he is the rightful president of honduras. but second of all, it actually indicates that the united states is, again -- or washington, d.c., is again becoming the focal point. this would have not happened, say, four, five, six years ago. that both parties and including the -- the fact of the representatives of the government are in washington, d.c. not with the government. but fact that the u.s. has to play a role that indicates that really it's a large and significant player in the region. >> do we