while usually called the state department, the official name is the united states department of state. it was established all the way back in 1789. with headquarters in washington, d.c., the state department is headed by the secretary of state, currently hillary clinton. its job is to oversee all our foreign relations. in fact, listen to how the state department describes its mission. that's quite a task. and to help the state department achieve those goals is the job of the u.s. foreign service. >> what we want to do is, we want to promote america's interests. we want to promote peace. we want to promote understanding. we want to make sure people around the world know what america is all about. >> assistant secretary hammer explained that foreign service officers are also called diplomats. they're assigned to work at one of the more than 250 embassies, consulates, or diplomatic missions the u.s. maintains in foreign countries. what's the difference between an embassy, consulate, and a mission? >> they all seem to do the same kinds of things, but an embassy usually is in the capital o

department of state, a sector of the federal government, or a nonprofit organization. by pursuing a career involving public service and russia, i know that i will be working in a field that i am passionate about. and it is through nsliy that i discovered my passion for russian studies. thank you, mr. chairman for this opportunity and i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. mr. wood, please proceed with your statement. >> nsliy is a federally funded program by the u.s. department of state that has allowed me to do unimaginable things. without the support, i would not have been granted the opportunities that i have experienced such as going to beijing, china, twice in my lifetime along with speaking in front of you today. additionally, i would not have pursued learning the chinese language. this program highlighted the importance of language, especially the chinese language and how learning the language can benefit me and others. prior to graduating from high school, i had no interest in learning another language. as a student who attended roosevelt

it's a privilege to serve as president of the institute of national education on behalf of the department of state and the department of defense. but what really captured my attention for this hearing was participation in the council on foreign relations task force. it was chaired by secretary condoleezza rice and former chancellor of the new york city public school system joel klein. it was a very bipartisan and very mixed group. but for higher educator, what really was to me the heart of the recommendation was the call for a national readiness audit. which would help us understand the very things your statement and your questions and this committee have been asking about for a long time. how prepared is the nation and at what levels are we teaching all of our citizens to have proficiency in another language? now, it's easy for us in higher ed and international education to forget just how many of our citizens aren't connected to the world and don't get the chance to study it. 70% of americans today don't have a passport. and that's about the same percentage of americans with a college education

department of education. the honorable linda thomas-greenfield, the director general of foreign service and director of human resources at the department of state. dr. laura junor, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for readiness at the department of defense. ms. tracey north, who is the deputy assistant director of the intelligence operations branch for the federal bureau of investigation at the department of justice. and mr. glen nordin, the principle foreign language and area advisor for the office of the undersecretary of defense intelligence at the department of defense. he is representing the director of national intelligence. as you know, it is the custom of this subcommittee to swear in all witnesses. i would ask all of you to please stand and raise your right hands. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give this subcommittee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. let it be noted for the record that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. before we start i want you to know that your full written statements will be made a part of the record, and i'd also like

staff to ope serve as advisory committee members for the department of defense, national security education program, and the department of state's title 8 program. to assist with the administration of the full programs administered by the department. and the staff of the -- of our international education division works cooperatively with the department of commerce's international trade administration western hemisphere office to plan and participate on seminars intended to give students and faculty at hsis an understanding of funding in international business education. and we're also members of the interagency language round table which is an unfunded interagency organization that was formally established in 1973 for the coordination and sharing of information about language-related activities at the federal level. so that's -- that group is a premiere way for the department agencies to keep abreast of the progress and implementations of techniques and language learning, language use, and other language-related activities. >> thank you. i'd like to ask the rest of the panel also to -- to answer this follow-up question now. will

state and the district of columbia. it's making a big difference. the state department is investing more than 30 million a year in the cls and related teacher programs supporting critical language study for more than 1,500 american university, college, and high school students a year. that program, for example, is open to any student in the country and has a remarkable level of language achievement even for the short period it worked. similarly the cls program has done the same thing for the undergraduate students. the final point i want to make is the national security education programs flagship program because while it has some very promising k-12 pilots in place, it has totally reinvented the way that foreign languages are taught today in our universities setting three as the logical outcome for programs and training models that don't even require the undergraduate learner to be a major in that field. together the nestle group and those entitled are low-cost high-quality proven models that we believe are scaleable. they're working in a few places right now that coul

it took us a bit of time to come together, department of state, department of defense, and decide how to work collaboratively building up with the army and the police. we conceded that for a time, these police are going to have to have capability that you would not have to have were you sitting here in washington, d.c. over time, this whole of government collaboration began to bear fruit. but to your other point about the complexity of this, issues of the rule of law, and i will add corruption, are extraordinarily difficult to overcome, because it is extraordinarily difficult for us to see it, and let alone to see it, address -- just two years ago, we had to stand up and anti-corruption force in afghanistan, because we realize the very mission was being placed at risk because of corruption. i would not suggest to you we have turned a corner on a fully understanding, first of all, how to address that as the whole government, and second, what the military's role is. we have come a long way since 2003. as we go forward, that is in an organization we have to keep plugging away at. -- that

>> i was in iraq for a year from 2009 to 2010, and i sent there as part of the reconstruction effort. the state departmenthe fighting, killing, and bombing was not going to be enough. we were going to have to win over the hearts and minds of the iraqi people and the state department sent me and people like me to do that, to win the war. >> for how many years had you been working with and in the united states government prior to going to iraq? >> i had been in the foreign service for 22 years, served overseas almost that entire time mostly in east asia but other parts of the world as well i was a very experienced person and not really shy of bureaucracy. but what i saw in iraq was so wasteful and over the top i had to tell someone. >> was it not only were we wasting money but failing in our ultimate purpose which was winning the hearts and minds of the public. >> we were failing and failed terribly. a chapter in my book is called everyone was looking the other way and that described what we were doing. projects would be funded money spent, no one would look at the results. the important thing was to have p

to allow me to state. >> all right, department of stateuren, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> that's "viewpoint" tonight state right here toer ten "the war room." have a good night.

the fulbright program on behalf of the department of state and the department of defense -- we administer the fulbright program on behalf of the state department and the department of defense. we had a bipartisan and mixed group. for a higher educator, what was the hearts of the recommendation was the call for a national readiness audit, which would help us understand the things that your statement and your questions and this committee has been asking about for a long time. how prepared is the nation? at what labels -- levels are we teaching our citizens to have proficiency in another language? it is easy to forget just how many of our citizens are not connected to the world and do not get the chance to study in it. many people do not have a passport. it is the same percentage of those without a college education that cannot find iran on a map and believe south sudan is it in southeast asia or in south america. most americans who do study abroad go to a relatively few number of countries, many also english-speaking and they study abroad for a short period of time. the other thing we tend

of democracies. he worked as a terrorism finance analyst at the united states department of treasury where he played an integral role in the designation of numerous terrorist financiers. the doctor has also worked for several other united states-based think tanks, including the washington institute for near east policy and jewish policy center and the middle east forum. he studied middle east history in four countries and most recently earned his ph.d. from kings college in london where he wrote his dissertation on the u.s. congress and its efforts to combat terrorism in the 20th century. mr. john casar enjoyed a 26--year career in the federal government intelligence and law enforcement community as an expert in anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. he worked at the department of treasury's financial crimes enforcement network, and this was the first institution set up to take on the issue of terrorist financing. and at the united states financial intelligence unit. he was detailed to work in the office of terrorism, finance, and financial intelligence at the department of treasury and the d

it becomes should we increase, decrease the budget of state department question. one piece of the puzzle. i don't think state is currently composed. staffed. trained, is the right tool for, for managing the world. we need serious reform in state department in terms of who we have there, what backgrounds they come from, what languages they speak, what training they get. but i do think the emphasis you make and the need for -- for an emphasis on diplomacy. diplomacy isn't a soft issue. it is a question of managing alie yaa aala acollective action, using force is not diplomatic. our use of force is military. i absolutely take your point. we don't know which of the two presidents would be more likely. i think the congressional point is real here. i would say there are a lot of people around romney who understand this point. who understand the need for serious investment in diplomacy. there are also some around him who clearly don't. >> if you want to take up that or american exceptionalism question? >> i agree with you, the whole exceptionalism issue has gotten a littl

journalist now for about ten years and having dealt with the state of our regularly i am very skeptical of any claims of the state department is making in terms of trying to help me get more accurate and good information so i find that somewhat dubious but you have you have two tracks here so you have what the state department is doing with this method which is to make it easier for any of the materials the propaganda materials they produce overseas to distribute at the united states at the same time separately and this is not included in the event it is what is what the pentagon has been trying to do now is really aggressively for the past two years which is to tear down the fire wall that traditionally separated public affairs which is talking to americans and information operations which which includes all sorts of activities that pentagon is engaged in overseas so essentially you have and they're also being with the pentagon who really want to get rid of this myth month amendment which is the original regional kind of law that this is overturning so you have a descent of assault on the u.s. population one could describe

department of state issued a travel warning for americans traveling to mexico. the san carlos woman wishes it had been issued before their trip there. the year that timothy was killed, 78 americans were victims of homicide. at least 113 were killed in 2011. the number of americans listed to the state department murdered abroad is made public because the u.s. government is required by law to disclose the information. but that's where it ends. >> the way we will determine once we've arrived at a travel warning, is a lot of kimpbt sources. >> reporter: hugo rodriguez says there's no specific formula for issuing a travel advisory. so, he's unable to tell us how the state department made its decision to issue a travel warning about mexico. >> our regional security officers and our officers overseas are constantly monitoring the local situation. they work with local law enforcement authorities. >> reporter: and those sources give the state department crime statistics. but the government doesn't make their stats public, because officials say they can't guarantee the acc

title late program under the bureau of intelligence and research the department has an agreement with the part of state to assist the programs administered by the department and the staff of the international education works collaboratively with the department of commerce trade of administration western hemisphere office to plan and purchase of eight seminars intended to give students and faculty and understanding of finding another opportunity in international business education. and we are also members of the interagency language roundtable, which is an unfunded federal interagency organization the was established in 1973 for the coordination sharing of information of the language activity at the federal level. so that group serves for the diprete agency of the federal government to keep the progress techniques and technology for language learning, language use, testing and other related activities. >> i would like to ask the rest of the panel to answer this follow-up question. will you please discuss the steps your departments have taken to coordinate federal language education programs? >> thank yo

of the odni. the state department's fsi is a dpreat host to this organization. and you have the defense language steering committee. the national education security education program, all of these things work together, sir. it is the most collaborative group of people that i have ever worked with. thank you. >> thank you. >> this question is for the four of you and for the national security agencies. dod has filled only 20% of the positions with language requirements with qualified employees, and other agencies here are struggling with this issue, as well. what challenges are your departments facing in recruitment, hiring, and retaining personnel with the needed language skills? and what steps have you taken to address these challenges? >> thank you again for that question. we're actually doing very well now in filling our language-designated positions with people with the requisite language training. and right now the state department is at about 70%. we have a very high bar for that, and that is people who have tested recently in the language at a 3.3 level. it

governors i'm assuming we're talking about you know voice of america radio free liberty but specifically what is the state department put out there towards foreign audiences against al qaeda. well that's exactly right so the example that the proponents of the bill give is that the state department had some really great material that they produced and somalia to turn people against al qaida that they then want to target somali you u.s. citizens who are sent back home so that that's what their sort of i think the other argument that they department is making is that this will help journalists and scholars having been a journalist now for about ten years and having dealt with the state department regularly i am very skeptical of any claims that the department is making in terms of trying to help me get more accurate and good information so i find that somewhat dubious but you have you have two tracks so you have what the state department is doing with this is meant with you to make it easier for any of the materials the propaganda materials they produce overseas to distribute that the united states at the same time sep

states that do not follow these guidelines could face a loss of 5% of their justice department prison money unless the governor certifies the same amount of money is being used to bring the state into compliance. finally, this from bright bart news that that organization has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by barack obama's then litterary agency which touts barack obama as, quote, born in kenya and raised in indonesia and hawaii. the booklet was distributed to business colleagues in the publishing industry and includes that brief biography of barack obama among biographies about 90 other authorize represented by that agency and breitbart says this was used, this description, born in kenya was used until 2007 when it was changed to born in hawaii. back in a minute with more washington today. >>> replays of the sunday morning talk shows brought to you as a public service by c-span and the networks,s nbc, abc, fox and cnn, sunday afternoons starting athe noon eastern on c-span radio. >> and welcome back. this is the thursday may 17th addition of washington today on c-span

of state. be in that position dick manages the state department's active tips across a broad range of international telecommune caucuses and policy issues including those arising in the international telecommunications union. the itu as well as other international organizations. one thing i just want to say about dick, and it's true of all the speakers we have that serve in government, serve the public and a lot of the times we don't appreciate the -- the sacrifices they make in the job, but someone like dick to do his job and to do what he does, he's on the road more days each year than any of us would want to even think about, or myself, and we appreciate that, dick. okay. next, is jacquelynn ruff. jacqui is vice president for regulatory affair, at verizon. in that capacity jacqui leads the group responsible foreadvocations and guidance and she directs verizon's activities and international forums including venues such as the itu, the oecd, apec and the -- excuse me. the internet governance conference. so welcome, jacqui. next up is my friend gigi sohn. gigi is president of public knowledge. she'

keystone and coal ash, particularly when in the final environmental impact statement out of the department of state, after studying it for over four years, they said that between the option of not building the pipeline or building the pipeline, the preference would be to build the pipeline. and there's been some discussion today about how long this route is, it's 1700 miles. the only portion that was changed was about 60 miles within the state of nebraska. and the governor of nebraska, the legislature of nebraska support this pipeline. and on coal ash i would just say past democratic administrations and republican administrations have never treated coal ash as a hazardous material. and so, i would just say, i think it would being a great disappointment once again if this fell apart because of two pieces of legislation that the majority of people in america support and support it very strongly. and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> hello, hello, hello. >> there you are. >> we begin by sharing. good omen. senator boxer, representative mika, first i

state budget conversation? which is one piece of the puzzle. it's currently staffed and trained is the right tool for managing the world. we need serious reform in the state department in terms of who we have there, what backgrounds they come from. what languages they speak. what training they get. but i do think the emphasis that you make and the need for an emphasis on diplomacy -- and the diplomacy isn't a issue issue. it's question of managing alliances, of managing institution, of organizing collective action. including military action. collective action using force isn't a military action. it's a diplomatic one. there's use of force and then that's military. i take your point. we don't know which of the two presidents would be more likely to do this. but i think the congressional point is real here. i would say there are a lot of people around romney who understand this point, who understand the need for serious investment in diplomacy and there are some people around him who clearly don't. >> just if you want to take up that or the exceptionalism question. >> yeah, i agree with you the whole exceptionalism issue has gotten goofy. you know, president obama get

department of state and the vatican. has also shown interviews, also been interviewed on dozens of tv and radio programs, and a spoken at harvard law school, stanford law so, george washington university and heritage foundation. she has issued several incisive reports that are included in the congressional record, graduate of you law school. she is represented chinese red cities and their political asylum cases in the united states. i like it now asks pastor -- pastor fu, if you would proceed. the thank you, chairman smith and congressman wolf, and other members of congress. and your excellent staff at the cecc. and i want to maybe just ask to submit my written version. >> without objection your whole statement, or those of any of our, and any items you like to fix to it will be part of the record. >> as the president of the china association i have details for chen guangcheng to escape and contact a team of people who help chen fleet to beijing. i actually learned chen left his house may 23. after chen left the u.s. emb

of foreign affairs posted on their website, a chinese citizen like mr. chen may apply like other chinese citizens like other real vaent departments. the u.s. department of state announced a press release quoting the chinese government quoted that mr. guangcheng has the same right to travel abroad as any other citizen of china. mr. chen has been offered a fellowship from an american university. the chi geez government has indicated that it will accept mr. chen's application for prerpt travel documents. the united states government expects that the chinese government will expeditiously process his applications for these documents. now 11 days later, mr. chen is still in the same hospital room with his wife and two children under defacto house arrest. although mr. chen is under the impression that his application for a passport was made last when he was visited by a chinese official and under chinese law blind persons are supposed to be able to apply orally for travel documents, he has not been notified of any further action on the application. with can exception the half-hour each morning and a afternoon that the children are escorted outside by one of the nurs

by the departments of education of the states of... california florida, illinois... and new york. and by the united states department of education... and the united states immigration and naturalization service. i'm sorry i'm late. carrie couldn't find the key-- ¿ pero que paso aqui ? my feelings exactly. we better check the back. someone might still be in there. you're right. you stay here. no. i'm going with you. it's all right. there's nobody here. all the money is here. i don't understand. - probably one of those gangs. - how do you know ? look at the wall. we are lucky they only came here to mess the place up. yes, very lucky. you are going to call the police, aren't you ? oh, yes, of course. look at this. it has chinese lettering on it. henry must have left it here when he was opening boxes. - so what is it doing in the wall ? - i don't know. maybe they wanted to show us they could do whatever they want to our property. - what shall we do with it ? - oh, just give it back to henry. oh, no ! who is that ? who do you think ? it looks like a war zone in here. have you called the

the administration and of course the department of state firmly supports the position that the united nations is not the place for the day-to-day technical operations of the internet. we have made this point repeatedly and we will continue to make it. the united nations and the itu can do many things, and they can do those things effectively and importantly. and the areas of development, the areas of training as a forum for discussion of international policy matters and the case of the itu preeminently in the area of spectrum allocation and and imagi management on an international basis. but managing the internet is certainly not one of the u.n.'s roles. the internet -- and this seems to have increasingly gained public support at meeting that i attend and that you have attended -- the internet is best left to a multi-stake holder structure, where decisions are made on a bottom-up basis and in which of course all stake holders can participate in their respective roles. this is the environment that has prove i don't know the test of time and has left the internet to innovate and for tha

states. i will speak to the president of the united states on a range of issues that i think are really important. and i will, i think, we've talked about working with the department of state to try to make sure that we're using our ngos and business community prior to the rio summit to ensure that the united states' input at that summit and presence at that summit with representative of what we do best. which is again, innovate and create in the whether you call it sustainability or clean energy or call it lung toxic, low chemicals or you talk about water when it comes to agriculture. we have to feed potentially $9 billion people. we have to address the fact that at this point in time, more people live in cities around the world than rural areas and that's not going to change. i haven't done too much traveling, but when you see what those cities are like in developing countries or in the bricks countries, you know what they know, which is that they have to feed and create economic opportunities. the initial migration is around economic opportunity, but having all those people in one space means that the united states has a lot to give, there's money to be made ar

should be prosecuted for that there's been several reviews done by the cia by the department of justice by the department of state and by the department defense and all those review should be made available to bradley manning's defense it's relevant to the fence it's also relevant to the sentencing which if manning is found guilty will proceed immediately after the trial on guilt or innocence so easily available now well it sounds like the government had a you know wants to have its cake and eat it too they want to claim that these documents did damage national security but that they don't really want them discussed any more court they want to go after bradley manning you know for breaking the law yet they don't want to follow the law by actually having to provide these brady materials but so my question is if you're a judge and this is the law the prosecution has to abide by it. you know what do you do to can you can you throw the trial out or how do you just keep ignoring things like this. yes or a certain point the government's conduct becomes so outrageous that the case should be to. as i think we've passed t

by the departments of education of the states of... california florida, illinois... and new york. and by the united states department of education... and the united states immigration and naturalization service. - jamal ! - what ? i'm sorry. i just wish the phone would ring. any word yet ? -it seems like forever since the paramedics left. -rosa should have called by now. i hope mr. brashov is all right. perhaps our phone is not working. well, it was worth a try. hello ? it's rosa. - oh, good. - what ? what does she say ? what ? mr. brashov is all right. they say he's had a mild heart attack. they say he's out of danger. what's that, rosa ? she said that he's already argued with two of the nurses. yes, that is a good sign. not if you're one of those nurses. can we visit him tonight ? rosa, are visitors allowed tonight ? she says no visitors until tomorrow. well, rosa tell mr. brashov that we wish him well... and that we'll be by to see him tomorrow. okay, bye, rosa. i am surprised we cannot visit him tonight. when my uncle was sick back home, friends and family stayed with him all n

by the departments of education of the states of... california florida, illinois... and new york. and by the united states department of education. and the united states immigration and naturalization service. what a mess out there. with all this construction going on, it's going to take a miracle to get our customers in here. i thought you called the city to find out what was going on. i have called them every morning and every afternoon for the past two weeks. - what did they say ? - nothing. i still haven't spoken to anyone. - in other words, they're campaigning for reelection. - exactly. - hello. - hello. - i am hassan. - i'm sorry, sir. we are not open yet. no problem. i think you should know, sir, there are people who are placing... pieces of wood with stripes on them all over the street in front of your cafe. yes, we know. the city promised to remove them. but it hasn't happened yet. i see. excuse me, one moment. what a strange man. i can't help thinking he reminds me of someone. so-- has anyone seen my cousin ? i told him to wait out in front of the cafe. i should have gues

. >> when it comes to the process, the department of state actually takes the lead. it's a treaty negotiation. >> how many are on a team? are there votes? is it ho 40 people? >> there are 193 member states of the itu. they each have one vote, no reto power. don't matter how many people are in your country. still the same vote. >> kind of like the senate. >> i'll stay out of the bicameral -- >> i know. i know. >> but the idea of every 24 years on the one hand is accurate. on the other hand, this is actually almost an annual issue. there's some other conference, you know, that's almost every year if not several conferences per year. so the itu has many different conferences. for instance the world communicationings conference the ambassador talked about was this past january and february. but we need to look beyond this december. i want to make sure the committee and everybody listening understands it's not just about this december. this is just the latest vignette in this drama. we have to remain vigilant for years to come. there will be more meetings, more possibiliti

of the emergency management agency and the united states fire administrator in charge of the united states fire administration at the department of homeland security. it is indeed an honor to appear before you today to discuss the u.s. fire had fenestration. the fire administration is committed to providing national leadership to foster a solid foundation for the fire and emergency stakeholders and prevention preparedness and response, and my testimony today i will share an overview of the administration's core functions,

department of state that has allowed me to do unimaginable things. without the support, i would not have been granted the opportunities that i have experienced such as going to beijing, china, twice in my lifetime along with speaking in front of you today. additionally, i would not have pursued learning the chinese language. this program highlighted the importance of language, especially the chinese language and how learning the language can benefit me and others. prior to graduates from high school, i had no interest in learning another language. as a student who attended roosevelt high school in washington, d.c., my opportunities were very limited. however during my 10th grade year, i was granted an opportunity that changed my life forever. after much convincing from my a.p. government teacher, applied for the americans studying abroad program also known as apsa. i figured this would be a way to view the world outside my local periphery, but i took a chance and it paid off. i was offered the opportunity to study abroad in beijing, china, for six we

first time in ten year, a majority of new jersians recently polled believe the state is back on the right track. today that number is 53%. he cut spending in every department of state government. we reduced overall spending and by the first full budget by over 9%. not off projections of growth, off of baseline spending from a year ago. we cut education. we cut military affairs. we cut benefits for veterans. we cut everything. and folks told me those were the third rails of politics. i decided to go after entitlements. health care and pensions for public employees. this is when they told me this is going to be the real problem. we went out and put together common sense reform, but tough ones. folks now pay more into their pension. they had to actually pay for their health benefits. when i became governor, public employees were not required to pay anything, zero, for their health benefits. we said the retirement age had to be raised. we said earlier retirement has to have a greater penalty if you're going to take it. and we said there can be no cost of living adjustments to your pension until your fund is solvent. they said this was going to be impossible to

by the departments of education of the states of... california florida, illinois... and new york. and by the united states department of education... and the united states immigration and naturalization service. it's weird. that man's been sitting out there all afternoon. actually he's been out there since this morning. i wonder what he's doing. looks to me like he's reading a newspaper. yeah, but all day ? shouldn't we do something ? do what ? he'sust reading a paper. now, are you sure you understand everything on the list mr. brashov ? if i understood all this i wouldn't need you. don't worry. nothing will go wrong, and i'll be back in a week. i'd better get my coat. i just have time to pick up azza and get to the airport. - have a wonderful vacation. - well, it is a working trip for jihan, but we're hoping to spend some time together. i better hurry. mr. brashov, have you noticed the man who's been sitting out front ? jamal, what does this mean ? mr. brashov ? if water pressure is low turn valve on left ? mr. brashov. he's got oth things on his mind. i'm glad he's not concerned.

funding for crossroads cafe was provided in part... by the departments of education of the states of... california, florida, illinois... and new york. and by the united states department of education... and the united states immigration and naturalization service. pero hace mucho tiempo que no vuelvo a méxico. méxico ha cambiado mucho. ¿ cuánto tiempo se van a quedar por aquí ? volveremos a méxico en dos semanas. i ay, saluden a todos de mi parte ! claro que sí. fue un gusto verte. adiós. adiós. adiós. it's all yours. ¿ qué quieren ustedes, por favor ? i'll have an omelet with mushrooms and tomatoes. i'll have pancakes with a side of scrambled eggs. coming right up. congratulations, katherine. i almost understood what you were saying. very funny. it seems like only yesterday that you came here looking for a job. i still remember how confident you were. that wasn't confidence, it was desperation. well, i don't know how we're going to get along without you. oh, but we'll find a way. seriously, katherine, what are you going to do ? well, one thing's for sure-- i'm going to spend a lot mo

by the departments of education of the states of... california florida, illinois... and new york. and by the united states department of education... and the united states immigration and naturalization service. it's weird. that man's been sitting out there all afternoon. actually he's been out there since this morning. i wonder what he's doing. looks to me like he's reading a newspaper. yeah, but all day ? shouldn't we do something ? do what ? he'sust reading a paper. now, are you sure you understand everything on the list mr. brashov ? if i understood all this i wouldn't need you. don't worry. nothing will go wrong, and i'll be back in a week. i'd better get my coat. i just have time to pick up azza and get to the airport. - have a wonderful vacation. - well, it is a working trip for jihan, but we're hoping to spend some time together. i better hurry. mr. brashov, have you noticed the man who's been sitting out front ? jamal, what does this mean ? mr. brashov ? if water pressure is low turn valve on left ? mr. brashov. he's got oth things on his mind. i'm glad he's not concerned.

. >> the work that we do in consular is vital to the mission of the state department. the first priority we have is to take care of americans overseas, providing the full range of services and that is really the top mission of the state department is taking care of our citizens overseas. in addition we play a huge role in keeping america safe from those who might want to do us harm by through the careful adjudications of both visas and passports. what we do is very important and increasingly the visa work that we do that allows international visitors to come to the united states is really important for our own economic growth and for job creation. so we really do play a central role. >> is it possible, i'd like everybody's thoughts on this, to issue visas quickly and carefully? literally what do they go through are the safeguards or not? >> i believe they are. we have ever since 9/11 of course we have completely transformed our visa process making it more secure. we have a lot of sharing of information between agencies, we have access to that information when people app

particularly on the cyber crime and cyber security, also countering terrorist use of the internet that is funded by the state department out above our counter-terrorism and our international narcotics and law enforcement bureau. and one thing that has been missing, the same level of engagement by institutions like the eu, by individual eu member states, but we are starting to see much more interest, particularly by key countries, key partners like france and germany and the u.k. and making a much more robust investment in their capacity building efforts in places like africa and asia. we are working on a number of upcoming programs that the state department will be leading where we are going to be doing a joint programs that will include eu, ec, and a number of other key partners, including other g8 countries such as japan and our capacity building efforts. we think that is a great way to go forward. let me shift now to talking for a minute about cyber crime. most of my background is as a career cyber crime prosecutor for the department of justice. currently working on a temporary detail. and i also share the gh high-t