we conducted an exercise in east africa where we have nations. they came together and jointly working to help address a natural disaster or assistance scenario. as was pointed out to me by a chief of defense, the first time ever that as convoys move through that part of the continent, militaries that in the past 10 years ago you would not have thought they would come to link up and move to a common objective which was conducted in the north of uganda where lra had just three short years ago running with abandon and populations there. those are happening all over the place. we had a training operation and the term that he mentioned, it went on last summer. a member who received training this past january said he had that training prior to that last situation where al qaeda grabbed forces. would that have happened? the training and assistance of these countries to be in a better position to address themselves is paying off. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i applaud all three of you for the grit work you have done. >> senator lieberman, i will turn the

are for the linkages between east africa, that no work. i would say we certainly see indications in the present of al qaeda in africa. er sahara, that's part the continent as well, sir. >> is it a growing ins influence? are they becoming more organized? >> i would not characterize it -- i would come back with something for the record more specific detail, but i would also offer that the, based wloon they are saying, that they are seeking to expand their influence. they are in the east africa region as well as in the north africa region. >> general, this weekend we learned that 500 people including women and babies were massacred in nigeria. what's our current strategy to curtail human rights abuses in africa? >> we obviously, senator, as we conduct our military to military relations with military relations with the various nations of africa we encourage the promotion of human rights. we encourage the conduct of the military and professional ways. obviously those activities that you describe, they were permitted by the military of nigeria cl

in the eastern part of the continent, they're in east africa. we see east african al qaeda.recently the claims of merging between the el sha baabens in somalians eeast african al qaeda are there. the linkage between them and in the peninsula, that network. so i would say that we certainly see indications andpresence of al qaeda in africa as well as in the greater sahara, that's part the continent as well, sir. >> is it a growing ins influence? are they becoming more organized? >> i would not characterize it -- i would come back with something for the record more specific detail, but i would also offer that the, based wloon they are saying, that they are seeking to expand their influence. they are in the east africa region as well as in the north africa region. >> general, this weekend we learned that 500 people including women and babies were massacred in nigeria. what's our current strategy to curtail human rights abuses in africa? >> we obviously, senator, as we conduct our military to military relations with the various nations of africa, we encourage the promotion of hum

in east africa's hash, son, this is a -- harsh son, this is a lethal combination. but they must be outside to work, go to school and attend everyday business. unfortunately the medical issues of people with albinism face are the least of their worries. the threat of brutal violence looms over them at all times. the tanzanian prime minister has condemned correctly this violent crime against people with albinism but judicial and enforcement barriers remain. my meeting with local families concerned about her flight and albinism in general has move med to take action. i'm contacting president obama in the state department to urge them to place diplomatic pressure on tanzania's governments to end these crimes now. these crimes against humanity. and to provide education to dispel the myth that body parts of those with albinism have any special properties. i also believe we must look at providing humanitarian and medical assistance to people with albinism in east africa, with a toe fuss in tanzania where most of these -- focus in tanzania where most of these crimes have o

in the eastern part of the continent, they're in east africa. we see east african al qaeda.ecently the claims of merging between the el sha baabens in somalians eeast african al qaeda are there. the linkage between them and in the peninsula, that network. so i would say that we certainly see indications andpresence of al qaeda in africa as well as in the greater sahara, that's part the continent as well, sir. >> is it a growing ins influence? are they becoming more organized? >> i would not characterize it -- i would come back with something for the record more specific detail, but i would also offer that the, based wloon they are saying, that they are seeking to expand their influence. they are in the east africa region as well as in the north africa region. >> general, this weekend we learned that 500 people including women and babies were massacred in nigeria. what's our current strategy to curtail human rights abuses in africa? >> we obviously, senator, as we conduct our military to military relations with the various nations of africa, we encourage the promotion of huma

jon: happening now, in the top box, a deadly pirate attack off the coast of east africa where for the very first time ever private security guards killed a somali pirate during an attack on a merchant ship. we'll have more on this story in a live report next hour. >>> in the middle, new details about the american man de naind north korea, the boston man is described as a devout christian who rallied against pyongyang, the rogue nation set to put him on trial but so far the state department has not been notified of charges against him. >>> on the bottom, help for the unemployed as the house reps to send another jobs bill to the senate today. this one could mean billions of dollars in new construction projects for local governments. >>> a warning to parents about baby slings, the cloth carriers that allow you to barry -- carry your baby close to your chest, the commission recalling more than 1 million of the infantino sling slingriders, saying this sling has been linked to three infant deaths last year. also under recall the wendy bellissimo baby sling, more than 15,000 of them sold in

we know that an operation by the united states government killed one of the al qaeda leaders in east africa in somalia. so how does these two arguments go@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ support. but we have not received any. i have not received any. my office has not received any request for airstrike or air support for people on the ground to assist the tfg in its operations. the tfg operations are responsibility of the tfg government. i will reiterate what i said in my statement. we do not have any american u.s. military advisers on the ground assisting the tfg and its operations. it should be very clear. we do not have any american u.s. military advisers on the ground. we are not planning, coordinating any of the tfg military operations. it is for the tfg leadership to determine how its military operates on the ground. finally, the issue of americanization of this, this is not an american conflict. this is a conflict among somalis that africans are members of the international community recognize it being extremely important for somalia, for the region and for the international community. it will be up

there of that tax in east africa, in madrid and london -- there have been that tax in east africa, madrid and london. i cannot completely let this note. fran did not mention iraq, and there's a good reason. when i listed the three groups, i was talking politely, but i guess i don't have to do that anymore. i was talking about the bush administration. by think when the united states declared its right to attack other countries preemptively, when the united states removed itself from participation in any number of trees, refused to engage on climate change around the world -- participation in any number of treaties, refuse to engage and climate change, alienated countries in europe to the point where our closest ally -- and this is something i would never forget -- the prime minister of spain said if we are going to get support around world, we need more power and less room smelled. -- less rumsfeld. the new administration came into office and this is an objective fact -- at a time when the reputation of the eye is states for finding partnerships was at an all-time low, now we have a new ad

there have been attacks in bali and in east africa. there have been attacks in madrid and london it is not any longer a question of the united states. she did not mention iraq. there's a good reason she did not mention iraq. when i listed the three groups, i was talking politely but i guess i don't have to do that anymore. when the united states declared its right to attack other countries preemptively and when the united states removed itself from participation of any number of treaties and refused to engage on climate change around the world. then they alienated a number of countries in europe have to the point where our closest allies. the prime minister of spain said that if we are going to get support around the world, we need more power and last rumsfeld. is it is very unusual for our friends to start picking and choosing officials. they came into the office at a time where the u.s. finding partnerships was at an all-time low. we can be partners, we have to return to partnership. let's not get to the point where we don't remember

there have been attacks in bali and in east africa.have been attacks in madrid and london it is not any longer a question of the united states. she did not mention iraq. there's a good reason she did not mention iraq. when i listed the three groups, i was talking politely but i guess i don't have to do that anymore. when the united states declared its right to attack other countries preemptively and when the united states removed itself from participation of any number of treaties and refused to engage on climate change around the world. then they alienated a number of countries in europe have to the point where our closest allies. the prime minister of spain said that if we are going to get support around the world, we need more power and last rumsfeld. is it is very unusual for our friends to start picking and choosing officials. they came into the office at a time where the u.s. finding partnerships was at an all-time low. we can be partners, we have to return to partnership. let's not get to the point where we don't remember that t

there have been attacks in bali and in east africa. there have been attacks in madrid and london it is not any longer a question of the united states. she did not mention iraq. there's a good reason she did not mention iraq. when i listed the three groups, i was talking politely but i guess i don't have to do that anymore. when the united states declared its right to attack other countries preemptively and when the united states removed itself from participation of any number of treaties and refused to engage on climate change around the world. then they alienated a number of countries in europe have to the point where our closest allies. the prime minister of spain said that if we are going to get support around the world, we need more power and last rumsfeld. is it is very unusual for our friends to start picking and choosing officials. they came into the office at a time where the u.s. finding partnerships was at an all-time low. we can be partners, we have to return to partnership. let's not get to the point where we don't remember

and joost hilterman, deputy program director for the middle east and north africa at the international crisis group. he was in iraq during the elections. ambassador crocker, i'll start with you. is it a surprise that prime minister maliki's coalition failed to win? what explains it? >> i think it's been clear for some time that this would be a very close contest. the fact that just two seats separate maliki and alawi is an indication of that closeness. and in a sense it doesn't matter that much who is two seats up or two seats down. there is going to be a long, difficult contentious process of forming a government. and at this point there's no way of telling who is going to wind up in the prime minister's chair. >> reporter: mr. hilter-- hiltea did-- remind us of mr. alawi and where his support comes from. >> it a little bit of surprise because it wasn't clear for a while whether mr. alawi who is a secular shiite would be able to bring in the sunni vote in addition to his normal mainstay which is sort of the secular shiite secular sunni vote. i think what happened in addition to the fa

we know that an operation by the united states government killed one of the al-qaida leaders in east africa in somalia. so how does these two arguments go along? >> let me respond to all three questions. i have not, in my office, received any formal or informal request from the tfg for airstrikes or operations in support of the offensive that may be underway right now. i have seen newspaper comments of tfg leaders responding to questions that have been posed to them about whether they would be willing to accept outside support. but we have not received any, i have not received any, my office has not received any requests for airstrikes or air support or people on the ground to assist the tfg in its operations. the tfg military operations are the responsibilities of the tfg government. i will reiterate what i said in my statement: we do not have any american u.s. military advisors on the ground assisting the tfg in its operations. it should be very clear: we do not have any american u.s. military advisors on the ground. we are not planning, coordinating any of the tfg's military operations.

africa, the middle east, even the united states.that's where benotman is heading. >> i believe radicalization is not part of islam. it's very dangerous. so i'm going to fight radicalization through a process called de-radicalization. if someone decides to be my enemy, this is his problem and he has to face the consequences. it's as simple as that. >> reporter: but the first real test for this new deal will be back in libya. just a few weeks after our prison visit, the men we'd met inside were released -- their reward for writing the recantation theorists, the part from violence to peace. >> cnn's nic robertson reporting. what lessons learned in libya could mean for america's fight against extremists. nic robertson joins us straight ahead. he routan has everything we're looking for. plus, every volkswagen includes no-charge, scheduled, care-free maintenance. so, what's this punchdub days about? you know, where you punch someone in the arm every time you see a volkswagen. red one! [ baby crying ] test drive? [ male announcer ] with gr

-- wondered how the tsa is addressing language barriers in the field personnel in the middle east and africawhat are you doing to train people in the native languages or hire those country nationals to work for you with field personnel in the risky areas of the world? >> so one of the things we look for is we deploy our tsa representatives around the globe is we look at whether or not they are fluent in the language to which they are being deployed. if they are not, then they are -- they go through the department of state languages that they are at least -- have some basic capability in language. >> who pays for the screening equipment in foreign countries? >> in the foreign countries, the foreign countries pay for that. >> host country pays? >> yes. >> what lessons did tsa learn in cooperation with other agencies and other countries during the vancouver olympics? >> during the vancouver olympics, we're in the process of doing a lessons learned now. we had great cooperation from the general aviation and the commercial airports back and forth to vancouver. we had a great intergovernmental, in

enlisting where necessary, and possible the cooperation of local governments, in africa, the middle east and asia. but the promotion of representative government in the muslim world, no longer appears to be a high priority of this administration. budgets have been cut, the discussion of democracy is no longer a standard part of either the private or public discussion that american officials have, yet -- and there is a way to do it. for example, in the case of iran, we should be supporting the green movement, the democratic movement, that was crushed after june 12th. there is a bill in congress, the iran democratic transition act that ought to be supported, not opposed, as the administration is doing. we need to support the green movement and movements like that everywhere and, in particular in the case of iran, as i found in iraq, support the women in those societies. who are in the case of iran, as was the case in iraq, in many ways, way ahead of that your male counterparts in their desire for freedom and democracy. let me finish with my sort of summary of all of this. we face a serious

homeland that is providing refugee to millions of immigrants huddled masses from europe, north africa, the middle eastviet union, ethiopia and beyond. it is the light of innovation, a nation whose 5 million citizens have given the world countless life-changing technological and medical advances and who have been awarded nine nobel prizes in the process. [applause] it is the light of humanitarianism, a nation that is provided 140 countries in the world, small little israel. whenever there is a crisis you see her men and women helping those who are afflicted. in haiti, row on the india, turkey el salvador, ethiopia and bosnia. it is the light of civil liberties, a nation where minorities are protected under the law by fair and independent judicial system, nations whose parliament the knesset sits on a hilltop is like america's capitol hill and has 13 current arab members. it is a light of a nation desperately seeking peace that it has wanted and not found since its beginning. yes, israel is a remarkable and resilient country but of course it faces grave challenges every year. challenges it cannot and mu

for the most part, they have a lot of drugs coming in from africa and east asia coming right across theinto these european countries. but for the most part they don't treat these as criminal problems. they treat it as a health issue. they've basically decriminalized drug use, and if you have a drug problem, if you're an addict, they take you to a hospital. they take you to a treatment center and try to get you off it in a medical setting rather than prison. the country that really pioneered this, we all know about the netherlands where you literally can go into a coffee shop and buy marijuana, but the country that pioneered the overall decriminalization of drugs was portugal. and my family and i went there. it's a great country. and i did a story about how this worked. and the drug minister, the justice minister of portugal said to me, here was the problem, we would jail these people for cocaine use, and while they were in prison they switched to heroin. i mean, it was hard to keep drugs out of the prison which has also been true in the united states. so they decriminalized it and made

for the most part they have a lot of drugs coming in from africa and east asia coming right into the european countries but for the most part they don't treat these as criminal problems but as a health issue. they basically decriminalize drug use. if you have a drug problem or a drug addict to they take you to a hospital or treatment center to get you off of its in a medical setting rather than present threat of a country that really pioneered this we all know about the netherlands were you can literally go into a coffee shop and buy marijuana. but that country that pioneered the overall decriminalization of drugs was portugal. we went to there. it is a great country and i did a story about how this worked. the justice minister of portugal said here is the problem. we would jail the people for takeout -- cocaine use than in prison they would switch to hear when. it is hard to keep drugs out of the presence of a decriminalized and made it a medical issue but it is a very good point*. other countries have drug abuse problems and they cause social problems for all countries but the coun

homeland that has provided refugee to millions of immigrants huddled masses from europe, north africa, the middle easter soviet union, ethiopia and beyond. it is the light of innovation. a nation whose 5 million citizens, just 5 million, have given the countless medical, technological advances and have been awarded 9 nobel prizes in the process. it is the light of humanitarianism. a nation that's provided aid to 140 countries in the world, small little israel. whenever there's a crisis, you see her men and women helping those who are afflicted. in haiti and rwanda and india and indonesia, in turkey, ethiopia and bosnia. it is the light of civil liberties. a nation where minorities are protected under the law by a fair and independent judicial system. a nation whose parliament the knesset who sits on a hilltop much like america's capitol hill and has 13 current arab members. it is a light of a nation desperately seeking peace that it has wanted and not found since its beginning. yes, israel is a remarkable and resilient country. but, of course, it faces grave challenges. every year, challenges it canno

progress, combining the strengths to confront violent extremism in africa or reconstruction in haiti or advancing peace from caucus to the middle eastmr. president, on behalf of the american people, thank you for your personal effort to strengthen the partnership between our countries. we first met four years ago. i was senator then. he was still running for president at the time. i came to admire your legendary energy and enthusiasm for what the countries can achieve together. that was the speech that moved many americans. we have worked closely on numerous occasions and we respect and understand one another and we share belief that through bold yet pragmatic action, our generation can bend the arc of history toward justice and progress. the shared commitment to solving problem allowed us to advance the common interest today. we agreed to continue working aggressively to sustain the global economic recovery and create jobs for the people. we agreed to replacing the old cycle of bubble and bust with growth that is balanced and sustained. this requires effective coordination by all nation. i updad

homeland that is providing refugee to millions of immigrants huddled masses from europe, north africa, the middle eastformer soviet union, ethiopia and beyond. it is the light of innovation, a nation whose 5 million citizens have given the world countless life-changing technological and medical advances and who have been awarded nine nobel prizes in the process. [applause] it is the light of humanitarianism, a nation that is provided 140 countries in the world, small little israel. whenever there is a crisis you see her men and women helping those who are afflicted. in haiti, row on the india, turkey el salvador, ethiopia and bosnia. it is the light of civil liberties, a nation where minorities are protected under the law by fair and independent judicial system, nations whose parliament the knesset sits on a hilltop is like america's capitol hill and has 13 current arab members. it is a light of a nation desperately seeking peace that it has wanted and not found since its beginning. yes, israel is a remarkable and resilient country but of course it faces grave challenges every year. challenges it cann

from the international community from asia to africa to the united states, canada, all of latin america, the caribbean, europe, all the way to the middle easthanks to its size, was commensurate with the disaster. today, here and now, i would like to thank the american people. i would like to thank congress. i would like to think the administration, and you in particular, mr. president. as well as your wife. not only for the material, but also for the moral support, the psychological support. we realize we were not alone, and that provides us great comfort in our district. thank you to your tatements. -- thanks to your statements, it sends a message to all of those that provided help to haiti. it is need this for me to repeat that which you said. so i would like to thank you for having made it possible for these people to come to help us. mr. president, for me, this is also an opportunity to express my sympathy, my condolences to all of the american families for whom the members of the families were killed, injured in haiti during this earthquake. dear friends, we must draw the lessons for what occurs in h aiti. these were lessons for all of

richest man in egypt and all of africa, the head of a construction company that just did a big fertilizer deal yesterday, the biggest construction firm in the middle eastand tom barrack, ceo of colony capital, owns hotels across the region like the walmart for the rest of the world. we'll be focusing on that, mark. we're excited about our guests. a lot of them are coming early because they actually want to go on a little bit of a tour because this place is really that spectacular. >> i didn't hear that last bit, erin. someone else was talking. what did you say? >> i just was saying, mark, a lot of our guests have shown up early, and by early, i mean five, six, seven hours early because they're so excited to see this place. it really is -- i know it's a wonder of the world technically, but -- >> i think a lot of our viewers would like to know what that is, briefly. >> a wonder of the world? >> no, what the thing is behind you. >> oh, the thing behind me. okay, the thing behind me is actually -- these are tombs. they said that they were royal tombs, at least that's what legend has. and we're sort of near the front part of petra. there's a road right behi

east. there is a lot of interest in liberia and i just met with ellen johnson sirleaf when i was in africabout two weeks ago, but also some of the bigger countries. if you think about the roles of indonesia or mexico or colombia, these are countries where as i mentioned, the dollar in the capital in the united states, with 15% share you get a multiplier effect of at least six and on top of that we borrow four or five times do you get a 30 21 u. so when people want money spent that is a very important dimension. another key part which i touched on is this notion of a shared responsibility. and i really am very pleased and this is a complement to our board board and the board in the capital's working on this, we are able to come up with a package where everybody kind of share some of the load in the process which i think will help politically along the way as well. so i think those are some of the core arguments, and i think also, from the perspective of some of the issues that in an american political context are important under a reform agenda we have got a pretty good record. we are drivi

east. there is a lot of interest in liberia and i just met with ellen johnson when i was in africa about two in the united states, well, with 15% share you get a multiplier effect of at least six and on top of that we borrow about four or five times, you get a 30-1 use. so when people want money spent, that's a very important dimension. another key part which i touched on is this notion of a shared responsibility. and i really am very pleased -- and this is a compliment to our board and the capitals working on this to be able to come up with a package where everybody kind of shares some of the load in the process which i think will help politically along the way as well. so i think those are some of the core arguments, and i think also from the perspective of some of the issues that in an american political context are important on the reform agenda, we got a pretty good record. we're driving those forward effectively as i mentioned. i guess one of the things that was interesting was when the prospect for a capital increase first came up, we were without much trouble and my colleague was par

the clerk: house resolution 1088, recognizing the plight of people with albinism in east africa and condemning their murder and mutilation. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

america, notably brazil but the whole west coast of latin america, parts of the middle east, southern cone of africa, russia. we think the growth rate in these countries collectively is going to be 2.3 to 3x the growth rate in the oecd world for the next decade or two. profound implications of the world economy that we're trying to plan for. but depending upon -- which of these two scenarios plays out, this is kind of the range of top line sales and revenues we think we have to work with. what this really says to our management teams is we have to be very, very nimble and prepared to deal -- to seize the opportunities on the upside and to deal with sustaining attractive financial viability on the downside. just briefly our economics team, which we still rely on quite a bit at caterpillar -- the closer you get to big capital goods, the mother difficult it is to forecast, i think. knowing your customers well doesn't help you a lot. it turns out that none of the miners want a truck until all the miners want a truck. [laughter] >> it's a pretty big challenge of the marketing team looking them in the eye