do you agree with american ambassador eikenberry who says that president karzai is brother is a major afghan opium trader but is a very old story i know but no one ever gives an answer and that this is a very old story when i was in the united nations this guy was already you know. major traffic so it's true of course it is true but this is just one. out of many problems what about you work so closely with afghanistan that's why i'm asking revelations for example in diplomatic cables to u.s. diplomatic cables a dry disastrous picture in afghanistan for example is it true that afghan minister after to buy with fifty million dollars in cash are like other cabinet members have probably seen palm trees already in dubai it's a trip that is absolutely true. but this is just one the piece of the truth. he might report you will find many figures and one important figure is this the. forty billion dollars that lived in afghanistan for the civilian aid all the eight of these forty went through the afghan government so the corruption of the african go a month is big so what does the rest go to t

ambassador carl eikenberry. that's filtered down to every effort and it drastically affects the u.s. relationship. to me the problem in afghanistan is not military. yes, i mean, on the battlefield we face all kinds of obstacles that are incredibly difficult. yes there's been progress in the south. there's no doubt from speaking to commanders and soldiers and afghans that we have progressing in the south but whether that means anything at all to me it doesn't mean anything at all ultimately because the problem in afghanistan is political and nothing has been done to address the political crisis that afghanistan is in right now. the ethnic divisions have never been worse since the change of government. the country in my mind is headed on a path to civil war and we have undermined president karzai we have destroyed his relationship with the u.s., and we tried to rehabilitate him then we repeatedly destroyed again and again. and it just seems to me it's almost criminal to send your soldiers into harm's way to carry

we're working to give general petraeus and ambassador eikenberry the support they need to execute our strategy. this budget requests funding for 1500 civilian staffers. two years ago we had 320. taken together our core enduring budget and the extraordinary temporary war costs funded through our oco budget represents a commitment to develop and exercise civilian power as part of america's leadership in the world. we recognize these are exceptionally tight times. with the resources outlined in this budget, the state department and usaid can continue to protect our interests, project our values, promote growth and, above all, serve our national security. so with that, i'll take a couple of your questions. >> can i just ask, neither of the figures that you gave, the core or the oco, is actually the functional 150 budget, is it? >> we only focus on the state and usaid's budget. there's, obviously, a 150 number that these guys -- >> but isn't the function 150 all the state department and all international operations? >> we're laying out -- >> i know. and i understand what you're laying out

working to give general petraeus and ambassador eikenberry the support they need to execute the strategy. this budget request funding for 1500 civilian staffers. two years ago we had 320. taken together, our poor budget is an extraordinary temporary four cost but through the oco budget represents the exercised civilian power as part of america's leadership in the world. we recognize these are exceptionally tight times. the resources of land in this budget the state department and u.s. aid can continue to project our values, promote growth, and above all, serve our national security. with that i will take a couple of questions. >> meter of the figures you this the function of the budget is it? >> this obviously a number of these guys could give. >> doesn't the one function all international observations? im understand what you're really not, but in terms of the actual -- and the money does the department is going to spend isn't it to function 159, isn't that what this? >> so this is not the entire international operations budget. >> this isn't the 150 account. it is the seat and the u.s.

we are working to give general petraeus and ambassador eikenberry the support they need to execute our strategy. this budget request funding for 1500 civilian staffers. two years ago, we had 320. taken together, our core budget and the extraordinary temporary war cost of our oco budget represent an attempt to support our leadership in the world. we recognize the are exceptionally tight times. the resources outlined in this budget, the state department and usaid can continue to protect our rights, promote growth, and above all, serve our national security. with that, i will take a couple of your questions. >> neither of the figures you get exactly the functional budget, is it? state only focus on the u. and usaid budget. >> in terms of the actual money the state department and usaid are going to spend -- this is not the entire international operations budget. >> this is not the full 150. >> i guess we can wait -- >> they will be all the information you need, absolutely. >> can you talk about aid for egypt and the 2012 budget? has it been altered any way to reflect the developments going