i visited with with sick children in southern ethiopia. i was there to document the work with the children. after several days on the road with save the british and two four by fours traveling around about health care and reproductive rights and various things. the countryside stuck. they pulled over to about 2:00 in the afternoon. the field director said. two vehicles pulled over. we were in the middle of nowhere. the driver was not out of the box. and in the box. so everybody grabbed a sandwich. we were in a very remote part of ethiopia, and yet it was full of people. it's a know no maddic region. nonetheless, break out our sandwiches. there is what had changed. unwrapping his sandwich. and we walked by and it's like the simplest thing, they shared the sandwich. what was impressive, the gentleman wasn't asking to share the sandwich. abraham didn't make eye contact with him. he knew what he kneaded to do. this guy probably needs half of his sandwich. he probably needs it more than i do. abraham without thinking about it. well, every perso

ethiopia is deeply honored to have been be forefront and to lead the common negotiating team. i'm immensely proud to be able to speak today, not on behalf of my country of ethiopia, but on behalf of africa as a whole. your excellency, ladies and gentlemen, everyone of us knows that africa has contributed virtually nothing to global warming, but has been the first and hardest hit. the fragility of our exile -- of our ecosystem is not something that could happen in the future. it is already here with us, so in misery and death across the land. africa is indeed paid with the misery and death of its people for the wealth and well-being that was created in developed countries through carbon- intensive developments. that is fundamentally unjust. but we are not here as victims, nursing our wounds of injustice of the past. africa is a continent of the future. it is destined to be a growth for all of the 21st century. we are here not as victims of the past but a stakeholders' of the future. reaching out across the continents, so that together we can build a better and better future for

and you have a gang of people broaden from low-wage countries like the philippines, ethiopia, bangladesh, even pakistan. they are hired by contractors, and they do a bunch of that work. and at the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that is blackwater, the guys with guns who do the work military people always did that military people who would be accountable to the chain of command, instead to have these contractors. that is where you have most of the americans being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, tens of times more than the equivalent in the military expects, and they are not a credible at all to the military high command of. they are under a separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical center. some are tiny

ethiopia is deeply honored to have been chosen to be the spokesman on climate change.i'm immensely proud to be able to speak today not on behalf of my country, ethiopia but on behalf of africa as a whole. ladies and gentlemen, every one of us knows that africa has contributed virtually nothing to global warming but has been hit first and hardest. the fragility of our ecosystem that is meant that for africans, the damage of climate change is not something that could happen in the future. it is already here with us. across the africa is indeed paying with the misery and death of its people for the wealth created in developed countries through carbon development. that of course is fundamentally unjust. but we are not here as victims nursing our wounds of injustice of the past. africa is a continent of the future. it is destined to be a of the 21st century. we are therefore here not as victims of the past but as stake holders of the future. on the pending legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ob

nationals, one was from egypt, one was from algeria, one was from ethiopia, but they had u.s.ssports, valid passports, with valid pakistani visas and two of them were pakistani-born americans, and they were here for jihad, >> brown: police said the men told them they wanted to train with a militant group tied to al-qaeda, but were turned away. the arrests took place in the city of sargodha, 125 miles south of the capital, islamabad. >> ( translated ): there were four foreign people in the house, and we thought they were from america. the owner of the house also lives outside of the country. he came here recently and somebody called the police that foreigners were living here now. >> brown: u.s. officials believe the five men, aged 19 to 25, are the same individuals reported missing by their families more than a week ago in the washington, d.c. area. yesterday, the head of the council on american-islamic relations said the families contacted his organization and the fbi. they'd found a farewell video from the young men with scenes of war and demands that muslims be defended. >>

and you have a gang of people broaden from low-wage countries like the philippines, ethiopia, bangladesh, even pakistan. they are hired by contractors, and they do a bunch of that work. and at the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that is blackwater, the guys with guns who do the work military people always did that military people who would be accountable to the chain of command, instead to have these contractors. that is where you have most of the americans being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, tens of times more than the equivalent in the military expects, and they are not a credible at all to the military high command of. they are under a separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical center. some are tiny

then a whole gang of people brought in from low-wage countries like the philippines, like ethiopia, likee pakistan, even, who are brought in, hired by contractors, subcontractors, sub sub contractors, and they do the work. then the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that's the guys with guns who do the work that military people always did, that military people who would be accountable to the military chain of command. instead, you have these military contractors and that is where you have most of the americans been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, 10 times more than the equivalent in the military, and they are not accountable at all to the military high command. separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical cen

daughter of a career officer i recall traveling to remote areas of the sahara then what was then ethiopia going horseback riding after-school from friends at the u.s. space. of many miles into the country outside of the consulate general. the seem like distant memories. the need for increased vigilance and better security measures has led to new and tougher security standards come back restricting access to our travel outside of the embassies and missions. we cannot rely on the country to provide adequate security. . . security measures and policies and the ability to do our jobs as diplomats effectively is more challenging than ever. afsa welcomes the g.a.o. report calling for strategic review of the recent growth in the mission and the resources required by the bureau of diplomatic security. we support the gao recommendations. we also concur with ambassador neumann's recommendations. i served in iraq as a senior advisor to the iraqi foreign ministry from july through september of 2003 and for the next three years in bosnia as a deputy high representative and supervisor

in a situation where we encourage dual citizenship and people voting in other elections and then ethiopia invaded my country. i will go and defend my country. when our department of state funded the elections in iraq in this country and the cochair of the republican party of san diego is quoting the l.a. times saying at last for the first time in my life i get to vote, i said what the heck is going on. you just voted in the presidential election in this country. that's your country here. make a choice. we have to look at that. i'm not going to be popular with both parties and even people in my own community, but if we do not take the issue of becoming american and take it seriously and make it work with all that it means, we are running down a road that will get us in trouble everywhere, not just in the mideast, but as conflicts emerge everywhere around the world, people say that's my fight. that's my fight. arabs, that's my fight. pakistan, that's my fight. that's not a good situation to be in asd we have to work with full gambit of institutions that policies that worked to make these ki

millis zanotti prime minister of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia who is speaking on behalfof the african group. turek's lengthy mr. millis zanotti, you have the floor. >> mr. prime minister, your excellency secretary of the united nations excellencies, ladies and gentlemen allow me to first of all thank our gracious host, the people and government of denmark for the broward reception we have had and for the excellent facilities put at our disposal. i would like to take this opportunity to thank our work and underappreciated ministers who have through their dedication and hard work kept the hope on climate change allies. you're excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, global warming is happening. the rise of catastrophic climate change is very real. the risk of catastrophic climate change is very wheel. the signs are as clear as they could ever be as to what the cause of such change are. it is no exaggeration to say that this is our best and perhaps our last chance to save our planet from the start to and unpredictable change. this is a test as to whether we are a global communit

foreign service officer, i recall traveling into remote areas of the sahara and later in what was then ethiopiagoing horseback riding after school with friends from the u.s. base at cagnew station many miles outside of our consulate general. these now seem like distant memories. the need for increased vigilance and better security measures led to new and tougher security standards, contracting access to and travel outside of our embassies and missions. we can no longer rely on the ability of host countries to provide adequate security. finding the right balance between prudent and effective security measures and policies and the ability to do our jobs as diplomats effectively is more challenging than ever. afsa welcomes the g.a.o. report calling for strategic review of the recent growth in the mission and the resources required by the bureau of diplomatic security. we support the gao recommendations. we also concur with ambassador neumann's recommendations. i served in iraq as a senior advisor to the iraqi foreign ministry from july through september of 2003 and for the next three years in bosn

as you look at these faces from individuals from ethiopia and bangladesh, one of the common themes is individuals are in countries that are quite often corrupt. guest: absolutely, there is corruption in every society. we certainly have our share of it in the united states. but the petty corruption very common in these countries is something that microfinance has to guard against. the measures that people go to to keep their system clean are quite extraordinary. and to the foundation's work, technology enables them to guard against corruption and keep it clean. host: in terms of the mechanics, you get the loan from a different group and pay it back with an interest rate? guest: you pay it back on market interest rate. it is more less what the businessmen in the capital are paying. and you pay back over about a year. one of the ingenious things that has been developed is requiring that people join a support groups of other entreprenuers in their village. they agreed to support each other as they go to the process to start expanding a business. this creates of pressure and support networ

there and do not put any the assets, we're going to have the same problem with kenya and atria and ethiopia there. if we stand up to shareef's militia now, we can prevent hezbollah from taking over somalia. we could prevent a lot of money being spent and destabilize the area. what about the fact, do we have enough time and manpower to train the afghans to prevent our troops from being in harm's way and have them take over, because like i said, i just -- just feel very troubled that more american troops are going to be sent into afghanistan. >> sir, i share your concern about other places where al qaeda is growing. somalia and kenya are two in particular, their core leadership, and their heartbeats in that border between afghanistan and pakistan. that's why it's so critical. with respect to enough time, the entire military chain of demand believes -- and the joint chiefs -- we will know where we are by summer '11 and if we can succeed here or not. we know we have to get the horses in, we have to turn the security situation around. it's under that umbrella we'll be able to develop the afghan

then a whole gang of people brought in from low-wage countries like the philippines, like ethiopia, likee pakistan, even, who are brought in, hired by contractors, subcontractors, sub sub contractors, and they do the work. then the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that's the guys with guns who do the work that military people always did, that military people who would be accountable to the military chain of command. instead, you have these military contractors and that is where you have most of the americans been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, 10 times more than the equivalent in the military, and they are not accountable at all to the military high command. separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical cen