just recently, i visited new york and had a chance to meet with helen clark who is the united nations development program director, the former prime minister of new zealand, a person who is instrumentally involved in dealing with the development programs within the united nations. i mention that because we are now at the conclusion of the 2000 millennium development goals. i want to mention that for a moment because our goal was to reduce poverty, increase stability of governments, and as the presiding officer knows, yes, these are core u.s. principles. the presiding officer has been very active in africa. he has done an incredible job in africa, in pointing out the needs for reducing poverty and stability. it's our core principles. that's why we do it. our humanitarian foals, yes, absolutely, our participation. but it's also important for our national security goals because if we have nations that are prosperous, that include their people in the prosperity of their nation, have good governance, it's going to be a more stable government, and it will help us have persons who we can rel