it will not send dumarche to islamabad the next time.s it is, it is the best of the bad options we have today. we only really had two other options. one was cutting and running. we can define cutting and running in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the taliban, it will also be a global game changer. this will be the second superpower as the taliban loves to remind us, defeated in afghanistan and the global revere bations of that will be enormous and no more so than next door in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency, which is why it took them 92 days to come to a second conclusion because they don't like that answer and i wouldn't like it either if i was rahm emanuel or david axelrod. this is going to be the foreign policy that the president will be judged by the american people in november, 2012 and forei

islamabad has been using its proxy is to preserve a defect of order and prevent pashtun aspirations of preventç indian involvement in afghanistan. ççw3ambassador eikenberry, hoe you working with the u.s. ambassador to pakistan and indian prime -- indian ambassador to facilitate positive relationships between islamabad, new delhi and kabul? >> let me concentrate on afghanistan. ambassador holbrooke is the special representative and his responsibilities for afghanistan, and pakistan. the security relationship between india and pakistan has consequences for afghanistan, as you have articulated. but moreç specifically, which r efforts in kabul, they have a very strong relationship with our embassy in islamabadç at te level of ambassador holbrooke and general petraeus. and provide overall policy direction and have sets of programs they have set into motion. xdçççbetweenç ambassador pad myself, we take that direction. we are looking in continuously searching for ways to facilitate political dialogue between kabul and islamabad. we try to facilitate wherever we can. we have an all r

they will not send someone to islamabad the next time. the second thing i would say is that, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options and have today. we really only had two other options. one was to cut and run. we can define that in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running in one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the taliban it will be a global game changer. the global reverberations of that in the islamic world will be enormous and no more so than in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency which is why it took them 92 days to come to a conclusion because they do not like the answer. this will be the issue, the foreign policy issue, that the congress of the united states is judged upon less than one year from now. other issues may outweigh it, the economy, but this will be the foreign policy issue that people look to. it is going to need to

well, it prohibited us into doing into islamabad at that time. we rebooked our trip and went. we worked with relief international for a couple of weeks. we went all over cashmere. our job was to document, and it's characterized in the book was to document the work that relief international was doing. but also to show the extent of the devastation and the homelessness, and the challenges people are facing. the work that i was doing was some of the same kind of work. they were doing health care along with all kinds of other health cares ngos includes the cuban and saudi. they were providing nutrition. they were providing food security. they were providing housing for people on -- in addition to providing tents, they were actually constructing new earthquake resistant housing. since then they've gotten into all kinds of things. to providing life stock to replenishing the lively hood of people who lost it in their catastrophe there. to give you a sense of it though, we were in musafar. everything was devastated. there was a hillside going down to the big river. very wild river. an

i think he's been to islamabad more than a dozen times in the last recent hillary clinton was just therether hand, pakistan is probably one of the most anti-american countries in the world. consistently the united states polls are in the below 20% range. we have some clout. there's a great deal of suspicion in the united states. if you ask pakistanis who's the biggest threat to your security? 58% say the united states. only about 10% say the taliban. even though it's the taliban killing thousands of pakistani civilian. >> larry: that doesn't make sense. >> it doesn't make sense. it's somewhat prone to conspiracy theoriesp this they believe blackwater is deeply engaged this their country, even though there's little or no evidence of that.

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. >> i recall the video is about eleven minutes and it's like a farewell, and they did not specify what they would be doing, but just hearing and seeing videos similar on the internet, it just made me uncomfortable. >> brown: in norway today, president obama declined to comment on the arrests. instead, he said "twisted ideologies" could affect young people in the

as i said earlier, the chairman of the joint chiefs and centcom have both been in islamabad.we are in constant communication. that does not make it perfect. and this is an important question. we are fully conscious of that and we're working on it continually in close collaboration with our pakistani friends and allies. how long >> like to thank ambassador holbrooke. -- >> i would like to thank ambassador holbrooke. and with that, i remind everybody that this is on the record. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> on c-span tonight, marine corps commandant james conway briefing reporters on afghanistan. nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders proposed a jobs bill. barbara air and reich discusses the economy. and legal and technical issues involved in tracking terrorists communications. >> c-span3 has live coverage of two congressional hearings to margaret the first looks at illegal sports broadcasts on the internet. that hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on homeland s

the crystal, with our strong encouragement, and ambassador eikenberry similarly encouraged go to islamabad pretty readily with no publicity in order to talk to the government and the military about these operations. so that this time around, we are very much more conscious of the fact that if we have an operation opposite baluchistan, the more successful it is, the more it might put pressure on our ally in pakistan. and we have to coordinate it. and while it is far from perfect, it is a very complicated. there so many moving parts. we haven't really moved the ball forward here in terms of close coordination. and i've talked to the generals about this. i think they are very pleased with the constant flow of information between us and them. and as i said earlier, the chairman of the joint chiefs and commander of centcom have both been to islamabad, yesterday and today, tomorrow. we are in constant indications. that doesn't make it perfect. this is a very important question. but we are fully conscious of it and we are working on it continually, in close collaboration with our pakistani friend

as i said earlier, the chairman of the joint chiefs and centcom have both been in islamabad.we are in constant communication. that does not make it perfect. and this is an important question. we are fully conscious of that and we're working on it continually in close collaboration with our pakistani friends and allies. how long >> like to thank ambassador holbrooke. -- >> i would like to thank ambassador holbrooke. and with after that, a look at the attitudes of young americans for politics and public service with john della volpe. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> thank you oliver much for being here and this hearing -- thank you all very much for being here at this hearing. we will come to order. i have a statement, but instead of delivering it, i think i will tell a story. i am fresh out of auditing. i got a seat on the armed services committee. as i began to learn about the war in iraq, i came back to contacting, because the auditor in me was surprised at some of t

it will not send dumarche to islamabad the next time.s it is, it is the best of the bad options we have today. we only really had two other options. one was cutting and running. we can define cutting and running in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the taliban, it will also be a global game changer. this will be the second superpower as the taliban loves to remind us, defeated in afghanistan and the global revere bations of that will be enormous and no more so than next door in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency, which is why it took them 92 days to come to a second conclusion because they don't like that answer and i wouldn't like it either if i was rahm emanuel or david axelrod. this is going to be the foreign policy that the president will be judged by the american people in november, 2012 and forei

in london and bali were tied to al qaeda and its allies, as well as attacks in the middle east, islamabad and kabul. if there's an attack in the middle east, it's likely to have ties to al qaeda and pakistan. the safety of the people around the world is at stake. for the afghan people, it would condemn their country to brutal governments, a paralyzed economy and the denial of basic human rights to the afghan people, especially women and girl. the force would cast afghanistan under the shadow of perpetual violence. as president, my greatest responsibility is to protect the american people. we are not in afghanistan to control that country, or to dictate its future. we are in afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the united states, our friends, and our allies, and the people of afghanistan and pakistan who have suffered the most at the hands of violent extremists. so i want the american people to understand that we have a clear and focused goal, disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future. t

they will not send someone to islamabad the next time.g i would say is that, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options and have today. we really only had two other options. one was to cut and run. we can define that in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running in one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the television it will be a global game changer. -- in afghanistan by the taliban. the global reverberations of that in the islamic world will be enormous and no more so than in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency which is why it took them 92 days to come to a conclusion because they do not like the answer. if i was wrong emmanuel -- if i was rahm. this will be the issue, the foreign policy issue, that the congress of the united states is judged upon less than one year from now. other issues may outweigh it, the economy, but this will be the f

mentors working with staff to build -- the nine the new education task force is meeting today in islamabad. to order 50 million pounds of development systems from britain to pakistan is directed towards education. as i agreed earlier this month, nothing is more important than addressing the root causes of so many of pakistan's problems. we offer a viable alternative to low-quality schools that are poorly regulated mr. speaker, one of the first decisions was to reiterate this. a second decision was to express grave concern over the intentions. iran has so far done nothing with the nature of its program. our continuing concerns mean that we agreed to begin working on options for sanctions. the council also discussed the economic recovery and sustainable growth. we have reiterated that policies should remain in place and only be withdrawn when recovery is for secure. the council also welcome to the rapid and determined action taken across europe. it also agreed that remuneration policies must promote sound and effective risk-management. discretionary bonuses are about 25,000. when he to promp

. >> i appreciate that, and my worry is that the headline in the islamabad press today is that the president0,000 troops there and they are coming out in 18 months. that is why i think it is important that you carried the message of exactly what we mean by that 18 months. secretary clayton, i have not always been a fan of the work that usaid has done, but i have been afghanistan not just last thursday but six months ago also, and had the opportunity to visit with your folks. i would have to say they are doing an amazing job over there with respect to educating children. we have gone from 900,000 to 6 million. it is because of flat a.i.d. has done and the security given by the military. i think education is the biggest issue we have got long term. i told your folks that while we are surging troops, and we assume that we knew the other day what the president might say, and he did, there also needs to be a surge on the civilian side. you have indicated that you are p.ussing of those --plussing of those folks. i wonder what is going to happen in 18 months. security in afghanistan has to be the w

or leaving the districts, particularly in the south eastern of afghanistan, and the government in islamabad gets nervous. yesterday's the foreign minister said at least five years, nato should stay in afghanistan. and the prime minister said that if you increase the nato talks in afghanistan, it will exert pressure on taliban fighters and they will cross through from north waziristan into pakistan. what measures are being taken to stop these fighters coming into north waziristan? >> let me stress that actually we have increased the number of international troops in the southern parts and also the eastern parts of afghanistan during last year. furthermore, the search, which will not take place, will also focus a lot -- the surge, which will take place, will also focus a lot on these parts of afghanistan, in particular the south of afghanistan. it is of crucial importance to have a strong cooperation with pakistan, and i would like to use this opportunity to commend the pakistani government and the pakistani military for their determined fight against terrorists in the border region. so as yo

he will not be able to call up islamabad and say, do something about it.y attacks, i suspect, has been reached. second thing i would say about it is, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options we have today. really only had two other options. one was cutting and running. we can define it cutting and running and a lot of different ways -- downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the tell them, it will also be a global quaint intrigue -- by the taliban, it will be a global game changer. the global reverberations of such to feed will be enormous and nowhere more so than next door and pakistan. thirdly, this issue will now consume this president. which is why it took the 92 days to come to this conclusion. i would not like it, either. this issue is going to be the foreign policy issue upon which this president is judged by the american people in november, 2012, and it will be the f

but in recent years, as innocents have been killed from harachi to islamabad, it is clear. they have waged offense in swat. and there is no doubt that the united states and pakistan share a common enemy. in the past we too often defined our relationship with pakistan narrowly. those days are over. moving forward, we are committed to a partnership that is is built on a foundation of mutual interest, respect, and trust. we will strengthen pakistan's capacity to target those groups that threaten our countries. and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists who's location is known and who's intentions are clear. america is also providing substantial resources to support pakistan's democracy and development. we are the largest international supporter for those pakistanis displaced by the fighting. going forward, the pakistan people must know. america will remain a strong supporter of pakistan security and prosperity long after the guns have fallen silent. so that the great potential of its people can be unleased. these are the three core elements of o

what i can tell you is that we've contacted our embassy in islamabad and they are seeking further information i think that we need to get those kinds of details about the identity of these five individuals. i think insofar as there will be information coming out, i don't think it's going to come out of here, i think it will come out of law enforcement agencies, the department of justice or the f.b.i. >> we were talking about americans the other day are incarcerated in other countries. if these people have been arrested, is the embassy seeking to meet with them? >> absolutely. if they're american citizen we, of course, are going to be very interested in the -- in the charges that they've been detained on what sort of circumstances they're being held. this is something we would do anywhere. this is why the embassy is seeking more information. >> [inaudible] >> i know that we -- >> aren't they required to notify you if they arrest american citizens? >> i think under the convention, they are required to do it. >> have they? >> i'm not certain. i know that the embassy is trying to get more informa

obama will not be able to call up islamabad and say, do something about it.ll have to do something about it. another mumbai mass casualty attack in india also coming out of pakistan will also be the game-changer. the indian government's capacity to absorb mass casualty attacks, i suspect, has been reached. the second thing i would say about it is, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options we have today. we really only had two other options. one was cutting and running. we can define cutting and running in a lot of different ways -- downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the taliban, it will also be a global game- changer. this will be the second superpower defeated in afghanistan. the global reverberations of such a defeat will be enormous and nowhere more so than next door in pakistan. thirdly, this issue will now consume this president. which is why it took the 92 days to com

story about secretary clinton's visit to pakistan, it said this, a televised town hall meeting in islamabad, the capital on friday, a woman and a mostly female audience characterized u.s. drone missile strikes on suspected terrorist targets in northwestern pakistan is de facto acts of terrorism. a day earlier a college student asked clinton why every student who visits the u.s. is viewed as a terrorist. the opinions clinton heard weren't the voices of radical clerics, some of the most biting criticisms came from well-mannered university students and respected seasoned journalists, a reflection of the breadth of dissatisfaction pakistanis have with u.s. policy toward their country. this is a country, madam speaker, that the congress in a voice vote at a time when almost no one was on the floor, most members didn't even know it was coming up, voted to send another $7.5 billion in foreign aid to pakistan on top of $15.5 billion we spent since 2003 there already. this is getting ridiculous. a country we are sending billions and billions and billions in foreign aid to and it's becoming so anti-a

the president of the united states will not simply be able to call up islamabad and say do somethingbout it. he will have to do something about it. another mumbai-style mask casual attack in india will also be a game changer. the second thing i would say about it is, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options we have today. we really only had two other options. one was cutting and running. we can define cutting and running in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running, one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the taliban, it will also be a global game changer. this will be the second superpower, as the taliban loves to remind us, defeated in afghanistan, and the global reverberations in the islamic world would be enormous, and nowhere more so than next door in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency, which is why it took them 92 days to come to a second conclusion, because they do not like tha

but in recent years, as innocents have been killed from karachi to islamabad, it has become clear that it is the pakistani people who are the most endangered by extremism. public opinion has turned. the pakistani army has waged an offensive in swat and south waziristan. and there is no doubt that the united states and pakistan share a common enemy. in the past, we too often defined our relationship with pakistan narrowly. those days are over. moving forward, we are committed to a partnership with pakistan that is built on a foundation of mutual interest, mutual respect, and mutual trust. we will strengthen pakistan's capacity to target those groups that threaten our countries, and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists whose location is known and whose intentions are clear. america is also providing substantial resources to support pakistan's democracy and development. we are the largest international supporter for those pakistanis displaced by the fighting. and going forward, the pakistan people must know america will remain a strong supporter of pakist

one station chief in islamabad despite its recent 40,000 additional troops to afghanistan it would only produce $40 additional militants. actually i would like both of you and secretary clinton to answer this. is there a danger the current strategy is provoked greater militancy and is there made it harder to isolate members of al qaeda? >> general mcchrystal said not too long after he got there and this gets to the whole occupation negative u. we know we are not an occupying force. obviously our actions need to support our work in tandem with respect to that which is very clear. but the afghans that we engage with are much more concerned with what we do with our forces as opposed to how many they are. mcchrystal shifted the focus to secure them. population security for them. that is what they seek more than anything else right now. so we definitely while i recognize that particular because of history we haven't seen that extensively nor have we seen an extensive generation of additional militants perce although that is a concern. and we are looking to get as many of them off the battlef

it is these attacks and toward to islamabad that largely motivated the current operations by the pakistaniw that pakistan taliban operate in collusion with both the taliban in afghanistan and al qaeda. a related point with respect to pakistan. because of american withdrawal from the region in the early 1990s, followed bay severing of military to military relations, many pakistanis are skeptical in the united states is a reliable, long-term strategic partner. we must change that perception. failure in afghanistan would mean a taliban takeover of much if not most of the country and likely a renewed civil war. taliban ruled areas could in shorter order become sanctuary for al qaeda and a staging area for resun gent militant group tons offensive in pakistan. success in south and central asia by islamic extremists as was the case 20 years ago would beget success on other fronts. it would strengthen the al qaeda narrative, providing renewed opportunities for recruitment, fund raising and more sophisticated operations. aided by the internet, many more followers could join their region and across

pakistan, the new education task force focused on anthem and education reforms is meeting today in islamabad the first time. 250 billion pounds a develop systems from britain to pakistan is directed towards education. and as i agreed with president zardari heard of this month, because nothing is more important in addressing the root causes of so many other problems, than building a strong universal state education system, free from extremist influence, and offering a alternative low-quality schools which include the poorly regulated and extremist. mr. speaker, i turned the european council, one of the first decisions was to reiterate its strong commitment to promote stability and development in afghanistan and pakistan. a second decision was to express united europe a great concern over iran's nuclear weapons and changed it will recognize in a call from the kennedy that iran is so far done nothing to rebuild the confidence of the international community. while we agreed that our offer of renegotiation and negotiation remains on the table, our continuing concerns about iran's nuclear program

pakistan, the new education task force focused on anthem and education reforms is meeting today in islamabad for the first time. 250 billion pounds a develop systems from britain to pakistan is directed towards education. and as i agreed with president zardari heard of this month, because nothing is more important in addressing the root causes of so many other problems, than building a strong universal state education system, free from extremist influence, and offering a alternative low-quality schools which include the poorly regulated and extremist. mr. speaker, i turned the european council, one of the first decisions was to reiterate its strong commitment to promote stability and development in afghanistan and pakistan. a second decision was to express united europe a great concern over iran's nuclear weapons and changed it will recognize in a call from the kennedy that iran is so far done nothing to rebuild the confidence of the international community. while we agreed that our offer of renegotiation and negotiation remains on the table, our continuing concerns about iran's nuclear prog

they will not send someone to islamabad the next time. the second thing i would say is that, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options and have today. we really only had two other options. one was to cut and run. we can define that in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running in one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the taliban it will be a global game changer. the global reverberations of that in the islamic world will be enormous and no more so than in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency which is why it took them 92 days to come to a conclusion because they do not like the answer. this will be the issue, the foreign policy issue, that the congress of the united states is judged upon less than one year from now. other issues may outweigh it, the economy, but this will be the foreign policy issue that people look to. it is going to need to

they will not send someone to islamabad the next time.g i would say is that, as hard as it is, it is the best of the bad options and have today. we really only had two other options. one was to cut and run. we can define that in a lot of different ways, downsize the mission, readjust the mission, but all of them come down to cutting and running in one way or another. i think the president wisely ruled that out from the beginning. if we are defeated in afghanistan by the television it will be a global game changer. -- in afghanistan by the taliban. the global reverberations of that in the islamic world will be enormous and no more so than in pakistan. thirdly, this issue is now going to consume this presidency which is why it took them 92 days to come to a conclusion because they do not like the answer. if i was wrong emmanuel -- if i was rahm. this will be the issue, the foreign policy issue, that the congress of the united states is judged upon less than one year from now. other issues may outweigh it, the economy, but this will be the f

pakistan, the new education task force focused on anthem and education reforms is meeting today in islamabadr the first time. 250 billion pounds a develop systems from britain to pakistan is directed towards education. and as i agreed with president zardari heard of this month, because nothing is more important in addressing the root causes of so many other problems, than building a strong universal state education system, free from extremist influence, and offering a alternative low-quality schools which include the poorly regulated and extremist. mr. speaker, i turned the european council, one of the first decisions was to reiterate its strong commitment to promote stability and development in afghanistan and pakistan. a second decision was to express united europe a great concern over iran's nuclear weapons and changed it will recognize in a call from the kennedy that iran is so far done nothing to rebuild the confidence of the international community. while we agreed that our offer of renegotiation and negotiation remains on the table, our continuing concerns about iran's nuclear program

one former cia station chief in islamabad has testified that we send 40,000 additional troops to afghanistant would only produce 40,000 additional militants. ashley, i would like both you and secretary clinton to answer this. is there a danger that our current strategy has provoked greater militancy and has therefore made it harder for us to isolate members of al qaeda? -- actually, i like both you and secretary clinton into this. >> we know we are not an occupying force. obviously, our actions need to support our intent with respect to that, which is very clear, but the afghans that we engage with a much more concerned with what we do with our forces as opposed to how many they are. mcchrystal has shifted the focus to secure them. population security for them. that is what they need more than anything else right now. while i recognize that, particularly because of history, we have not seen that extensively, nor have we seen an extensive generation of additional militants, although that is a concern, and we are looking to get as many of them off the battlefield in this new strategy as possib