the brutal conflicts in sierra leone and liberia have come to an end. and we have seen liberia transform itself into a democracy under the able leadership of president alan johnson -- ellen johnson surleigh africa's first female head of state. it gives us hope for resolving other conflict situations in africa. despite the successes, however, pockets of tomorrow -- turmoil, political unrest, and civil strife remain in somalia and the eastern part of the congo, as well as places like madagascar. these conflicts create both internal and an external instability. they undermine africa's chances for sustained economic growth and for democratic advancement. the obama administration is taking a keen interest in working with african leaders and african regional organizations to help resolve some of these conflicts. over the past 18 months, special presidential envoy for sudan, retired general scott christian, has been focused on ensuring the full implementation of the 2005 comprehensive peace agreement. it will permit the people of south sudan or the first time

leon panetta, his folks were in the room.he house and the senate leadership supported what we were doing. everybody was moving in the same direction. the people of the table, jon casey, lauenburg, and senator davincidomenica ci, we were all getting in same direction. we started off on a pretty good no, and the conversation that is for your right now -- of is going on right now has a common effort and belief. >> can i ask your by people moving in the same direction in 1997? are we seeing that today? with raising the retirement age and pegging the benefits levels to means, is that something that you think can get done this year? >> of all the things we need to do of the begins for the future, adjusting social security to make it solvent and sound will not be easy, but compared to medicare it is easier to make social security solvent for the long run. we have made no decisions like this, but it could very well be that there will say, will take social security first. the problem is if you do all of these short-term and long-term,

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director leon panetta. every day we read a new report that the billions we are investing are flowing to drug lords, corrupt local official, and even the taliban. according to a recent eye-opening report by subcommittee chairman tierney, we learn the u.s. military is funding a multibillion dollar protection racket a good portion of $2.16 billion in transportation contract is being paid to corrupt public officials, war lords and the taliban to get needed supplies to our troops. we are funding the very insurgency we are fighting and we recently learned that at least $3.18 billion in cash has been transferred out of afghanistan since 2007. mostly to line the pockets of the nation's elite. on top of that, it is -- it has also been reported those same afghan elite are being shielded from attempts to investigate these cases of corruption. we simply cannot afford to continue to spend billions -- send billions to afghanistan only to see it end up in the hands on corrupt officials and the same insurgents we are fight

we must and will learn the leons of these terrible events. >> mr. deputy speaker, let me start with a tnk-you for the secretary's statements and keeping the house informed on the development on the gulf. let me also join him in the regret over the people who have died in this tragedy. we shall never forget the people who lost their lives in this accident. can i also join him in the deep oil spill that he mentioned in his statement? i believe it is in the interest of the environment and the employee shareholders, and be a coordinated response of the governments of the u.s and in the u.k. sector companies of all thi accident, of but does he agree with me that all of the involvied in the deep water horizon project should be subject to investigation and that finger-pointing at the peak in paicular is not helpful? secoly, on the issue of regulation, does he agree that any process of learning lessons need to look at not justhe cident that private companies but the regulators of the u.s. minerals management? [applause] [unintelligible] could he also, in hi

in my opinion, that is one of the leons leaed from our ssion in afghanistan. conclusion, it not lacof will. is in the short term a lack of capacity. we work hard to develop that capacity. the longer-term perspective, i think it might leadthe conclusion that we need this trning cacity as one and the nato's capabilities. >>he process and afghanistan is under review. how you seeakistan and the other neighboring countries? >> pakistan can pull a -- play a crucial role in our endeavors to improve the security situation in afghanistan and to be very dire about it. we cannot solve the pblems in ghanistan wiihout a positive and strong engagen of pakist. but weake this opportunity to -- let me take is opportunity to commend the pakistani military for their determined fights against extremism and terroris in the border region. i would vermuch likto see cooperation with pakistan further developed in the coming years. we hav alreadyaged in an tensive high-level political dialog. i uld als like to see an intensified military cooperation based on demand from kistan. in conc