ambassador to liberia, samuel west field and reverend billy graham and mrs. johnson, the wife of the president of the johnson publishing co. which published ebony and jack. in addition to official meetings, press conferences and speeches before political parties the africans treated pat and her entourage to reception. pat took her responsibilities very seriously. noted in her biography of her mother, she snuck away from family activities on christmas day to go over her briefing notes and organize her thoughts for the upcoming trip although the state department and staff prepared remarks for her she went over them, making changes where she felt necessary and highlighting points wanted to emphasize. in liberia she pleased her host by noticing how impressed shearwaters by the considerable development that had occurred since her last visit in 1957. gonna, she traveled into the hills to pay her respects to 83-year-old chief who she had met in the vice-presidential visit. he told her that she had forged a friendship between the american and gone up people that, quo

in liberia, she gushed a reporter she cannot wait to get around to meet some people.she certainly did that. she waited in the crowd, shaking hands, giving hugs and patting backs at the inauguration she could present a colder and embrace protocol to implement of courage, strength and character and fortitude of spirit, end quote. when a group of women presented her with traditional cloth rather than put expecting the gifts and slipping it under her chair, she sit up and began to tied around her waist. the women were shocked to realize what she was trying to do and immediately got up and came to help her and director of the traditional clothing had passed a outfit and willingness to model in front of her audience and the cameras spoke volumes about her respect to the culture and people she was visiting. if you had a chance to visit these exhibits, you'll see there's a wonderful picture of pat and a blue headdress or you can get your picture taken. that is the most beautiful picture of pat nixon you can find in it speaks volumes about how she felt about her ability to go

when she attended the inauguration of the new president of liberia and she became the first byte of aitting president to serve as official representative to foreign country. pass enthusiast at response to people she met in south america and africa service diplomatic purpose for her husband secured opening for future first ladies to exploit. in fact, pat's initial success of handing diplomacy under all about her taking solo trips during her husband's term in office. but, if everything else connected to richard nixon, past expansion of the role of first lady was lost in the midst of watergate. rather than celebrating her publish in it, pat spent her last months in the white house avoiding reporters encouraging her husband to fight on. instead of the person inquiring about her next trip or commenting on her. any pantsuit in a women's magazine, and other first. the focus is on the growing scandal. even pass it this year is 20 years later after the resignation concentrated one watergate do not to reduce the first lady. pat never came to the politics or the political life, but that she had

the new president of liberia. for the first time, the first lady would be the official representative of the united states. as such, patted met privately with the president there as well as prime minister and the president edward of ghana and president felix -- [inaudible] sorry. the ivory coast. i think i murdered their names. i apologize. her official party of forty include the u.s. ambassador to liberia samuel as well as the reverend billy graham. they were ministers and mrs. johnson. the president of the johnson publishing company which published ebony and jet. in addition to the official meeting press conferences and speeches before political parties, the african treated pat and the team with a whirlwind of dinners and presentations. she took the responsibility very seriously. jewelry noted in the biography of her mother that she snuck away from the family activity to go over the briefing notes and organize the thoughts for the upcoming trip. the state department and the staff of the west wing prepared marks

friends of liberia partners of liberia. i welcome you all to see me that. these women. they are placeholders. sometimes they are the boldest of all of the people trying to stop the war because they have so much invested they know it's their daughters that are going to get raped they know it's their sons their are going to be picked up as child soldiers it's their husbands who are going to get killed so they care deeply about stopping that violence. who could you who call them. just continue to educate into the king to. one million people. you know it and they came with machetes spears shouting and looting whole house they were after the ethnic tutsi thought towards. the shores there was so much negativity during the genocide the people also showed humanity. there were people who dared during the genocide to hide their neighbors despite the threat to their lives because they could have died most people would ease. off if she took me into the house and suggested that i hide up in the roof she put me there she looks hungry and sick i have i to come in and instructed him to

this through its military wing has shown to be very effective in the past in places like syria luna liberia where again ninety percent of that contingency was always supported by the nigerian troops and this time around we already see nigerian troops who are already stretched in their own country dealing with booker i miss you so yes a concern a worry that africans do not necessarily have the capacity or the capabilities or the the financial muscle to be able to resolve the problems which are facing them internally from an african content perspective but i believe that the western powers also alarmed concerned that terrorism may be a problem with this may be the new launching pad for al-qaeda to take western forces and they want to put their best foot forward it would appear so about a concern that but if western boots find themselves in that part of the world it could become a new insurgence similar to what we've seen in afghanistan similar to what we've seen in iraq and exam know is how how much devastation this could cause the major major concern that we have all around this is that is t

. >> carnival is incorporated in panama, royal caribbean in liberia, and princess cruises in bermuda,n though their headquarters are in florida, a source of contention for rockefeller. from 2004 to 2011, carnival paid just 1.1% in federal, state and foreign taxes, yet recorded $11.3 billion in profits. the member of the cruise line international association says no matter where a boat is registered, all lines have to follow the international rules of the sea. but he concedes there are tax advantages to registering outside the united states. >> are there some fees and taxation considerations that go into that? certainly. we pay a wide array of fees, duties, and we pay all of the taxes that we are required to pay. >> of all commercial cruise ships, only one, norwegian's pride of america, is registered in the united states. carnival ships are registered in several countries. the costa cruise line for instance flies an italian flag and pays italian taxes accordingly a corporate rate of about 30%. senator rockefeller says the industry is piloting its boats right through legal loopholes. >>

from places like bangladesh and uzbekistan, germany, ethiopia one of our strongest allies in africa, liberia, with an african woman as president. the first on that continent. south africa. maybe we choose to ignore our friends in israel where diversity visas were received. or albania where we went to war to ensure the integrity and the saving of those people. or hungary or iceland, or maybe our strong ally, turkey. that's what diversity visas represent. and there is no reason to borrow from peter to pay paul f my friends would really pay attention to the recent charge of the november 6 election, they would know what america needs is comprehensive immigration reform. if i might in this debate of deficit reduction and the need for increased revenue, we know that if you had comprehensive immigration reform over 10 years, you would introduce them to the economy -- into the economy $1.5 trillion. that's a reason to come to the floor right now and vote this bill down and start in the next week and put on the floor the bills that mr. gutierrez and myself and many others at one time senator mccain,