and libya.n the political front, we are continuing an open and frank human-rights dialogue with libyans. we hope to use the mechanism of the bilateral and human rights dialogue to lay the foundation for a vigorous discussion of the issues that concern both of us. including the role of civil society, respect for freedom of speech and press, and refugee and migration issues. as libya takes on an importann role over the next year on the international stage, including serving as the president of the arab league and hosting the arab african summit at the end of this year, the u.s. will support their efforts to encourage other countries to follow its model of combating terrorism, promoting nuclear non-proliferation and encouraging ibm efforts to promote peace, stability and security in the region. continue to encourage libya andl its current capacity as president of the u.n. general assembly and as a member of the u.n. human rights council to administer the responsibilities entrusted to it in a way th

companies to do business in libya.ince 2001, libya has launched a number of economic reform initiatives as part of a gain to adopt a market oriented approach to economic development. and to build the human capacity and to diversify the xi in nonoil and gas sectors. it is important to note what a massive undertaking this has been. and libya effectively has been attempting to make up for 40 years of systemic stagnation and recon stute its bureaucratic and economic capabilities. we have an at some point to support libyan economic reform efforts while promoting u.s. business interests. we're working with the libyan government on new anti-money laundering and counter tryst finance programs that will further both our economic and security interests. and we're also working to support president obama's new export initiative, by energyly promoting u.s. business interests in hibia. and libya is an emerging market with plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in housing and infrastructure and health and education and comme

the resulting iran, called the iran-libya sanctions act, later just the iran-sanctions act, because libya comply with the concerns we had at the time, and as a result of stepping ford and disarming themselves of nuclear weapons, we were able to drop libya from the title of the bill. as i just heard senator bennett say, and colleagues were joined -- this is no great joy in the crafting this bill. we're doing so out of defense of our nation, and the threat being posed by the government of iran, but would help it would understand the seriousness of this endeavor. the club of neighbor of efforts in the national income and helps the would see the light as libya did in leadership -- in hopes, and that it would take the proper steps removed the threat they are currently opposing. despite a clear mandate, they have failed to comply with the legislation adopted from 1996. despite billions of dollars in oil and gas investments, they have avoided complying with the loss for 1996. that has been the subject of considerable discourse within the banking committee over the last number of years. first, wh

cohort is a diverse group representing algeria, bahrain, egypt, israel, and jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libya, morocco, oman, syria, tunisia, the west bank, and gaza, and yemen. george mitchell to set a date with the u.s. delegation in the palestinian investment conference, part of our effort to support their economic reforms and institution building efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president abbas about the pic, and i think they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this peek with both palestinian and israeli officials. so the schedule is still being worked out. today in the dominican republic , they are hosting the world summit for the future of haiti -- solidarity be on the crisis. this is the first time that the owners have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usaid are part of this delegation that includes cheryl mills, counselor to secretary clinton,

the head of libya's national oil corp. says he is happy for bp to continue to operate in his country's territorial waters despite the oil spill. the oil minister said it the spill is a tragedy, but it is exaggerated in a way. bps signed a deal with the -- bp is signed a deal with that company. and one person must explain his controversial comments about some colleagues. he said that general stamina crystal had been instructed -- stanly mcchrystal had been instructed to its plan his comments. and europeans plan to spend more than last year on summer holidays. there to travel plans however have been weighed by the financial situation many plan to take one holiday trip this summer. those are some of the latest+ headlines on c-span radio. >> several events to tell you about today. the treasury secretary will speak at an oversight of the tarp program. we are covering some live events on c-span3. and that the u.s. policy toward iran hearing will be held. and financial regulations bill work will begin at 9:00 eastern curtain hos.

>> the two main centers, as susan collins and a libya's know. those of the three being targeted. -- and olympia snowe. those are the three being targeted. >> will democrat said the 60 votes? >> you always have to wait to the vote. i think folks generally feel fairly confident at this time that wwth this change, which they said collins and snowe were signing off on for the most part, lawmakers are not publicly endorsing it wholeheartedly. behind the scenes, a juror saying they felt confident this would get them. >> thank you for talking with us. >> have a good one. >> on tomorrow mornings "washington journal" we will talk tabout energy legislation after that, republican congressman buck mckeon on a u.s. strategy in afghanistan d. after thatinennis -- that, dennis henigan. it is each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> west virginia senator robert byrd served more than 50 years on the u.s. senate, lumber than anyone in history. he appears on c-span more than 1200 times. what are 1980 profile with the signature on the history of the sen

this year's cohort is adverse group representing algeria, egypt, israel, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libyaoman, syria, the bishop, the west bank and yemen. in the region, george mitchell spent the day with the u.s. delegation with the palestine investment conference in part of our effort to support the economic reform and institution to efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president obama about the pick and they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this week with both palestinian and israeli officials although some of that schedule is being worked out. today in the dominican republic, the d r is hosting the world summit for the future of haiti, solidarity beyond the crisis. this is the first time donors have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usa are part of this delegation that includes secretary clinton, the deputy secretary and christopher millikan fro

i amot -- i do n think, if he truly wants to make reforms in libya, or change libya, if he is sincere enough, why is he putting those redlines? gaddafi -- nobody says a word even in the constitution and says he is above everything -- constitution, it says he is above everything. this is e problem. if people sincerely want to mak reform -- if he sincerely wanted to make record, he would start ing it for himself. stop spending the libyan money you have not earned. for example, he pays this college in london to make his speeches -- $1.50 berlin -- 1.50 sterling. he made the same speech. what i guess i got from that speech was the statement made by his predecessor -- professor. u need to come back here to school to take a short course in the rule of law and the ability of the people to collect and change the president. this was said by his professor. it said nothing about those things in his speech. he talkedbout democracy and committees and the sorts of things. we know those things are not his policies. we talked about the economic effect when some people said there was a lot of mement.