mr. berman at the outset. i would look i can to address several of these questions in the remainder of my remarks. first, regarding the purpose and timing of the deployment, we're providing advisors to the regional forces because joseph kony and the other senior leaders have proven unwilling to end it peacefully. as you know there was an opportunity for a negotiated peace agreement during the talks in 2006/8 but they ended when kony refused to sign. and conducted new attacks and abductions. so regional governments have had to pursue a military approach to end the lra threat. as for our regional partners, we provided significant resources to the militaries in recent years training the 391st battalion of the congo armed forces and working with the sudan's liberation army and providing equipment to the armed forces the central african republic so it can maintain its critical presence in somalia but we think despite the assistance to date, uganda and other regional military would also benefit from increased capaci

mr. berman. >> okay. i understand. i want to get into an issue that's concerned me. it's a sensitive issue and i had to miss your testimony because of all politics is local and to this issue in the aviation subcommittee of transportation and infrastructure but last march in accordance with section 203 of the enhanced partnership with pakistan act you certified that pakistan was continuing to cooperate with the united states in efforts to dismantle supplier networks. that it has demonstrated a sustained commitment and is making significant efforts towards combating terrorist groups. given admiral mullen's recent statement, discovery of bin laden in pakistan, recent reports in the indian press that the mastermind of mumbai attacks remains a key player in the affairs of let despite being in custody for over two years, i'm wondering, do you have any regrets making that certification and is there anything on your recent trip or anything else that's gone on in the last few weeks that makes you feel optimistic that the purposes we were trying to achieve in that certificatio

mr. berman.nd i, mr. engel -- we share a lot of the same goals in the western hemisphere. we agree on a lot. we disagree in a few places. i would suggest that the idea that all of the countries are coming from the united states to mexico. there was a gao report -- as you drill down into the report, it's 90% of the guns that are traceable and it's only the u.s. guns that are traceable. so i think that has to be put on the record for people to understand. also, if we're worried about the guns going into mexico, that policy -- the fast and furious policy -- everyone in this room should be appalled by that policy. let me first start with -- in venezuela. is hugo chavez in control of his governmen government? >> i would answer the question this way, mr. chairman. virtually his entire government is unwilling to in my opinion make decisions without hearing what his view would be. to that extent he's clearly in control. if the question is, is everything that's going on in his government known to and cont

mr. berman, in argentina, the attacks on u.s.roops in iraq, and support for those activities, nuclear program that is not fully accounted for to say the least. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. thank you mr. berman. chairman mac of the western hemisphere subcommittee. >> thank you, madam chair. i want to thank the panel for your insight and for being here today. before i get into some of my questions, i there was a gao report. as you drill down, it's 90% of the guns 245 are traceable, and it's only the u.s. guns that are traceable. that has to be put on the record for people to understand. if we're worries about guns going into mexico, that policy, the fast and furious policy, everyone in this room should be appalled by that policy. let me first start with venezuela. is hugo chavez in control of his government? ambassador brownfield? >> i would answer the question this way, mr. chairman. virtually his entire government is unwilling to, in my opinion, make decisions without hearing his view. to that extent, he's clearly in control. if

mr. berman, for your owning statement. ion and trade. >> thank you, madam chairman. the lra has been pillaging central africa for a generation now, and under the sadistic joseph kony that group exists for one reason: to kill and to capture and to resupply for the next plunder. there is no other reason for its being, for the lord's resistance army's existence. and this savagery has landed kony and his lra on u.s. terrorism lists. and his targets are children. and 70,000 girls and boys have been abducted. of and i'm, i must say it's good to see evelyn here, and we appreciate her efforts on the behalf of other abducted girls and boys. but one boy told how he was forced to kill eight other children. the victims were surrounded in a circle, children were forced to take turns bashing them with a bat in a collective kill. now, if this is not a crime against humanity, i don't know what is, and it was orchestrated by kony. and with these horrors in mind, congress passed legislation to counter the lra threat. we pressed the administr

mr. berman. we need to realize that they are not willing to negotiate and they do not wish to negotiate. it may have one sentence? >> may i have one section? at that meeting, but we agree there should be no conversation with iran unless there is seriousness and a way to verify that seriousness. >> we just had a conversation at the un. but anyway, thank you very much. mr. berman. >> if i will ask my own questions. yesterday, i have three questions, so i appreciate short answers and i will try to make the questions should. yesterday we passed a bill that would result in the united states cutting most of its contributions to the un. since nothing works in the context of getting iran to change its behavior, unless we are dissentient iran for decades, totally, in terms of our embargo, unless we get other companies and other governments to do it, however the passage of that kind of law, how would it affect your international strategy? i ask you, secretary sherman. >> thank you, congressman. we have exp

mr. berman, the ranking member on the foreign affairs committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. berman: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank my friend from -- for yielding. and i rise in support of the korea trade agreement. the agreement will lead to increased california exports of manufactured goods, agricultural products, raw materials, thereby creating a large number of new jobs and it provides rigorous intellectual property protections for the creative industries in los angeles and throughout the nation. but i like to use the remainder of my time to address the allegation that the agreement would undermine our sanctions against north korea. there is no truth to those allegations. we will continue to enforce our sanctions against north korea just as we do now. the first allegation is that the agreement would allow north korean goods produced at an industrial complex in north korea or elsewhere in that country to be imported into the united states. i raise this issue with ambassador kirk,

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mr. berman is recognized. >> thank you, madam chairman. a few points. on the issue raised by the gentleman from illinois, regarding briefing, the fact is that the administration pursuant to congressional law prepared a strategy which suspect -- which is specifically included references to end military objective, to remove joseph kony and his top commanders, and the u.s. assistance in achieving that. it was a public document almost a year ago. that does not even go into any classified private briefings on more specific subjects. this has been out there for almost a year. secondly, i like to ask a few questions. first, the historically tense relationship between uganda and the democratic republic of condo, do you see -- will we have special forces working with the drc's 309th battalion trained by africon? >> thank you, congressman berman. on the issue of the kony military, we need to focus comprehensive approach, not only military, but the problems with the victims. >> i understand that. >> politically, we need to help all of these countries that are vict

mr. berman, the old guy, is recognized. [laughter] >> young at heart. madam secretary, the administration has made it clear that the war in afghanistan can only end through a political settlement. you have been quite candid that you would not support any agreement that gives of the hard-won rights of the afghan people. the red line's you previously mentioned a side, given the taliban's brutal history and that the movement is so ideologically driven, what makes you think, for example, they would either change course on ideology? how we get them to change the way they see the world? >> congressman, i am not sure that all of them would. i am very realistic about that. we have had somewhere in the order of 2500 fighters officially reintegrate. in other words, we have registration of them. we know they have done it. of those, there seems to be both a weariness with fighting and a recognition that the path that the taliban had been on was not the right path. this is part of the testing process that we have to be engaged in. i think that the hard reality is th

mr. berman, the old guy, is recognized. [laughter] >> young at heart. madam secretary, the administration has made it clear that the war in afghanistan can only end through a political settlement. you have been quite candid that you would not support any agreement that gives of the hard-won rights of the afghan people. the red line's you previously mentioned a side, given the taliban's brutal history and that the movement is so ideologically driven, what makes you think, for example, they would either change course on ideology? how we get them to change the way they see the world? >> congressman, i am not sure that all of them would. i am very realistic about that. we have had somewhere in the order of 2500 fighters officially reintegrate. in other words, we have registration of them. we know they have done it. of those, there seems to be both a weariness with fighting and a recognition that the path that the taliban had been on was not the right path. this is part of the testing process that we have to be engaged in. i think that the hard reality is th

mr. berman and i had agreed to, she would be departing after mr. mack's questions because that will bring her to her other duties. mr. mack is recognized, the subcommittee on western hemisphere chair. >> thank you, madam chair. and it's great to see you again, secretary. clinton. i'm going to switch gears a little bit as well. as you know, i serve as the chair of the western hemisphere subcommittee, and so there's a lot to talk about, um, but i wanted to, to talk a little bit about fast and furious. um, and specifically at what point did the state department learn of operation fast and furious? >> congressman, i don't know the exact time. um, i can tell you that based on our information from the part of the state department that would deal with this kind of issue we have no record of any request for coordination, we have no record of any kind of notice or heads up, and, you know, i -- my recollection is that i learned about it from the press. that's my reck election. >> -- recollection. >> so i think, then, i know the answer to this question, but i

mr. cain has to lasay late on. >>> now in the storms in the northeast. abc's john berman is in danbury, connecticut. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is what people are waking up to all over the northeast. the mayor here has all but called off halloween. this is the biggest power outage ever. and it's october. october! these are words that just don't go together. trees down. record snow. and halloween. they're calling it snow-tober. for millions, it's snow. bummer. it could be well into november before the mess is cleared. in new york. >> trick or treat. i think mother nature played a trick on us. >> reporter: in connecticut. >> no heat, no food, no power. and it's okay. >> reporter: and in new jersey. greg just cleaned up from hurricane irene. and now this. this morning, the cleanup is in full force. at least 11 deaths have been blamed on this storm. including a 21-year-old mother whose car plunged 75 feet off a freezing overpass in the bronx. record snows in neark, new jersey, to hartford, where they broke their record by a foot. there were two feet in some parts of massa

mrs. lettuce head can live happily ever after. and turn that fraun upside down. for "good morning america," john bermany the potato. how about that? roast it. bake it. >>> how about "pop news," lara? >> good morning, guys. good morning to you all. bill clinton, proving once again, he's in on the joke. the former president makes a cameo in a really funny new spoof just released on funnierguy.com. it's a brainstorming session for the clinton mock foundation. as they ponder ideas like creating a softball team called the clinton clobberers. and a global bake sale. it's sean penn who steals the show with his missing lunch bag problem. check that out. in honor of the clinton foundation's tenth anniversary. >>> and apple, breaking records. selling more than 4 million iphones, in the first three days. no wonder we can't get them. strongly holding off the competition. customers who lined up said they were enticed by the 4s's updated camera and siri, that allows users to get directions or restaurant recommendations by talking to your device. really amazing. >>> and michael jackson's only daughter wants to be a s