significance of that relationship, we are particularly pleased that president obama has nominated nancy powell to represent us in new delhi. nancy is a former ambassador to both nepal and pakistan, and she has served tours of duty in both i could ya and bangladesh -- india and bangladesh, making her one of the foremost south asia experts in the foreign service. she is one of our best, and it is only appropriate that she be tasked with one of the state department's most important postings. i think ambassador powell would agree with me that the u.s. and india interests and values are converging today as perhaps never before. and consequently, america is an interested stakeholder in india's increasing ascent to greater economic and greater global power and participation. india's economy is projected to be the world's third large in the near future, and total trade between our countries reached 73 billion in 2010 and could exceed 100 billion this year. on defense our security cooperation has grown so dramatically that india now conducts more military exercises with the united states than any other

nancy powell, we look forward to your confirmation being moved through the senate as quickly as possible. i'll have to turn the gavel over shortly to be at a, and i appreciate appembassador powell understanding of that. >> thank you mr. chairman, let me join you in the concern you expressed about the events in egypt. i was startled, i should say shocked by the arrests and the detainment of 86 americans involved in attempting to work with citizens of egypt to promote democracy. i think that each one of us over the years who have been involved in delegations going to other countries, to monitor elections or to assist citizens with the national democratic institute and republican institute and various other groups appointed by our officials know how much we cared about those countries and the follow through that we have shown. it's important, as the chairman pointed out, that given the status of the egyptian economy and before that the status of the egyptian people in lacking adequate full supplies, that the united states is generous and eager to be helpful, but we are facing comments from

hearing will come to order, it's my great, great pleasure together with senator lugar to welcome nancy j powell who has been nominated to be the ambassador to india, and before we start talking about india, i want to say a few words if i can about egypt. egypt is much on the minds of all of my colleagues right now. and the recent events in egypt are particularly alarming. the attacks against civil society in egypt including american organizations like ndia, or ria, the international cent r for journalists and clearing house are disturbing. yesterday's prosecutions are frankly a slap in the face to americans who have supported egypt for decades and to egyptian individuals who have put their futures on the line for a more democratic egypt. right now it appear that some people are engaging in a dangerous game. i have traveled to egypt three times now since the events of last year, the revolution, and it is of particular concern to see things moving in this direction, the challenge in front of egypt is mainly a economic challenge, they have burned through much of their treasury reserves, from some

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. >> in her first interview, susan powell's sister told hln's nancy grace that the boys had started talkingwhat were they beginning to say about the night your sister went missing? >> from what i gather from my parents talking to me is they said that mom went to go look for crystals, and she -- she went into a mine to look for crystals and she never came out. and i've heard them, they pointed to a picture of a woman and pointed to her chest and said mommy owie. >> powell lost custody of the children after his father who lived in the same house was charged with possessing child pornography. in court documents filed last week, powell insisted he had proved his fitness as a stable and loving parent. john? >> ed troyer is the spokesman for the sheriff's department. he joins us live with the latest on the investigation. let me just start with any new details, evidence uncovered. what is the very latest? >> well, the very latest is we have confirmed that multiple e-mails went out not just to one lawyer but some e-mails went out to family members, his pastor and he also went and got ten gallons of

. >> in her first interview, susan powells sister told hln's nancy grace the boys had started talkingat were they beginning to say about the night your sister went missing? >> from what i gather, from my parents talking to me is they said that mom went to go look for crystals and went into a mine to look for crystals and she never came out. and i've heard them -- they've pointed to a picture of a woman and pointed to her chest and said, mommy, owey. >> reporter: josh powell lost custody of his children after the father, who lived with the family, was charged with possessing child pornography. in court documents, josh powell said he had proven his fitness add a stable and loving father, wolf? >> dan simon reporting from washington state. >>> and joining us now, nancy grace of our sister network, hln. this is an awful story and it looks to me like the system really messed up big-time right now. these two little boys are dead. what happened here? >> you know, wolf, it's so easy to monday-morning quarterback and say would have, could have, should have, but by all outward appearances, i ag

powell was a suspect in his wife's disappearance in 2009. susan's parents, chuck and judy cox, spoke with nancyjosh. >> tell me this. all the way back at the beginning when susan first started with josh, what was he like then? >> he, he was still the same. he was a person that people talked to and you'd get a feeling that he was strange, different. a problem. but you didn't think he was dangerous. it's the type of thing, okay, yeah, that's not right, but you know, he's harmless. and most people would after 20 minutes, want to get away from him and basically not associate with him any more. but still, that was him. i mean, it was just josh. kind of overbearing type of person. >> what is this business of making susan wear long sleeves, forcing her to garden and grow food rather than give her money for groceries? i mean, she was working full time and taking care of the boys and she had to garden and grow her own food as well? >> and we learned about that afterwards, after she was missing, that the reason she gardened is he would not allow her to buy anything in the store. because josh was controll