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nations. >> the deputy leader expressed hostility to the u.s. government for supporting israel and said egypt doesn't need american economic aid. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has repeatedly voiced concerns over the possibility of an anti-israel administration taking power after a power shift. >>> the u.s. government is urging the egyptian army not to use force following wednesday's classes against protestors and supporters of president mubarak. >> the president's administration strongly condemn the outrageous and deplorable violence taking place on the streets of cairo. if any of the violence is instigated by the government, it should stop immediately. >> gibbs said u.s. defense secretary robert gates, the chairman of the joint chief of staff mike mullin and other u.s. military officials at all levels are kag their egyptian counterparts. the egyptian army moves are being closely watched amid the deepening confrontation between mubarak supporters and opponents. the u.s. government has close ties with the egyptian military and provid

the national governor's association expressed their concerns about the impact of the government shut down in their state operations. >> i have a question about president obama's budget that was released recently. a lot of republicans say this budget is overly timid and it does not lay out a long-term plan. with its continuing resolution in the house, the president is taking a standoffish approach. is it fair to say the president is refusing to lead? >> it is unfair. it is not fair to take this holier than thou that during from the republicans in congress. there were two big bush tax cuts. we have big problems. there is no argument. cutting spending needs to be a part of that. that is why the president's budget calls for cuts over a period of time. what the republicans are proposing right now is reckless. it will hurt a fragile economy and throw more people out of work. that is not just me saying that. the fiscal commission specifically warned against deep cuts in 2011. why? because it would put people out of work. goldman sachs -- you can say many things about goldman sachs but they

nations. and it has been expressed in the last two meetings which we had in the form of our apartheid and our chief of staff level and also -- >> charlie: apartheid would be pakistan, afghanistan and the united states. >> yes. we have this arrangement since 2006 that we have this meeting and the chief of staff -- in other meetings which is one level below. in the surface there is a lot of mechanism for coordination, intelligence sharing, sharing knowledge and thins with counter ied. but recently i think they are all argument that we have increased our cooperation and we are operating they will cooperate from their side. >> charlie: can you win without that. >> winning is there but it will become much longer and more costly. >> charlie: that reminds me of the history of afghanistan. there is this argument that the united states should not be there because the history of afghanistan suggests that it's ungovernorrable. that a strong central government has been and will ever be. >> i think there are times that afghanistan was one of the peaceful countries in their most and it was really much -- >

own devotion of islam as we develop our version of christianity for the same reason, as an expression of nationalismin my view at the same time. this needs to be factored into this, and i think if they are, then over a period it would be possible to reach an agreement with them because they are very torn. united states is the great state, and we are a medium state for them, and there's a joke in diplomacy that if only the iranians think the u.k. is still a superpower. they do. they think we are much more skillful than the u.s., but on the one hand, they think those things, and it's important in rhetoric. on the other hand, they want normality. they know they can be stuck in sanctions for a long time and then they sort of half never land, and they want to break away from that, but my own judgment, the short story is i think we need to have a reassessment of the oval strategy. there's an impromptu essay on the subject. now turning to the more formal part of this. the first thing i wanted to do is to express again my deep sorrow and regret for the loss of life and injuries on our coalition forces, and

as a nation, we express our noblest values when we make a priority of helping others. [applause] we set an example for the world to follow. our generosity encourages other donors to give more. however, this economic crisis has forced us to re-evaluate everything. in a short term, we have an employment challenge, with unemployment over 9%. the crisis is certainly compounded by the growing pressure on our deficit and debt. congress will have to take a hard look at all spending as it decides how to get the economy moving and restore the long- term health of the budget. in this time of tradeoffs, it's fair to ask tough questions about our aid expenditures. the first question on everybody's mind is how effective are development programs for the poorest? some say the return on investment doesn't justify the expense. others claim a significant portion of aid is lost corruption. it's not surprising that people feel this way. in the past, there were foreign assistance efforts that were not measured by their impact. in past times, we often didn't have a clear metric of what impa

in addition, the secretary general of the oic express concern over the latest developments, while the leader of the league of arab nations condemned in the strongest terms. the president of the european council was clear that these are unacceptable and must not remain. on behalf of the european union, he condemned the repression against peaceful demonstrators and deplore the violence. we also emphasized that the legitimate aspirations and demand of people for reform must be addressed to open and meaningful libyan-led dialogue. we also called for an immediate and to the use of force against protesters. therefore, we urge limit to fulfill immediately its obligations under and allow -- under international law. we have concern against people held in libya against their own will. we ask libya to fully cooperate in protecting the rights of citizens of other countries. the also urge the libyan to assure the safety of all foreign nationals and those wishing to leave the country. mr. president of the human rights council cannot remain silent in the face of shocking events such as those taking place now in libya. we have the respo

the iom says most of those leaving the nation are returning home to neighboring tunisia and egypt. some countries expressed concern of immigrants flowing in from libya. up to 400,000 refugees could cross the immediate trainian. after president benali was forced from power. libyans living in foreign countries are deeply concerned about the fate of their family and friends back home. many are doing whatever they can to stay in touch. and they're showing how upset the way their country's authoritarian leader is handling the unrest. nhk's yasushi kudo has the story. >> reporter: as confusion in libya continues to spread, people as far as japan are expressing their opposition to the gadhafi regime and its crackdown on protesters. [ chanting ] >> reporter: more than 70 people gathered in front of the libyan embassy in tokyo on wednesday. they were from libya but also japan and various other countries all united by the anger they feel toward moammar al gadhafi for his use of deadly force against civilians. >> we want to change right now and we just want our freedom and we want to just stop the massacre. >> yester

. >> it is imperative that he addresses the nation and announces with grace and leadership in his understanding of the expression of his people that they are making. their aspirations. he needs to embrace them, fully. >> at the egyptian people not only have the right to form a new government but they need their responsibility to make sure it is done to build towards the light and not the darkness. >> during the protests banks and schools have closed. food and fuel are in short supply. his and as that may ease what has been at tenuous situation. it >> times and bad days for kron4 news. >> there have been shows throughout the streets of people not satisfied, they want him to step down right away. president barack obama talk with the egyptian president and obama offered his perspective on how the change could take place. >> he recognizes that the status quo is not sustainable. i change must take place. it is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful, aid must be peaceful and a must begin now. the process must include ebert suspect of voices and opposition appeared initially to lectures that are free a

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the tea party express announced plans to yesterday for a new magazine called the "tea party review." it will be published monthly and cost $35 a year. a couple of hearings -- in three hours, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies before the house budget committee on the state of the e economy. the chairman is representative paul ryan of wisconsin. that is on c-span2 at 10:00. also at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c- span 3, homeland security secretary janet napolitano will review the state of the homeland security threats. she is before the house homeland security committee chaired by representative peter king of new york. coming up, "washington journal" is next with the day's news and phone calls. and the house is at session -- in session at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and then back at noon for legislative business. in about 45 minutes, we will talk with democratic talk with democratic representative jay

as possible a united position of the international community by the way it was expressed as you know by the united nations security council in a joint statement of the security council and now this is about what's happening in libya so my. direct answer to you is that yes we have a very good cooperation. on these matters. but question yes please could you identify yourself for those who don't know you yet. i guess that the folks you're going to interfax will say to the so you are sure you already said something about this but i would like you to ask again but the events in the arab countries how this can affect. what you know what europe's economy you mentioned high oil prices for the global economy what consequences schools vance might have and with. another question that. mr putin will in the. european partners tell you about the third package you said that some solutions may be possible one. those solutions more than even you get you. all right on the negative consequences for the global economy because of what is happening in north africa that's what you're seeing right now about having seen dollars a

national board certified teachers in san francisco -- dear teachers. i congratulate the teachers of the san francisco school districts to achieve certification. as a native californian, i regret i cannot be with you in person to express my pride in the fact that you are now among the 3% of all teachers in this country who hold the distinction of being nationally boards sorted five. moreover, this new class dispose -- this new class gives a total of 200 national board certified teachers, the second most of any school board in the state, and, of course, you can imagine which one has the most. it is that large neighbor in the south, which we do not need to mention. [laughter] to gain certification, you have to find evidence to combine student learning with your teaching. this is not an easy task, and you are to be commended for your commitment, integrity, and perseverance. effective teaching is the foundation of any effective school, and i urge you to build upon your achievements by taking a leadership role and encouraging your colleagues to accept the challenge of national board certification. a sincere thank you for the work that you do each and every day and for your dedication to the students of san francisco. since

expression. there are costs to a nation's education system, its political stability, its social mobility, and its economic potential. when countries curtailed internet freedom, they place limits on their economic future. their young people don't have access to the conversations and debate happening in the world or exposure to the kind of free inquiry that questions the old ways of doing and invent new ones. barring criticism of officials make government more susceptible to corruption which creates disruption with long-term effects. freedom of thought and a level playing field made possible by the rule of law or part of what fuels innovation economies. it is not surprising that the european/american business council, a group of more than 70 companies made a strong public support the statement last week for internet freedom. if you invest in countries with aggressive censorship and surveillance policies, your website could be shut down without warning. your service could be had by the government, your designs stolen or your staff threatened with arrest or expulsion for failing to comply with a poli

minister mustafa abdel jahleel they had a provisional government he has expressed frustration at the lack of support from other nations as it could offer his forces attempts to suppress the popular uprising with brutal violence more than one hundred thousand people have fled to neighboring countries in the turmoil along with many foreign nationals correspondent peter oliver is following developments from next door in the us. the u.n. security council voted unanimously to impose these sanctions that are free now they'll take the form of a travel ban against colonel gadhafi himself as well as others close to him an acid free zone could be out is in a circle a sixteen names on this list there's also an arms embargo placed upon libya now the resolution it was brought forward by france the u.k. germany and the united states also contains a referral to the hague to the international criminal court there so that they can look into allegations of crimes against humanity committed during the two weeks of violence that we've seen in libya governments around the world have been doing the best to get their citizens out of the cou

nation. on this path, i would like to express my gratitude to the international community, in particular to the united states for having brought us vital assistance in the development and expansion of the afghan national police. the development of the afghan national police has been done with a great deal of concentration with the fact it is primarily a law enforcement agency. one of the priorityies -- one of the priorities of the afghan national police during expansion and development has been to separate the authority and responsibility between what is the afghan national police's and what falls on the shoulders of the afghan national army. the transfer of responsibility, the transition. transition entered a sensitive phase, and it requires a logical and serious way of dealing with this phase as the afghan national police will shoulder the bulk of this burden because maintaining internal and domestic security is the primary role of the police. during the transfer, we must pay particular attention to the following points. increasing the capacity of the afghan security forces vis-a-vis their we

there is also a national independent inquiry to investigate possible crimes against humanity. the country expresses its solidarity. and we hope that they would be able to merge from this crisis with minimal loss of life. >> i would like to inform you that the list of speakers is now closed and i will give the floor to france. >> thank you, sir. we echo the statements made by hungry. we are delighted that you have decided to take up the situation in libya. the extremely serious situation and the scale of human rights violations requires this. information that was echoed said the civilian population [unintelligible] the libyan authorities are systematically repressing their own population. and almost all states have rejected these unbearable signs of violence. dealing with these atrocious acts, the council will, to expectations of a mandate. it unambiguously condemns the violations currently being perpetrated in libya which could be similar to crimes against humanity. there can be no impunity for those committed and responsible for violations of human rights. all possible options need to be looked at

[applause] 92 years ago a group of pioneering women journalists formed the women's national press club in an expressiondarity to establish their own voice in otherwise male-dominated business. we are proud heirers of that legacy to carry out the original women's national goal of equality, scholarship and excellence in journalism. in keeping with that mission, the proceeds of tonight's dinner go to the foundation's charitable projects including collecting oral history of women pioneers and journalism and a successful internship program that includes "the new york times," the associated press, doud -- del jones newswire, the houston chronicle and "the los angeles times." it is now my pleasure and a great relief -- [laughter] -- to leave our program and the more able hands of our emce, jacob tapper, abc white house correspondent. when i covered the hill, i used to listen to his reports on tv, read his blog and his tweets for the value of the information in them. now, as the white house reporter i read them more defensively with dread, and i seem to be reading them all the time tall hours. we are deeply gr

this is the pledge i have made before god and the nation, and i will protect this pledge until together we take egypt to the shore of safety. i have expressed plans to get out of this crisis and to implement the demands of the people within constitutional legitimacy. in 8 way that will achieve stability of our society -- in a way that will achieve stability of our society and at the same time i put forward a framework agreed for a peaceful transfer of power. >> then, as the president continued his speech, he made it clear that he was not a president who was going anywhere. he was a president who would keep his promises. he then announced that he would be handing over some of his powers. >> i am aware of the dangers facing us. out of my belief that egypt is going through a very significant place in its history, this compels us all to put the interests of the nation first and put each of of of any consideration -- but each of the above any consideration -- but -- put that egypt will come through this crisis. its people will not be broken. it will stand on its feet again with the confidence and loyalty of its people. it will answer back agains

[applause] 92 years ago a group of pioneering women journalists formed the women's national press club in an expression of solidarity to establish their own voice in otherwise male-dominated business. we are proud heirers of that legacy to carry out the original women's national goal of equality, scholarship and excellence in journalism. in keeping with that mission, the proceeds of tonight's dinner go to the foundation's charitable projects including collecting oral history of women pioneers and journalism and a successful internship program that includes "the new york times," the associated press, doud -- del jones newswire, the houston chronicle and "the los angeles times." it is now my pleasure and a great relief -- [laughter] -- to leave our program and the more able hands of our emce, jacob tapper, abc white house correspondent. when i covered the hill, i used to listen to his reports on tv, read his blog and his tweets for the value of the information in them. now, as the white house reporter i read them more defensively with dread, and i seem to be reading them all the time tall hours. we are d

nation. on this path, i would like to express my gratitude to the international community, in particular to the united states for having brought us vital assistance in the development and expansion of the afghan national police. the development of the afghan national police has been done with a great deal of concentration with the fact it is primarily a law enforcement agency. one of the priorityies -- one of the priorities of the afghan national police during expansion and development has been to separate the authority and responsibility between what is the afghan national police's and what falls on the shoulders of the afghan national army. the transfer of responsibility, the transition. transition entered a sensitive phase, and it requires a logical and serious way of dealing with this phase as the afghan national police will shoulder the bulk of this burden because maintaining internal and domestic security is the primary role of the police. during the transfer, we must pay particular attention to the following points. increasing the capacity of the afghan security forces vis-a-vis their we

national security interests of the people of the government of chile. mr. speaker, i hope that the white house and the state department and assistant secretary will take a stand against these divine interdictions and express solidarity with the nation, especially in light of president obama's planned visit to chile next month and assistant secretary of venezuela's recent testimony before the house foreign affairs committee yesterday. and i sincerely hope that even our international community will build pressure on the president and the people and the government of chile, let's treat these poor people a little more justly and provide the opportunities so they can develop their islands, give them opportunity to live in peace in this area. i ask that the good people of america, make this appeal, the government of chile will be response to have this request. i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in

expressions. i just did a story for the nation magazine on camden, new jersey, which per capita is the port city inhe united states and not surprisingly the most dangerous. there is no supermarket in the center of camden because we have allowed agribusinesses to create a system. i also live in new jersey. all of my efforts and vegetables are trucked across country. poor people cannot afford to maidens, so we don't sell it to them. if you want to eat in camden you have either church's fried chicken or doughnut shops. greece and sugar. food desert. you can go to a cold out areas of west virginia, and it is the same. these post industrial pockets, as our society is reconfigured by corporate forces into a knee of feudalism will only expand. it is incumbent upon us to wake up, understand what these forces are doing to the environment and that corporate capitalism, which is distinct from the penny capitalism that existed in the farm town where i grew up where farmers would come in and have a market and sell their vegetables and fruit. it is distinct from the regional capitalism of the small-business owne

nation will have more after this newscast. >>> after protests in wisconsin, democratic legislators against the so called budget repair bill have fled the state, 70,000 protestors showed up to express opposition. republicans say the bill is the only way to tackle the projected $3.6 billion deficit. organize d labor groups are assembling a nationalized campaign. >> all right there may be hope for you people who have been told to leave the water and shampoo, turning to technology used in wine making to check out liquid explosives in airports. if successful airline passengers could be allowed to bring large water bottle, soda cans, carry on luggage. they have been banned since 2006. >>> this morning police are trying to figure out who shot a cup toll death in oakland and why. the man and woman were headed to a party in oakland on friday night. they were found shot to death in their car early saturday morning police found them near the corner of 62nd and hilton street. the victims include a 31-year- old man from redwood city and a 27-year-old woman from oakland. more than one man opened fire but they have no suspects. this marks oakland's 18th and 19th homicides of the year up from 8 t

egyptian president off if you gave that state of the nation address a bamma said that he had had a direct and frank call with mubarak that he's had expressed the need for a transition to peaceful elections as soon as possible sure you get the reaction from people here on the streets and they are asking for america to stay out of their affairs the same criticism is leveled at the american city or what people here believe is american support for mohamed el baradei he is the former chief of the international atomic energy agency he also won the nobel prize with that agency back in two thousand and five now he is being touted as a possible leader of an interim government he said as much and soon as of opposition groups all supporting him talking to protesters they do not support him many of them in fact don't even know who he is he's a figure that's much better known on the internet. national stage that means own country so whether it is nobody whether it is all but al the way the egyptians feeling that they both made of the same cloth they'll both push and mary can engender and really the court i'm hearing here on the streets is for america t

nations, and later worked for them in new york. she returned to san francisco and married in 1955. she is survived by two sons, a daughter, and seven grandchildren. the board of education expresses our condolences to the family and to the political community of san francisco that will sorely miss her. president mendoza: thank you. we would also like to adjourn our meeting in memory of dan, founder of the department of musical theater at the high school of the arts. he died suddenly the week before last of complications of pneumonia. he was only 58 years old. he taught since 2004, and directed many shows including " jekyll and hyde," beauty and the beast," and "seussical." he used numerous and elementary schoolchildren in the cast as determined whos. students went to special matinees of the show and learned they can pursue an education in the arts at the public arts high school. that was the best out reach the could have. his work won numerous awards for himself and his students. he was given a fellowship a few years ago to study in poland by the san francisco foundation, and was a recipient of the dream catcher award. he was an artist to chose to work with students in the public