nicholas kay, they give very much. -- thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> here is a look at our primetime schedule. starting at 8:00 p.m., the veil mposiumng them -- vail sy holds a debate on the safety of genetically modified food. the tv on authors exploring america. and on c-span three, american history tv with a look at the confederacy during the civil war. for more than one year, there have been allegations and insinuations that i knew about the planning of watergate. involved inng -- extensive plot to cover it up. the house judiciary committee the -- is now investigating these charges. allarch 6, i ordered materials turned over to the committee. these included tape recordings of 19 presidential conversations. documents from private white house files. on april 11, the judiciary committee issued a subpoena for 42 additional tapes which it said were necessary. i agreed to respond to that subpoena. >> 40 years ago, president nixon

ambassador nicholas kay.ambassador kay has a distinguished athletic background, a former british ambassador to the sudan, and also later to the democratic republic of the congo. i can think of no better person to be conducting the business of the u.n. and the international community than ambassador kay. experienced, wise, and knows how to operate in very tough, political and security environments. in my last position at the department of state, nick and i were colleagues. we talked on a weekly basis, and sometimes on a daily basis. we have traveled across central africa together doing difficult lifting on the drc, rwanda, and other places. so it is a great honor for me to be able to ask ambassador kay, a good friend, to talk about how he sees the current situation in somalia, and whether the slow, steady progress that i mentioned is, in fact, real or is it a barrage -- a barrage. where is somalia today and where do we expect it to be next year and the year after. it's my pleasure to invite ambassador kay to m

i am also extraordinarily pleased to be able to introduce our guest this morning, ambassador nicholas kay, who is the head of the united nations assistance mission in somalia, and also the un secretary general's special representative for that country. somalia is undergoing a slow and steady political and security transformation. for most of the past two and a half decades, somalia has been used and held up as a classic example of a failed state. a country without a functioning government, economy, or security apparatus. a lawless country, incapable of protecting its people, its borders, or its natural resources, and a country that has generated problems for its regional neighbors and also for the international community. a mere five years ago, at the beginning of 2009, the situation in somalia appeared to be at its lowest point, and many observers had clearly written it off. ethiopian troops who have been fighting against extremists have been driven out of the country. the transitional federal government, at the time led by president on dell yusef ahmad, was in chaos. he was about to ste