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for more we turn to priscilla clapp, a retired foreign service officer who headed the u.s. embassy in burma between 1999 and 2002. she's now an analyst and consultant to think tanks and foundations. and jennifer quigley, the executive director of the u.s. campaign for burma, an organization that supports democratization and human rights assistance in myanmar. this is still a very new relationship. where does it stand right now? >> well, i would say that with president thein sein's visit to washington we'll start a new chapter in the relationship. i think that the relationship is over the past year has become much more normalized than it was before. i expect that we will be working very closely with myanmar in the future to help them build a sustainable democracy and overcome the many challenges that they're facing right now. >> suarez: jennifer quigley, how do you see it? >> i agree that there has been a warming of relationships between the two countries. it worries us that it has been very much done by just the government as opposed to involving ethnic armd groups or civil
for more we turn to priscilla clapp, a retired foreign service officer who headed the u.s. embassy in burma between 1999 and 2002. she's now an analyst and consultant to think tanks and foundations. and jennifer quigley, the executive director of the u.s. campaign for burma, an organization that supports democratization and human rights assistance in myanmar. this is still a very new relationship. where does it stand right now? >> well, i would say that with president thein sein's visit...
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in fact, i believe the government is trying to face the problem. >> suarez: priscilla clapp, jennifer quigley, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: making cities work better through high-tech innovation. that's the ambitious goal of one san francisco startup. "newshour" correspondent spencer michels has our report. >> reporter: the scrambled eggs and homemade waffles disappeared quickly at this free breakfast for children and their moms in east palo alto, a largely minority community in the heart of california's wealthy silicon valley. many residents here, possibly tens of thousands, qualify for food assistance programs but aren't accessing them. some are simply unaware such programs exist. that was the case with jackie owens, a single working mom who says she was struggling to get by before she learned about the nonprofit ecumenical hunger program. >> i was in touch with social work, and i never heard about this program until word of mouth through a friend. >> reporter: beverly johnson is in charge of food assistance programs for mateo county. >> we actually had been struggling wi
in fact, i believe the government is trying to face the problem. >> suarez: priscilla clapp, jennifer quigley, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: making cities work better through high-tech innovation. that's the ambitious goal of one san francisco startup. "newshour" correspondent spencer michels has our report. >> reporter: the scrambled eggs and homemade waffles disappeared quickly at this free breakfast for children and their moms in east palo alto, a...
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. >> priscilla clapp, also retired from the foreign service. agree with much of what you're saying. when i think about the solutions, i keep coming back to our congress. i haven't read your book, so i don't know what she say about him, but i'm so distraught about the state of our political system particularly in the congress awaits chosen, the fact people have to spend all their time raising money rather than taking in a country's problems. is there anyway to fix that? >> i read about congressional dysfunctionality. i think there's problems with how money operates in american politics. i think it's toxic. people spend way too much time doing it. that situation is going to get worse, not better. narrowcasting of the media has made a more difficult. everyone can find their own cable or internet site with the proliferation that makes it harder to build community. political parties have got much weaker, much less significant, so there's that. people can't appeal to one side or the other, rather than state legislatures. one or other subtle demograph
. >> priscilla clapp, also retired from the foreign service. agree with much of what you're saying. when i think about the solutions, i keep coming back to our congress. i haven't read your book, so i don't know what she say about him, but i'm so distraught about the state of our political system particularly in the congress awaits chosen, the fact people have to spend all their time raising money rather than taking in a country's problems. is there anyway to fix that? >> i read...
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. >> priscilla clapp, also retired from the foreign service.i agree with much of what you're saying. when i think about the solutions, i keep coming back to our congress. i haven't read your book, so i don't know what she say about him, but i'm so distraught about the state of our political system particularly in the congress awaits chosen, the fact people have to spend all their time raising money rather than taking in a country's problems. is there anyway to fix that? >> i read about congressional dysfunctionality. i think there's problems with how money operates in american politics. i think it's toxic. people spend way too much time doing it. that situation is going to get worse, not better. narrowcasting of the media has made a more difficult. everyone can find their own cable or internet site with the proliferation that makes it harder to build community. political parties have got much weaker, much less significant, so there's that. people can't appeal to one side or the other, rather than state legislatures. one or other subtle demograp
. >> priscilla clapp, also retired from the foreign service.i agree with much of what you're saying. when i think about the solutions, i keep coming back to our congress. i haven't read your book, so i don't know what she say about him, but i'm so distraught about the state of our political system particularly in the congress awaits chosen, the fact people have to spend all their time raising money rather than taking in a country's problems. is there anyway to fix that? >> i read...