-pthat is the result of excellet joint work between the private and public sectors, and we need manye projects like it. we will have more to say about that next week. >> simon hart. >> the prime minister will be aware of the vital contribution of the 23,000 territorial army and other reservists who have fought in afghanistan, iraq and the balkans in the last six years. so far, 22 have lost their lives in those operations, and the ones who survive are twice as likely to get post-traumatic stress disorder than their regular counterparts. what recognition and support can the prime minister give to the thousands of employers who routinely allow staff to volunteer, train and engage in reservist activity and who, by doing so, are critical to our military success in those operations? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right to raise the conttibution that our territorial army plays in serving our country. he is right to remind us how many people have served in iraq and afghanistan. there are some 600 volunteer reservists serving today. standdng up for our armed forces is not just a governm

-pthat is why the second thing e are focused on is the recovery and restoration of the gulf coast. you know, for generations, men and women who call this region home have made their living from the water. that living is now in jeopardy. i have talked to shrimpers and fishermen who do not know how they are going to support their families this year. i of seen empty docks and restaurants with fewer customers, even in areas where beaches are not yet affected. i have talked to owners of shops and hotels who wonder when the tourists will start to come back. the sadness and the angry that they feel is not just about the money they have lost. it is about a wrenching anxiety that their new way of life may be lost. i refuse to let that happen. tomorrow, i will meet with the chairman of bp and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compeesate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his company's recklessness. and this fund will not be cut -- not be controlled by bp. in order to ensure that all legitimate claims are paid out in a fair

. >> where do you find thhngs like -pthat clip of karl rove or dan rain shower backer? >> oh, man, we just dig and dig and dig. that's one of the fun things about my job. you start ooking and you starr believing that stuff is out there that hasn't been seen before and you usually find something. >> how do you find it? if i were sitting in your shoes, who would you call to find somethhng like that? >> well, the first place you start is you go to the networks and you say, you know, send me all your material that has stuff about either jack abramoff or karl rove or others, and sometimes you get stuff. but then sometimes there's certain ncidents you'ree interested in, and there's another incident innthe film about this famous sort of right wing woodstock that jack abramoff held in angola. we knew about it, the networks had a tiny clip, but we kept asking people who had been there if they knew of anybody who was ssooting it. and low and behole, we got a name, we tracked that name down, we found a person in london. we asked him if he still had footage. lo and behold, he had 2

-pthat ii where the deceleration comes, living up to the oath that i chose. >> we are not a political goveenment. they do not collect as. if they do not like what we're doing, or less it is just too bad it other thhn impeachment, which has neverrhappened, or conviction of impeachment has never happened in the court. we make decisions based n law and not a policy preference. >> i think this ii an open process in the sense that this is a new institution that explains in a public way what it decides it what it does. >> we have the constitution and laws, and i think they mean pomething. they do not necessarily mean what i'd expect in every instance. i think the people of united states trust us to interpret and apply those laws fairly and we have. >> a 300 million people 900 million points of view. i think people in this country3 things. and despite enormous this agreement, they decided to resolve heir differences under law. >> the supreme court in general has been respected by the american people. i think it has been one of the3 is most respected. so it is not size that makes the grand to

-pthat is why we're working so hard to bring those costs down. >> let me as to the. is treasury contemplated the allocation of funds to any new ppograms before october 3? >> at this stage, we are not contemplating any new programs using this authority. we have an obligation of care and prudence. we are very reluctant to do things unless we think there is a very, very high return on the taxpayer's investment. we think this is a set of programs today thht strikes that balance. >> how about additional tarp funds to existing programs? >> no. we have no plans of adding to the current estimates that we have put out. again, first of all, for perspective, most americans think we went and spent $700 billion, and we will never see again. in fact, we actually put out half of that, we got more than half of that back already, and we have substantially reduced the estimates that we started with about how much these programs would ultimately commit to. >> ok. my time is up. >> mr. silvers. >> mr. secretary, i hope i conveyed in my opening remarks my sense that the analysis you went

-pthat is the sort of tangible progress people in afghanistan want to see to demonstrate like this betterthan a was undee the taliban. we have to deliver that as part of the message of security and stability that will enable us to leave. >> i commend and support my right hon. friends determination to take responsibility for what our armed forces are seeking to achieve. but is he aware that there has been a widespread perception that while we are fighting the war in afghanistan, whitehall has not been on the same wartime footing or tackling problems with our midst -- problems with urgency as we would expect. will you appoint a secretary of state for afghanistan to drive things forward? >> what i would say to my hon. friend to take a great deal of interest in these matters, we at footing by having in national- security exam -- national security adviser that met on the one which is driving the policy on this. that message has got clearly through to the ministry of defence. getting equipment to the frontlines and we're doing everything we can to make sure that happens and the commitment is th

-pthat is why we're working so hard to bring those costs down. >> let me as to the. is treasury contemplated the allocation of funds to any new programs before october 3?%- >> at this stage, we are not contemplating any new programs using this authority. we have an obligation of care and prudence. we are very relucttnt to do things unless we think there is a very, very high return on the taxpayer's investment. we think this is a set of programs today thht strikes that balance. >> how about additional tarp funds to existing programs? >> no. we have no plans of adding to the current estimates that we have put out. again, first of all, for perspective, most americans think we went and spent $700 billion, and we will never see again. in fact, we actually put out half of that, we got more than half of that back already, and we have substantially reduced the estimates that we started with about how much these programs would ultimately commit to. >> ok. my time is up. >> mr. silvers. >> mr. secretary, i hope i conveyed in my opening remarks my sense that the analysis you we

-pthat is why we're working so hard to bring those costs down. >> let me as to the. is treasury contemplated the allocation of funds to any new programs before october 3? >> at this stage, we are not contemplating any new programs using this authority. we have an obligation of care and prudence. we are very reluctant to do things unless we think there is a very, very high return on the taxpayer's investment. we think this is a set of programs today thht strikes that balance. >> how about additional tarp funds to existing programs? >> no. we have no plans of adding to the current estimates that we have put out. again, first of all, for perspective, most americans think we went and spent $700 billion, and we will never see again. in fact, we actually put out half of that, we got more than half of that back already, and we have substantially reduced the estimates that we started with about how much these programs would ultimately commit to. >> ok. my time is up. >> mr. silvers. >> mr. secretary, i hope i conveyed in my opening remarks my sense that the analysis you went

-pthat is the fragmentation of some of the key figures within the regime, the internal rivalry that is goong on now inside the system. this rivalry that i am referring to is not a rivalry between the conservatives and the reformists. it is the rivalry that is now the stabilizing -- now destabilizing the system itself. what has happened over the last year is that we have seen the circle around president ahmadinejad narrowing. weeare seeing, for example, that major players that founded the islamic republic, such as the former president, are being marginalized. there is marginal as asian of political elites that have been pillars of the system. this is very important politically for iran, because if we are going to sort of look ahead a few ears down the road, when for example hamineh dies or becomes ill, the fragmentation we are seeing now will create some instability. as michael explained, the power structure now really focuses nearly solely on hamineh. in the past, he ruled by consensus. since he became supreme leader in 1989, he tended to balance competing forces by playing one institu

-pthat has been very successful. since there is a lot of space of their we also have room for when we gee permission to use those, we use dispersants as well. further in around tte passes+ near grand isle, moving east and smaller skimmers, this isave a%- designed for inshore and near- shore skimming. people out there on small boats, cleaning the beach. numerous techniques or strategies, tactics and getting rid of the oil -- one tries to prevent the oil from getting to the beach in march. we use booms. when it is nice, calm days, itt is very effective. but the weather can mooe the boom all round and it is difficult to keep the oil from whereewe do not won it. we have a manual recovery. that is an addition to the blooms. this is the projection of -- i am sorry, this is the boom map. this is the latest projection of where we have seen oil. it is not necessarily possible to recover. some of it is sseen. we're trying to predict where the oil is added so we can prevent it from getting onto the beaches. that is the basic st

-pthat is why we're working so hard to bring those costs down. >> let me as to the. is treasury contemplated the allocation of funds to any new programs before october 3? >> at this stage, we are not contemplating any new programs using this authority. we have an obligation of care and prudence. we are very reluctant to do things unless we think there is a very, very high return on the taxpayer's investment. we think this is a set of programs today thht strikes that balance. >> how about additional tarp funds to existing programs? >> no. we have no plans of adding to the current estimates that we have put out. again, first of all, for perspective, most americans think we went and spent $700 billion, and we will never see again. in fact, we actually put out half of that, we got more than half of that back already, and we have substantially reduced the estimates that we started with about how much these programs would ultimately commit to. >> ok. my time is up. >> mr. silvers. >> mr. secretary, i hope i conveyed in my opening remarks my sense that the analysis you went