. >> nathan raab joining us from philadelphia, thanks as always for being with us. >> thank you. >> and you're listening to "washington today" on c-span radio. >>> at the state department today, secretary of state hillary clinton saying russia and other countries must ask themselves whether they stand with syria's people or with its dictator. the secretary of state saying efforts are continuing at the united nations in hopes of winning security council approval for an arab league approval. it calls on syrian president assad to leave power. russia as we're reporting opposed this language. regime change in syria. the secretary of state was speaking at a signing ceremony with the foreign minister of singapore today. she appealed to the security council meant to make their place known, asking the question, whose side are you on? here's part of the exchange as she took a question from reporters at the state department. >> thank you, madam secretary. firstly, could you tell us what you think about this recent report that details from taliban detainees cooperation between the taliban and pakis