good local partner, your odds of trying to make it happen reason all that much more slim. >> think rajivs making some great points and i think i would point out the stark difference, we surge in iraq, we were primarily surge nothing baghdad and surge nothing afghanistan, we were surging into southern afghanistan into village which is is what hamid karzai complaining, why are we going into the village, attacking the taliban, very ambiguous energy these villages in helmand, he sees the real problem being in pakistan. >> what is the difference between doing an urban surge and a rural surge? how does that change the questions and the tack 'tis you have to ask and employ? >> first, when we are talking about an urban surge, we have the luxury of a clustered population in one area, you secure a neighborhood there are adjacent neighborhoods where perhaps insurgents you can use as a staging point and clear the neighborhoods and expand. the an jal jie an ink spot. >> strength in one place creates strength in others. >> it can if it works well. with afghanistan isn't like that villages are cut off

agency administrator rajiv shah testifies. usaid is asking for nearly $52 billion, an increase of a little more than 1.5%. the hearing begins at 2:30 eastern. >>> at his monthly news conference in brussels yesterday, nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen called the crackdown in syria, quote, absolutely outrageous. the secretary-general also answered questions about nato's future relationship with russia after this weekend's presidential election. the briefing is a little less than a half hour. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming. and the secretary-general will start with a short opening statement and then, of course, as usual, we'll be happy to take your questions. >> thank you, and good afternoon. it's a month since i saw you, and the last few weeks have been particularly tough in afghanistan. and i would like to express my deepest sympathy to the families and loved ones of our troops who were killed or wounded in the recent violence. these brave men were in afghanistan to build a safer future. and any attack on ou

will be scarred they also won their best of seven series against atlanta by four wins to tell you rajiv is man left the last a region take no chances in game six as they thrashed the four men. in the eastern conference finals are in god still right their opponents game six between our cars and trucks all takes place in. double the current cup winners trail the series three it's a must win game for them on saturday. is now tiger woods of pace to be coming into forward just the right time he has a share of belatedly halfway stage of the arnold palmer invitational in florida his last tournament ahead of the masters next weekend woods was three shots off the pace heading into the second round but four straight birdies on the front annoyed holes put him in contention as he shot a flawless sixty five to finish on and on and this is the first time woods has had to lay in a p.g.a. tour with going into the weekend for more than two years. he's tied at the top of the leaderboard with joint right three he joins words at the summit of the bird in four of his last six holes. finally moving to the co

scarred they also won their best of seven series against sidelines by four wins that say miller's rajiv'smen were too strong for the moscow region side in game six as they thrashed them through a mill. in the eastern conference finals of in god still don't know their opponents game six between at bars and trucks will take place in his arms double the current cup winners trail the series three to win game for them on saturday. now tiger woods appears to be coming in to form a just the right time he has a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the arnold palmer invitational in florida it's his last tournament ahead of the masters next weekend which was three shots off the pace had. into the second round but four straight birdies on the front nine holes puts him in contention as he shot a flawless sixty five to finish on time and this is the first time woods has top political or in a p.g.a. tournament heading into the weekend for more than two years he's tied at the top with joint overnight leader charlie wait who joins words of the summit after grabbing four of his last six holes. finall

the agency administrator rajiv shah will testify at this hearing. it will be chaired by senator ben cardon. the usaid budget for 2013 is anticipated to be 1.6% over 2012 levels. it falls under the state department's $51.6 billion budget request. and again, the hearing should get under way shortly. the reason for the delay, a couple of votes under way in the senate on judicial nominations. and then the hearing should get under way. earlier today, the senate fell short in their vote in advancing the transportation bill. the vote 52-44. they needed 62 yes votes to advance. and two republicans in that vote, senators brown and senator collins of maine joining democrats -- 48 democrats and two independents voting in favor of advancing the bill, but they have not advanced that transportation bill in the senate. meanwhile in the house, on the house side, transportation secretary ray lahood commented about the house's efforts on transportation. he said, the house bill that was presented is very deficient in transit money and all kinds of safety programs. it'

the honorable rajiv shaw. mrs. shaw. mr. joe lamont. mrs. andra lamont. mr. anthony gardner. mrs.alejandra gardner. mrs. carol penske. mr. david penske. mr. raj fernando. mrs. jennifer -- the honorable martha johnson. mr. steve johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman. >> i have not seen her yet. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] i am very excited. >> [inaudible] >> too humble in his accomplishments. people will learn. >> i am very excited. >> [inaudible] that was a surprise. >> [inaudible] mrs. amanda barton. mr. david ajai. mrs. ashley jasmine scott. the honorable nancy ann depearl. rm jason depearl. -- mr. jason depearl. the honorable patrick f. kennedy. ms. elizabeth slope. governor o'malley. judge katie o'malley. senator richard lugar. mrs. charlene lugar. >> we have been watching the guest arrivals at the white house for the state dinner for british prime minister, at david cameron

the honorable rajiv shaw. mrs. shaw. mr. joe lamont. mrs. andra lamont. mr. anthony gardner. mrs. alejandra gardner. mrs. carol penske. mr. david penske. mr. raj fernando. mrs. jennifer -- the honorable martha johnson. mr. steve johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. -- bruce stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. -- anna wintour. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman. >> i have not seen her yet. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] i am very excited. >> [inaudible] >> too humble in his accomplishments. people will learn. >> i am very excited. >> [inaudible] that was a surprise. >> ready. forward. >> very pretty. they look better. >> they do. >> present arms. ♪ ladies and gentleman, the president of the united states barack obama and mrs. obama accompanied by the prime minister of britain, david cameron and his wife, samantha. >> good evening, everyone. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. i was just telling the prime minister that so far, the e