many presidents, republicans and democrats alike, have had the wisdom to appoint ryan crocker as their ambassador to six different countries -- lebanon, kuwait, syria, pakistan, iraq and finally afghanistan. ambassador crocker has been just as indispensable in kabul as he has everywhere else in his career. from enhancing our relationship with president karzai and the people of afghanistan to negotiating and concluding the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan, to being the dedicated partner every hour, every day of general john allen and all of our men and women serving in harm's way. in my many years, in my many travels, i've had the pleasure and the honor of meeting and getting to know many of our career diplomats, and i am continually impressed by their high quality and tough-mindedness, their patriotism and love of their country, their constant willingness to serve and their many secret sacrifices that they make. but of all these remarkable men and women, never have i met a foreign service officer more outstanding or more committed to our country than ryan crocker. the o

ryan crocker amazon, france would say you are planning their, you have to be careful. it is a little tough down there. all that changed when the fields were transformed. this could happen again at the beach chalet. it could be a place where people are brought together, people from different backgrounds come together in a nice, and ranching community sort of way. please support this project. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i also have two children in the city and do my best to remain positive and loving of this beautiful city. tonight we have heard fantastic arguments and when we evaluate a project like this where often considering benefits vs. costs and how to the benefits outweigh the costs we have to evaluate in a decision that ultimately is based on one which has a rigorous methods and best practices based on scientific evidence from other projects. the opposition has held the sponsor to enormous and exacting rigour with regard to proving that the environmental impact will be minimized. the sponsor has gone through excessive project review and

ryan crocker was congratulated by president obama today and by leading republicans.questions for crocker about america's progress in winding down the war, but first, let us tell you a little bit about him. we last saw crocker in afghanistan in 2011. you've been ambassador in what countries? >> well, i started in lebanon, then kuwait, syria, pakistan, iraq, and now afghanistan, so six times. >> pelley: you sure know how to pick them. he was a junior officer in beirut back in 1983 when he was caught in the first major bombing of a u.s. embassy by islamic terrorists. he was ambassador to iraq where he helped turn that war around, and he retired in 2009, but then, president obama asked him to take on afghanistan two years later. ambassador crocker is joining us from the state department. ambassador crocker, one of your goals was to get the enemy to the negotiating table. that really hasn't happened, and i wonder why the taliban aren't talking. >> scott, bear in mind, that while we definitely want to see a negotiated settlement-- that's how insurgencies end-- it's not our

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ambassador ryan crocker who is retiring this month tells "the new york times" u.s.rs should remember the law of unintended consequences and recognize the limits of america's capabilities. >>> authorities have electricitiedelectricity . >>> authorities have located the body of amber whittlow. she was found last night in memphis with her older brother, antonio, who is a suspect in her abduction as well as the couple's death. antonio is in police custody. amber was taken to a children's hospital as a precaution. >>> and florida republican senator marco rubio was supposed to appear at a rally for romney in iowa. but rubio couldn't make the appearance because the plane he was on made an emergency landing in albuquerque, new mexico. rubio who has been mentioned as a potential romney running mate did address the iowa rally by phone. an albuquerque airport spokesman says rubio plane may have had an electrical issue. >>> and those are your top stories. now back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> this is "gpso the global public square." welcome. i'm fareed zakaria. we've got a spec

ambassador ryan crocker, who is retiring this month, tells "the new york times" that u.s.hould remember the law of unintended consequences and recognize the limits of america's capabilities. >>> florida republican senator marco rubio was supposed to appear at a campaign rally for mitt romney in iowa, but he couldn't because the plane he was on made an emergency landing in albuquerque, new mexico. rubio, who's been mentioned as a potential romney running mate, did address the iowa rally by phone. an albuquerque airport spokesperson said the palestinian may have had an electrical issue. those are your top stories. back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> as the american economy continues to disappoint, an old debate has resurfaced. is there anything the government can do to get things moving again? or is it all in the hands of the private sector? to talk about this, i have two very eminent economists. paul krugman is columnist for "the new york times," professor at princeton and has a book, "end this depression now." and ken rogoff is a professor at harvard university and a former

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ryan crocker blamed the haqqani network for the 19-hour kabul attack which killed four police officers, three coalition soldiers and four civilians. two dozen more soldiers and civilians were injured. the obama administration insists on negotiating with the haqqani network despite unsuccessful attempts in the past. secretary clinton has indicated these negotiations may be necessary again in order to establish sustainable peace in afghanistan. however, the haqqani network has been permitted to evade designation as a foreign terrorist organization. congress' frustration with the obama administration's overdue review of the haqqani network is clearly evidenced by this legislation. according to u.s. military commanders, the haqqani network is highly resilient and is one of the biggest threats to the u.s.-led nato forces and the afghan government in the current war. this straightforward legislation simply directs the secretary of state to analyze whether the haqqani network meets the standards for designation as a foreign terrorist organization under federal law and report those findings ba

ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker. in it he paid tribute to the many american civilians horrificing their lives doing important humanitarian work to bring security and stability to afghanistan. i couldn't agree more with ambassador crocker that those men and women working for or contracting with the state department or usaid are doing extraordinary work. rebuilding infrastructure, helping children to go to school, improving infant and maternal health, wiring the afghan people to the internet. mr. speaker, the burning question is this, if this work is so important, why aren't we doing more of it? the human need in afghanistan is far greater than the resources we are devoting to the effort. for the last few years, we have had a military surge in afghanistan. a surge that's led to more deaths, more violence, more instability, and more strength for the extremists and insurgents forces we are trying to defeat. what we need, mr. speaker, is a civilian surge. we need a great emphasis on development and diplomacy. on democracy

i'd like to just take a few minutes and pay tribute to ambassador ryan crocker, who ended his tour this week as the u.s. chief of mission in kabul, afghanistan. as some of my colleagues may know, ambassador crocker's health has unfortunately been poor so he's returning to receive some much-needed care. but what my colleagues may not know is that ambassador crocker's health has been poor for some time and the people who care about him most -- his family, his friends and colleagues in the foreign service and our secretary of state herself -- told ambassador crocker long ago that he needed to leave his post and that he needed to get away from the long days and long nights of too much stress and not enough sleep. they told him to come home for his own sake. eventually ambassador crocker relented, but still he was only going to leave on his own terms. he said that america asks the best of our country, our men and women in uniform and their many civilian partners who work and sacrifice shoulder to shoulder with our troops in the field. to serve in afghanistan for one year, ambassador crocker

they are ryan crocker who has served as ambassador to afghanistan, his deputy who will replace him shortly, james cunningham, and our ambassador to pakistan, cameron munter. what they share and what they have given us in these two critical posts are the best of our nation's public service and foreign service. i had occasion to meet both ambassador crocker and ambassador cunningham on a number of visits to afghanistan and to be briefed by both of them, and so i know personally how extraordinarily honest and forthright they are in the insight and intelligence that they give to congressional visitors and many of us have been among those visitors and many of us have met with them, and so i know that others have had that experience as well. i know them both to be extremely capable and intelligent, thoughtful and insightful. they understand the complexities of this region and they have succeeded in maintaining strong relationships with our partners in afghanistan and pakistan to the extent that they were able to do so amid the most complex and challenging circumstances, and somehow in between al