the devastation did not stop at the borders of el salvador, however. hurricane ida also left about 13,000 people homeless in nicaragua and damaged about 100 homes in guatemala. this important resolution expresses our solidarity with all of the people impacted by this horrendous storm and it commends the brave efforts of all who helped to contribute in the relief efforts in its aftermath. specifically i would like to recognize and commend the significant and immediate efforts undertaken by our most generous country, the united states of america, in wake of this horrific storm. through the u.s. agency for international development's office of the u.s. foreign disaster assistance, and the u.s. southern command, the united states was able to help airlift emergency relief supplies, finance humanitarian assistance projects, support medical evacuations, assess infrastructure repair projects, and deliver emergency and food supplies to the worst hit and isolated communities in el salvador. this resolution also recognizes the coordination among the countries of

i remember in el salvador to talk to the effort. i'll add sort of that brought about a peace treaty in 1992. >> rex is joining us from ohio. good morning, rex. >> caller: good morning. i can't believe that went through on the first ring. >> host: we're glad to hear from you. buy a lottery ticket. >> caller: i can't imagine that obama is watching television over there, wanting to believe that, you know, the bush administration and mccain talked about 9/11, since the 9/11 attacks. but that was before the war that we can't win. the mission is more in balance to bring us to an economic collapse. they've done more than that, they've polarized them. and i can only see if we're going to get the war of our own. between the have and have notes. >> host: thank you, rex. >> i hope not. i think that the presidential level, commander in chief level, you have to made decisions. his decision was pull the plug. the military would flop. his decision was clear objective. limited in scope, limited in time. i think was the right way to go. i think we o

conservative, holdrun conservative catholic priest and because of the suffering of his people in el salvador lead the way toward a new understanding of catholic christianity's, liberated quarter. in the standing on the side and what they called the preferential option for the poor, for those who have been left out and the losers in life. which i still think is most important of all the theological and tendencies of the 20th-century whether catholic for non-catholics. now, just a word or two about pope benedict xvi. i think benedict really has the idea that he needs to circle the wagons and make the catholic church something which is defendable and clear, not suffering any kind of losses around the edges, but you have to remember that benedict came into his role as the pope with a very serious series of crises on his hands. when he looked around from his palace there on the tiber at the catholic church around the world, he looked at europe and virtually gave up on it and said europe is gone in secularization, not much that can be done. he looked back to south america where he saw a hemorrhagi

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he won his pulitzer photographing the war in el salvador. his son is currently stationed in fort lewis washington, and dickman went there earlier this year to photograph families. his son helped out. dickman says his son made an offhand remark that really brought home how important photographs are to soldiers far from home. >> when he would go outside the wire, kind of into harm's way, he had a picture of his wife in his breast pocket, and she was close to him and he could pull that picture out and have that connection immediately. >> yeah, i do that too. i've got pictures of us when we went to disneyworld this last year, i keep them in a little book that i keep in my cargo pocket so its always close to home, or close to my heart. >> reporter: it must be hard. >> oh yeah. it's real hard. i mean you're far away and there's not much, you kind of feel helpless. >> okay, i think you all are done, >> reporter: while the hammar family put their coats back on, the second family of the day came skipping down the path. >> can you sit right here? >> r

and david got shot by a sniper's bullet and killed while covering el salvador. so i never quite figured out the pull import of that less. you the stint on the sunday times helped me get a rhodes scholarship. i had would advantages, i came from louisiana, and they had to give awards to people from louisiana every now and then and secondly, had bylines in a british paper, and the people on the selection committee were overly impressed. and so i got the fellowship. i was shucking oysters at a bar across the street from felix's in new orleans at the time. it was kind of convenient because nobody at the oyster bar had any idea what a rhodes scholarship was, so i didn't get nervous. but on the panel was willy morris, who is a great southern writer. so i was totally intime date by him. i told that tale years later, and bill clinton said, you don't remember who else was on the panel? i was on your panel. i was the one who asked you about if you're in a boat and only three people -- one of those type of questions. bill clinton had an amazing, amazing memory. he was just

in el salvador we talked with those insurgents, and that brought about a peace treaty. host: rex is joining us from ohio. caller: i cannot believe i got through. host: it is your lucky morning. caller: i am concerned that i cannot -- i can't imagine osama bin laden and his boys are wallowing in glee. the bush of ministration said -- the bush administration said we have not been attacked since 9/11. they were trying to bring our nation to an economic collapse. they have done more than that. the nation is completely polarized. we are going to be in a civil war of our own between the haves and have-nots. guest: i hope not. i hope that the -- at the presidential level you have to make decisions. if his decision was to pull everyone else -- pohle everyone el -- pull everyone out, the troops would have complied. the military will do all they can to make this successful. i hope the american people will success -- will support this in a way if the afghans don't measure up, then the president will evaluate that and make the proper decisions. host: a follow up on my earlier quest

lesson to me and tell david, and some few may know, got shot by snipers bullets while covering el salvador. so i never quite figured out the full import of what that lesson was supposed to be. they stand on the sunday times helped me get a road scholarship as you mentioned. i was not actually the best grade or the best student. i had two advantages. one is that i came from louisiana and they had to give them from people in louisiana. as i can add bylines in the british newspaper. as you can imagine people of the rows collection community are over and pressed by people of bylines in english newspapers. they tend to be anger files. and so i got the fellowship. i was shucking oysters at a bar across the street from felix is in new orleans at the time, it was kind of convenient because nobody in this oyster bar had any idea what a road scholarship was that kept me from being nervous. but i do remember i did get nervous because i was still vaguely in my real writers stage when i realized on the panel was willie marx. he was a great southern writer. i was totally intimidated by him. bill clinton

i remember in el salvador we talked to the insurgents there.the peace treaty in 1992 -- that brought about a peace treaty in 1992. host: brett joins us from ohio. caller: i cannot believe i got through on the first ring. host: we are glad to hear from you. buy a lottery ticket. caller: i'm concerned about the boys over there, that the taliban is watching their televisions and reacted with glee. we are bogged down in a war that we cannot win. their mission on attacking the twin towers was to bring our nation to economic collapse. they have done more than that. the nation is completely polarized right down the middle. i can only see -- we are going to be in a civil war of our own the canoed -- between the haves and the have-not before it is over with. guest: i hope not. i think at the presidential level, at the commander in chief level, you have to make decisions. if his decision was to pull the plug and pull everyone out, the military would comply. his decisions with clear objectives, limited in scope and time. that was the right way to go. we o

secretary had a meeting with ukrainian foreign minister and looks forward to a meeting with the el salvadorran foreign minister. >> can i ask about mrs. tauscher? what she did not say was that the administration was ready to go ahead with an enforceable -- enforcement mechanisms on this. why is the administration not -- why is the administration not supporting that? >> i think she did say we were not prepared to revive negotiations toward a verification regime on biological weapons. because we've determined that this would be something that would be extraordinarily difficult to verify compliance. it's biological weapons programs can be easily disguised in a very small part of laboratories that are devoted to legitimate activities and we think that our energy and efforts should be focused instead on working in a multilateral basis to enhance transparency and to come to an agreement on compliance on a multilateral basis. but unfortunately, any kind of verification protocol that we would come up with under the convention wouldn't be able to keep pace with rapidly changing nature of the biologi