sierra leone is now an investment destination. sierra leone is the place to do business. this is been recognized by the world bank, the imf. last year, our economy was referred to as the hottest economy, a place to do investment, and we have already a high rate of growth that is not comparable to any other african country. these are a result of the measures we have taken. the democracy that we are building, the openness of our economy, and the structures that we're putting in place to guarantee that investment is not only attractive, but it is also protected, and it is also seen in the lives of the people. more employment, better conditions of service, and i believe that sierra leone is on the move. so let me, mr. ambassador, stopped at this point. apply that. >> thank you for the very, very rich thoughts. we will come back to some of the issues that you pointed to. let me, next, turn to our president from malawi. we will start with president banda. >> thank you very much indeed. ambassador carson, distinguished panelists who are also distinguished presidents and prime mi

i will start with you president karoma. >> [inaudible] in sierra leone. sierra leone has a unique story in terms of peace and peace development because as a country we have experienced peace and then a period of civil conflict on the democracy country [inaudible] one to move forward and what would take pride what we take pride in is the fact that it is an example of the country in peace and order in the country. for us to get to the point where it is declared over in 2002 and since then the country took the appropriate steps we have now positioned ourselves to development. we take the first steps in the reconciliation commission and the communities and people within the country reconciled. the country of the reconciled community was to move forward. they take on those that have the highest responsibility some of it was organized in the country and have an outcome of what happened. these are all institutions if that piece together to end of the world and reconcile themselves. now in moving forward and building the peace and democracy and the development we

. >> praising the leaders from sierra leone, senegal, malawi and cape verde. he said they are trying to increase political transparency, protect human rights and promote economic opportunities for their people. >> the united states is going to be a strong partner not on the old model in which we are a donor and they're simply a recipient. but a new model based on partnership and recognizing that no continent has greater potential, greater upside, than the continent of africa, if they, in fact, have the kind of strong leadership that these four individuals represent. >> obama said their success will ultimately help the u.s. economy and contribute to a more peaceful world. >>> chinese leader xi jinping has been also making overtures to african leaders. his country's been actively involved on the continent, extending financial aid and helping nations develop infrastructure. but china's eagerness to buy up natural resources has also prompted accusations of an unbalanced relationship. now, authorities in beijing are trying to show that trade is not just a one-way s

obama praised the leaders from sierra leone, senegal, malawi and cape verde. he said they are trying to increase political transparency, protect human rights and promote economic opportunities for their people. >> the united states is going to be a strong partner, not based on the old model in which we are a donor and they're simply a recipient, but a new model based on partnership and recognizing that no continent has greater potential, greater upside, than the continent of africa, if they, in fact, have the kind of strong leadership that these four individuals represent. >> obama said their success will ultimately help the u.s. economy and contribute to a more peaceful world. >>> now chinese president xi has also has been making overtures to african leaders. his country's been actively involved on the continent, extending financial aid and helping nations develop infrastructure. but china's eagerness to buy up natural resources has also prompted accusations of an unbalanced relationship. now, authorities in beijing are trying to show that trade is not just a

on thursday, he welcomes african leaders from sierra leone, senegal and heads down to maim on friday speech on the economy. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. we will get the final measure of fourth-quarter gdp, broadest measure of economic growth. we will get the latest consumer confidence reading. that is key because confidence is a big part of how much all of us are willing to spend. on the housing front we will get the march new homes sales report. we will also get a look at the case-schiller home price index. u.s. markets are closed on friday in observance of good provide. we will keep an eye on all of that in the business week ahead for you. >> i'm a.j. hammer. here is what we are watching this week. justin bieber's mom joins us. we will find out the real deal about bieber's recent pickups on tour and his paparazzi battle. emily torres will join us. she is paying it forward with a gift of her own. >> busy week ahead. including this. should same-sex marriage be a constitutional right? the supreme court will tackle the issue this week. folks are gathering in washington to witness h

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the food issued was a very big one and we also went to the sierra leone and other mountains.we had a major program that was continuing of addressing an issue, which we began by thinking of as how to address the continuing challenges for girls and also for boys and have the ability to do better. it can be the distortion of religion update. it causes a tradition that causes women to be military's, much as we taught them at school and so forth. so there is a very strong statement made by the elders about three years ago, saying that basically faith leaders should be girls and women. that should be part of their faith. but most of them are men. [applause] >> but then they said they were finally going to do practically. that is also to the early child marriage issues. marriage is usually not a purely private thing. therefore, i have to say that i was aware of the extent of it in certain countries. but by and large, we really underestimated it. the archbishop said that he quickly under messman -- underestimated. a lot of times they offer it up. we were there it specifically, emotio

i went to sierra leone an each of the country's refugees were pouring out of kosovo and addressing their issues of helping said prosecutor of the tribunal had more support for the work she was doing became one of my successors as high commissioner. and went to china to describe as a former president i had better access to the president and senior officials then if i had just been minister or ambassador or an academic the fact that i have the standing i had access. i learned that so i used it the best i could. but i encouraged the chinese government to find those covenants on social rights during my time as high commissioner and they had workshops or they bring chinese experts and would bring outside experts looking and re-education through labor putting people away with no due process i was also briefed on the worst transgressions of the tibetan monks and priests the political dissidents and ever raise these cases and very rarely got satisfaction. so i got encouraging remarks with the chinese for doing on one side but then by far the strongest voice and i learned that the media were comp

[applause] >> this morning to heads of state from mull ali, sierra leone and cape verde it will discuss the economies of the countries and democratic reforms in africa. the u.s. institute of peace host this event and our live coverage get started at nine eastern here on c-span2. letter, president obama will travel to florida to push for jobs and the economy. he will focus on infrastructure and port funding at an event at port mina. watch live coverage at 155 eastern on c-span. >> william rhodes worked in global finance for citigroup for more than 50 years. earlier this you talked about the economic and financial challenges facing europe, japan, china, south korea. he spoke to the japan society in new york and is introduced by the president and ceo of mcgraw-hill publishing. [a >> okay, first of all it's great to be back at the japan societys and we enjoyed our relationship that way. tokyo for the mcgraw-hill companies has been the headquarters of our asia pacific operations for 25 years now. we enjoyed a terrific relationship in a lot of a different ways. one of my colleagues is with me

the president of sierra leone the president of malawi and the prime minister of cape verde all at oneo the white house. that was sort of like bringing in the hockey team and the soccer teams from los angeles on the same day. these are not big countries so you got all four of them in at one time. this afternoon, he will be meeting with secretary of state john kerry and treasury secretary jack lew. josh ernest has a press briefing today at 12:30. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody. happy thursday. it is thursday, march 28. can you believe it? here we are on the "full court press." welcome to the "full court press" on current tv. where we bring you up to date on the big stories of the day. and give you a chance to sound off about it. you can give us a call at 1-866-55-press. you can tweet us on twitter at bpshow at bpshow. follow us on facebook. befriend us on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. again on the "full court press," here in our nation's capital, there is only one big story of the day. it has been happening down

the assistant secretary state for african affairs joins leaders from malawi, senegal, and sierra leone. like at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c- span2. >> the bipartisan policy center created a commission on political reform to work on ending partisanship and politics and government. but tonight he can see the kickoff event of former senators, congressmen, academics, and business leaders. as the commission travels nationwide promoting its campaign. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> mr. secretary, we are going to put them down as undecided. [laughter] [applause] >> mr. chairman, as i listened methose comments, it struck what a wonderful thing free speech is. >> that was the hearing where donald rumsfeld was making the justification for attacking iraq. what you did not hear in the clyburn questions we got a chance to ask him, which is how much money is halliburton going to make from this war? how many iraqi civilians will die from this adventure. i would like those questions answered now by somebody like don rumsfeld. at 8:00 on c-t span's "q&a". >> defense secretary chuck hagel sp