well, several people mentioned smalley land. yes, we only recognize the federal government in mogadishu. we in mogadishu. i met with government political civil society leaders. and we have a separate dialogue. we do have usaid programs up there. we contributed to the electoral process. so we're engaged. i think very usefully up there, and have a lot of respect for what the somali land people and authorities have achieved over the last 25 years. they're very much self-governing and they restored their democracy i think by holding these elections recently. but we still do treat it as part of the country at least from a legal or diplomatic standpoint. let me sketch out a few things that i think need to happen. and these are really low cost things there is only one of them that really costs any money at all. i think that the united states government should provide budget support to the federal government. its critical problem is that its bankrupt. they can't meet their salary payments every month, let alone provide public services.

let's take three or four questions, comments from somalis and smalley americans. but see how this experiment goes. we want to get your voices and. start in the front row. i see free-market we will take all of you and these three together before we come back to the panel. then we will have another round. tech. from virginia i would call myself american somali rather than somali american. michael: very good. >> my question is very technical and somewhat pointed. it is to the ambassador. it seems you are talking much more about mogadishu rather than somalia. ago, there was something called peace dividends, a concept, whereby some planned of somaliland should be awarded for the piece of the maintained. clan is not necessarily a native thing. those two entities, i don't mean to lecture you, they bring people together and defeat terrorism and as long as him. i would like to speak about that. michael: great. after that it will be the gentleman behind him in the back row. name is anis. i am the founder of a group based in washington dc. michael: how about one or two been

other people to and brighten up their lives there's a little local circus not far from his hut now smalley is the star performer and keen to show the others his tricks. and i. am. sure there are question marks as which are still like it if they can learn something getting them on the mission certainly it's better if they called to the circus instead of fighting in the street. and asked wiley is an inspiration to the other children he revels in his circus antics which provide a brief escape but as on most mornings he only has a few minutes there he's running late. well i like going to school obviously i want to make something of my life that if i just lived on the streets i wouldn't learn anything. from. the. children are drawn all too soon into this war. we visit the juvenile rehabilitation center on the outskirts of kabul that has the feel of a prison we're not allowed to show the faces of the children and teenagers locked up here nor the barbed wire on the walls a lot of them are here because they were lured by terrorists into joining them to become suicide bombers there are one hundred