>>reporter: despite both countries signing the south asia free trade agreement in 2006, intra-regional trade hasnot taken off. india and pakistan are the two biggest economies of the area, and could have createda win-win situation for the entire region. instead in south asia trade between neighbouring countries stands at a paltry 3 percent of total trade, compared to 55% in the eu and 60% in nafta. >>jawad: canada exports 80 percent of all its exports to the usa next-door. we are so unfortunate people thatwe haven't realized the potential of regional trade and what it means. it can bring peace. >>reporter: trade and stronger economic ties would not only help india and pakistan alleviate poverty at home, but could well create a stake in peace between the two countries. however, the flip side is that unless there is an end to terrorism and an agreement on kashmir, establishing better economic ties will remain an elusive dream. >>and since we made that film, india and pakistan have toned down the aggression of the border ceremony. another sign that things might be moving in the right dire

asia. the coastal cities of china, south korea and japan. so the indian ocean is a geographical tool to connect political developments in the middle east and in china and in east asia all at the same time. and another thing. my book is entitled "monsoon: the indian ocean and the future of american power". when americans hear the word monsoon they think of the storm or the catastrophe or disaster of some sort. but it is definitely a very narrow version of the truth. the monsoon is a weather system. it is a wind system that brings agricultural prosperity, development. the life cycle. in india when there has been a good monsoon and there are elections right afterwards the party in power tends to do well because the monsoon directly affects the economy. another thing about the monsoon, more than other wind systems in other oceans it is predictable. the monsoon flows steadily for six months a year and in northeast, southwest direction and after six months reverses itself by 180 degrees and those in the other direction, id/southwest. because it is

it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asiapacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable government. it

asia. the coastal cities of china, south korea and japan. so the indian ocean is a geographical tool to connect political development in both the middle east and in china and east asia all at the same time. and another thing, my book is entitled month and appeared in when americans hear the word monsoon, they think of the storm or perhaps a catastrophe or disaster of some sort, but that's only a very narrow version of the truth. the monsoon is really a weather system. if the wind system that brings agricultural prosperity, development, the lifecycle. in india, when there's been a good monsoon and elections right afterward, the party in power 10 to do well because the monsoon directly affects the economy. another thing about the months to come them with another wind systems in other oceans is predictable it flows steadily for six year in the northeast southwest direction and after six months reverses the south by 180 degrees and flows in the other direction northeast southwest. and because this project will sailing distances can be calculated

was the first time that i met people who are jewish it was the first time that i saw people from south asia and seeing the diversity and seeing how people were really able to coexist and less side by side was really incredible and. i really found myself immediately calling myself a new yorker. i first heard of the international county where there was an article in the new york sun about it i was wary of it because i have seen over and over that there are problems but go along with instruction of arabic i'm trying to raise awareness. my initial concerns about the k.g.b. were two fold one the outer destruction brings with it an arab ist ideology politics and the other is the prince with the radical islamic. ideology in other words religion and politics. it was obvious to everybody this was going to be a controversial school you cannot have a school teaching arabic in new york city post nine eleven and not know that it's going to be controversial debbie said they were because reversing i thought oh that's ridiculous what. is new york thinking you don't teach arabic culture in america especiall

>>reporter: despite both countries signing the south asia free trade agreement in 2006, intra-regional trade hasnot taken off. india and pakistan are the two biggest economies of the area, and could have createda win-win situation for the entire region. instead in south asia trade between neighbouring countries stands at a paltry 3 percent of total trade, compared to 55% in the eu and 60% in nafta. >>jawad: canada exports 80 percent of all its exports to the usa next-door. we are so unfortunate people thatwe haven't realized the potential of regional trade and what it means. it can bring peace. >>reporter: trade and stronger economic ties would not only help india and pakistan alleviate poverty at home, but could well create a stake in peace between the two countries. however, the flip side is that unless there is an end to terrorism and an agreement on kashmir, establishing better economic ties will remain an elusive dream. >>and since we made that film, india and pakistan have toned down the aggression of the border ceremony. another sign that things might be moving in the right dire

strait of malacca and lombok strait and norse towards the burgeoning hot as eastern asia, the coastal cities of china, south korea and japan. so the indian ocean is a geographical tool to connect political developments in both the middle east and in china and in east asia all at the same time. and another thing, my book is entitled monsoon. and when americans hear the word month soon, they think of a storm or perhaps a catastrophe or disaster of some sort. but that's only a very narrow version of the truth. the monsoon is really a weather system. it's went to assume that agricultural prosperity, developments, the lifecycle. in india, when there's been a good monsoon and there are elections right up to where, the party in power tends to do well because the monsoon directly affects the economy. and another thing about the monsoon, more than other wind systems and other oceans, it's pretty able. the monsoon slows steadily for six months a year in the northeast, southwestern direction. and then after six months, reverses itself by 180 degrees and flows in the other direction, northeast, south west. and because

earlier, as that line: across the west, there were fireworks across the far east and south asia. >> the night skies of hong kong victoria harbor were alive with lights. the chinese new year is not until february 3rd and it will be the year of the rabbit. the former british colony nevertheless ushered in 2011 in style. in taipei, the noises almost deafening. in japan, thousands gathered at a famous temple in central tokyo where they released balloons carrying notes of their hopes for the future. then at the 15-ton bell rang out. australia's new year's eve celebrations never fail to impress and this is no exception. in sydney, thousands of people lined the harbor to watch the multimillion pound at this late. -- multimillion pound display. new zealand also welcome to the new year in style with fireworks off of the country's largest structure. there was aftershocks from an earthquake, one of thousands that have continued since a powerful earthquake in september. this did not put off revelers. the burmese opposition leader called for a democracy in her country. >> we hope that there will be

and, in south asia, most of whom are born outwardly made but choose to live like women.hey remain an important part of hindu culture. >> i think in the last century in our western thinking, we very much went to thinking about people as either men or women. >> reporter: and, two years after surgery, nori felt like neither. stopped taking the hormones that had softened her skin, produced breast tissue and broadened her hips. she stopped taking the hormones that made her look female. >> i had to open a cup board every day and take these pills because i'm a woman and they make me a woman. what? why can't i just be me? a long journey getting there, but once i realized i had a right to assert that, things are pretty good. >> reporter: so, what does nori call herself? it's me who seems hung up on giving her some sort of label. well, the best word nori has come up with is this -- spansexual. and why not? i'm nick watt for "nightline" in sydney, australia. >> life in the in between. >>> up next, dance, dance revolution. we'll introduce you to a dance craze that's taken the intern

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extended south asia including india pakistan of one star and no central asian republics and russia could be a great involved here. and you know and. they would not going would restrict themselves into this model here tell but. they also aim to go into middle east northern africa not going there and as well as they have a plan to dig this war into best incompetence moscow is a good example and. also i mean the best intelligence recently you know exporter. a lot of the blow it's you know which were aimed towards the european capitals. they had a plan to carry out attacks on the like mumbai attacks in london in frankfurt and in other parts of europe so you're suggesting a gentle like a spider web a network that braunches out of afghanistan and pakistan around sudden pos of the world here but the west traditionally has has been the force of bearing the brunt of this fight on the so-called war on terror how kind of russia can more involved when it comes about do you think. well. you know already you know. part of counterterrorism major is in the region. recently you know the work together wit

condemned by a fatwa of 40 pakistani religious leaders, it's not a muslim practice and, indeed, in south asia it's carried out by hindus and, indeed, in the mediterranean world in the 19th century it was done by christians. so it's a pre-christian, pre-muslim practice which survived in some places. of course, there are or large parts of the muslim world where it doesn't happen at all. it doesn't happen in indonesia. so i don't want to say -- it's not a muslim practice. that's important to my argument. first, there's an internal tension in the motion of honor that leads to honor killing. the notion of honor that leads to honor killing associates men with, the honor of men with the sexual purity of their women. voluntary or not. i mean, you can get honor killed because you were raped, but it has nothing to do with whether you're a good person. it has to do with whether you've been marked with the stigma of this kind of dishonor. but those very same systems of honor say that men are responsible for the safety of their women. so there's a deep tension there. and the first thing i think -- and thi

muslim killings it is not a muslim practice to condemn the pakistani religious leaders also in south asia it is carried out by hindus and in the mediterranean world also by christians it is of muslim practice that has survived but that is important to my argument to say there is an -- internal tension the notion of these other killings are met to what is sexual purity of their women voluntary or not. what they're not you are a good person but if you have been marked with a stigma of but those very same say they are responsible for the safety of their women. is already happening where those in pakistan to say there is no honor not any honor and honor killing. if you think a woman has done something that is prohibited, then there is a mechanism prescribed which is to go to the court which is not to kill your daughter and mother and sister and wife. second, there is another huge argument to be made against honor killing pakistan is a muslim state by definition. that is the established religion. it brings dishonor to islam to allow the practice of the missile at -- muslim women of pakistan. p

of course, the main concern has traditionally been potential nuclear war in south asia between pakistan and india. we have seen both countries come to the brink of war on two occasions in recent history based on terrorist incidents, the latest incident been in mumbai. there's always a concern as to what happens in southeast asia with the nuclear material. in recent years with the bush administration when i was wh the n.f.c., we worried quite a bit about the ability of turf terrace, al qaeda and other types, to get a hold of -- the ability of terrorists, al qaeda and other types, to get a hold of nuclear material. if we said this publicly right after 9/11, that al qaeda was meeting with nuclear scientists before 9/11. we know they were in talks. and it has always been a concern that you would to proliferation to terrorists through the pakistan system. -- that you would see proliferation to terrorists through the pakistan system. the government there does not want to see that happen either. there is a bipartisan report at the end of the bush administration called "world at risk" looking a

in saudi arabia as it turns to iran and i would fuse together the crazies in south asia with the crises in the middle east so that, you know, shiite iran, sunni arabs, israel, fuse together in a webwork of crazies with muslim pakistan and largely hindu india. so that's one outcome. you would have, you know, iran is building a big port near to the interest of the persian gulf. india is pay in afghanistan to build roads linking it with iran so that afghanistan will be less dependent on pakistan and more dependent on iran. india wants to buy more and more hydrocarbons from ibm. in yet is trying to use iran as a hedge against pakistan. and once you have nuclear weapons throughout this area, it all becomes even more frightfully insecure. .. >> north area is evolving increasingly into a standard issue military regime. the party itself is becoming weaker and weaker and the military is becoming the only institutional element that can unite a country that is heavily mountainous with a very bad roads. about one-third of the population are suffering from malnutrition. china is of two minds in this

ackerman, the ranking member designated on the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia. >> thank you, madam chair. the chinese have always been bad actors. they were the national focus of attention of being almost exclusively the world's number one reckless -- reckless and to richard nixon has put out came along and decide to have an intervention, and decided it was a better policy to try to engage the chinese rather than to continue china bashing, which to some seems counterproductive to reaching a particular policy and behavior change. and now we have noticed that there is a small club of recluse nations, and the chinese and the north koreans have found each other, and have swung reckless anonymous. with the chinese being, trying sometimes very unsuccessfully to affect the behavior of the north koreans. both seem to be engaging in very productive -- evocative activities on and off, especially of late. can the chinese really affect the behavior of the north koreans? they seem to be looking like they are trying, sometimes looking like they are not. is that something that they dia

and i'm pleased to welcome the ranking member designate on the subcommittee on middle east and south asia. >> thank you, madam chair. the chinese have always been dead actors. they were the national focus of attention almost exclusively being the number one recluse until richard nixon had an intervention and decided it was a better policy to try to engage the chinese rather than to continue with china bashing which to some seemed counterproductive to reaching a particular policy and behavior change end. now we've noticed there's a small club of recluse nations and the chinese and the north koreans have found each other and have formed recluse anonymous with china being a recovering recluse trying sometimes very unsuccessfully to effect the behavior of the north koreans. both seem to be engaging in very provocative activities on and off especially of late. can the chinese really affect the behavior of the north koreans? they seem to be looking like they're trying, sometimes looking like they are not. is that something that is a dialup, dialdown depending on china's needs kind of control, o

. >>> protecting religious minorities in middle east and south central eye asia. frank wolf has called for legislation. egypt saw a deadly bombing and it is increasing in egypt and iraq. u.s. has an obligation to interseed especially among allies receiving u.s. aid. . >>> some american churches are taking controversial sets to reach out to their muslim neighbors. there's 2 congregations literally opened their doors to local muslims letting them hold islamic worship in their churches. heather sells explains. >> reporter: a mega mosque in murfeesboro. tennessee. even bond the head lines, what happens when muslims building a mosque ask to share worship space with a local christian congregation. an islamic center decided to built its own mosque. in the meantime it asked adulthood ldersgate to use it for their prayers. >> diane bechtol, the founer of the committee says she doesn't think sharing worship spaces compromises their faith. >> jesus called upon us to give hospitality to strangers, feed the poor and help the sick. this is walking the walk. >> regent university

it is not a muslim practice and indeed of course and south asia it is carried out by sikhs and in the mediterranean world was done by christians. is a pre-christian pre-muslim practice which survives in some places. of course a large part -- [inaudible] that is important to her of my argument because i want to say is this. first there is an internal tension the notion of honor that leads to honor killing. the notion of honor killing associates man with the honor of men with the sexual impurity of women. voluntary or not. you can get on or killed because you were raped but it has nothing to do with whether you are a good person. it has to do with whether you have been marked with the stigma of dishonor. but those very same systems of honor say that men are responsible for the sanctity of their women. there is a deep tension there and the first thing i think, and this is happening already people in pakistan, a distinguished woman lawyer, say there is no honor in honor killing that she is not saying there is no honor. she is saying there's no honor in honor killing. if you think a woman

of course, the main concern has traditionally been potential nuclear war in south asia between pakistan and india. we have seen both countries come to the brink of war on two occasions in recent history based on terrorist incidents, the latest incident been in mumbai. there's always a concern as to what happens in southeast asia with the nuclear material. in recent years with the bush administration when i was with the n.f.c., we worried quite a bit about the ability of turf terrace, al qaeda and other types, to get a hold of -- the ability of terrorists, al qaeda and other types, to get a hold of nuclear material. if we said this publicly right after 9/11, that al qaeda was meeting with nuclear scientists before 9/11. we know they were in talks. and it has always been a concern that you would to proliferation to terrorists through the pakistan system. -- that you would see proliferation to terrorists through the pakistan system. the government there does not want to see that happen either. there is a bipartisan report at the end of the bush administration called "world at risk" looking

the democracy in north america depends on democracy in southeast and south central asia.hey call for us to drain the swamp where terrorists could poke out in their heads, seems poized. there is a continuum here. an intellectual continuum, and there are people who are fighting just as hard as they were 50 years ago. let me conclude. i'm not crude. neither was eisenhower. he said the institute over politics would be difficult to break. he hoped that the engaged and the knowledgeable citizenry are noted. but, as i can see, americans do hope to benefit handsomely. but that might be changing. the depths of our physical crisis have created warner such -- in inflation dollars since 1998 is one of the few administrations in the future, but as more americans come to understand the high cost and dubious benefits, a bad clash is all but inevitable. at this point in time, we wish we had another eisenhower or someone like him. articulate, knowledgeable, whose credentials on national security would be unasailable, for mass security that does not depend on a. struggles to bring the cost

aspect of managing china's rise will be our alliances with china's neighbors across east asia and south asia. i think that giving reassurance to our friends and placing a check on maybe china's regional ambitions is going to be necessary. but what more could we be doing to encourage trade investment, and let the u.s. economy know their return on investment is a negative one in terms of china. that gets occasionally in the journal, but not often enough. >> thank you, the gentleman's time has expired. now for truly our last question and answer five minute will be mr. fortenberry of nebraska. to close out our hearing. >> thank you, madame chair for the time, and thank you gentleman for appearing for us today. i have a fairly lofty sentence in front of me. basically, it says i want to stress of importance of managing our relationship with china in a manner that honors the principals that define our national purpose and identity. let me stop there. as i look out into the audience here, i see a number of young people. i think it's important to get your mind around this. many of you are perhaps new

the gentle lady leads back and we recognize the ranking member designates on released and south asia. >> the chinese have always been bad actors. the national focus of being exclusively the world number one recluse until richard nixon came along and decided to have an intervention and decided it was better policy to try to engage the chinese rather than continue with china bashing which to some seemed counterproductive to reaching the particular policy and behavior change. now we have noticed a small club of recluse nation's. the chinese and north koreans have found each other and have formed recluse anonymous with china being a recovering recluse, trying sometimes very unsuccessfully to affect the behavior of the north koreans. both seem to be engaging in a very provocative activities on and off especially of lake. can the chinese affect the behavior of the north koreans. they seem to be looking like they are trying -- sometimes looking like they are not. is that something like a dial up dial down depending on china's needs kind of control or do they lack any influence in the end? >>

maintained close communications and coordination on regional hot spot issues such as afghanistan and south asia and have played a constructive role in promoting peace, development, mutual trust, and usually beneficial cooperation in the region. both china and the united states are committed to a stronger bilateral cooperation that benefits our to peoples. the united states is china's second largest export market and a large source of investment. china is the united states' third largest export market and the fastest growing one. preliminary statistics show that the quality of chinese products have saved american consumers over $600 billion. for many american countries, their business in china has become the biggest source of profits in their global operations. even in 2008 and 2009 when the international financial crisis was most severe, over 70% of american companies in china remained profitable. today, 3 million torres -- tourists travel between the two countries every year. friendly exchanges between china and the american people have contributed to their own cultural progress and to the exc

going to do that i think we have to attack pearl harbor because the japanese want to control south east asia they needed the resources of southeast asia so they could prolong the war might in china and become a quagmire? ms. miers can always produce more quiet my ears. there is never an end to this. yamamoto said if you tax asia because the style down there in america in all likelihood will come into the war we have to have preemptive attack pearl harbor so that we can delete the american fleet from coming over and i think if we can pull that off and deily the american response for six months or year that will give time to consolidate in southeast asia and our hope is this will demoralize the americans and instead of pursuing long war against us in asia they will cut a deal and leave us with some of the things for our national security. he made it very clear that he father was a big mistake. once the war had been decided upon he couldn't control that decision he would do his best to ensure success. his great contribution incidentally is he was an aircraft carrier advocate and most of the jap

know that every hour he spend with me in the situation room or spent traveling to southeast asia, south asiafuture of afghanistan and pakistan are tied together and afghanistan he cultivated areas like agriculture and governance to feed stability. with pakistan, he created new habits of cooperation to over come decades of mistrust. and globally, he helped align the approaches of 49 nations. were he here with us, i know richard would credit the extraordinary team that he assembled. today i'd like to make a personal appeal to the s-wrap team. particularly the young people, stay in public service. serve your country. seek the peace that your mentor so hardly sought. i also know that richard would want us to lift up the next generation of public service, particularly our diplomats who so rarely receive credit. i'm proud to announce the creation of an annual richard c. holbrook award to honor excellence in american diplomacy as we look to the next generation, it is fitting as david mentioned that this memorial will take place at the kennedy center. named for the president who called richard's gen

we were going to move the palm tree, but kofi said "south pacific" was his favorite show. he was the asia it here. i wanted to say thank you. behind me president obama, secondary clinton, president clinton, and a couple of foreign visitors who have come quite a way to be here. including president of georgia, the president of pakistan, president somewhere -- zardari, i'd like to recognize minister that's come here to acknowledge the president of afghanistan, and the chief of diplomatic corps that's here as well as all of the ambassadors that are here. thank you much for coming. dick was a friend of mine for 35 years. i first met him in a political campaign. it was clear to me then he is extraordinary different than anybody else that i'd met. in this campaign, nobody had their own office, telephone, secretary, until dick came. when dick came, all of the sudden he managed to get a secretary, several secretaries of staff to staff him, he managed to get the office, he has the office with windows. after a while, became apparent that the campaign revolved around him. [laughter] >> that's the way

south. the storm could reach the northeast later this week. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks in asia headedouth this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with more. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. most asian markets lost ground today. hong kong's hang seng shed more than half a percent while japan's nikkei is closed for a national holiday. this week wall street gets another round of earnings and new reports on inflation, retail sales and consumer sentiment. last week stocks finished with gains for the sixth week in a row. the dow gained almost 1%, while the nasdaq was up nearly 2%. >>> friday's jobs report was another case of good news/bad news. the unemployment rate fell to 9.4%, and more than 100,000 new jobs were created, but the rate dropped largely because so many left the workforce or stopped looking. for every 100 people who are unemployed in november, just 18 found work by december, and 20 left the labor force. >>> crude oil prices are expected to climb following a leak at transalaska pipeline. it was shut down on saturday after the leak was discovered. the 80

the rest of the world, canada, south america, europe, asia are furiously entering free trade agreements, cutting down tariffs. the double exports, to do that we cannot have more than other countries to export our products. you ask why, for four years we have had a speaker of the house of representatives. the unions were very much in sync and the unions in the united states indirectly are hurting our country by basically saying democrats, you may not pass the free trade agreement. it's horrible, it's destructive and it's wrong and it's killing our economy. >> another issue, a policy issue that also involves broadcasters, the question is should congress passed legislation that would mandate cell phones with xm chips. door association, cia and other technical groups say no. ytd that is a bad idea and are you going to be a will to fight back an idea on that? >> this is a battle but we stayed out of. this is radio stations to want to play music without paying and the broadcasters and the music industry says you must pay, everybody else pays. there's arguments on both sides. the broadcasters

canada, south america, europe, asia, they're furiously entering free trade agreements. the president, correctly, wants to double exports. we can't pay other countries to export our countries. you asked why we haven't in the last four years? for four years we've had a speaker of the house i of representatives that was far left, and the unions were very much in sync, and the unions in the united states incorrectly are hurting our country by basically saying, democrats you may not pass free trade agreements. it's horrible, it's destructive, and it's wrong, and it's just killing our economy. >> host: another issue, policy issue that also involves broadcasters, the question is, should congress pass legislation that would mandate cell phones have fm chips in it? nab is pushing for that, your association and other tech groups say no. why do you think that's a bad idea, and are you going to fight back nab on that? >> guest: this is about radio stations who want to play music without paying and the broadcasters, and the music industry says you must pay, everybody else pays. and

communication and coordinatn on the regional hospot ises suchas the korean nuclear issue, afghanistan and south asiaand play a constructive role in promoting peace development, mutual trust and mutual beneficial cooperation in the region. both china and the united states are committed to stronger bilateral cooperation in the off years to the benefits of the two peoples. the united states is china's second larges export market and main source of investmen china is the united states third largest export market and also the fastest growing one.ct have saved american consumers ov$6bilon. fo eracompaetheir sinessn ina hae become the biggest source of profits their global operations ev i2008 ain009 en the international financial crisis was most. over 70% of the american companies in china remained profitable. today some 3 million tourists travel between the two countries every year. the friendly exhng hnttoeir own, but also the exchange's between the eastern and western civilization's, and they have given a strong boost to the overall progress of human civilization. looking ahead we are fully confident ab

american domestic security in all likelihood than the more well-known central al qaeda organization in south asia. at carnegie, christopher has shed new light on the unprecedented problems that are facing yemen today. in addition to a resurgent al qaeda, the government has to contend with a civil war in the north of an increasingly active sessions movement in the south, a deepening economic crisis am a dwindling water supply, which is linked directly to much of the violence in the country, addiction to widespread narcotic, even more widespread corruption, and a weak central government. as chris has noted in his work, yemen is a country close to the brink of failure. and if it were to fail the ripples from that would certainly spread rather widely in the region. so given this leaked picture the questions that we are eager to answers to today are what the u.s. can do to help stabilize yemen, how with u.s. counter terrorism policy adapting to this growing threat, and how can the united states work with other nations to ensure yemen and the region's security? i think there probably is no better perso

we were going to move the palm tree, but kofi said "south pacific" was his favorite show. he was the asia it here. i wanted to say thank you. behind me president obama, secondary clinton, president clinton, and a couple of foreign visitors who have come quite a way to be here. including president of georgia, the president of pakistan, president somewhere -- zardari, i'd like to recognize minister that's come here to acknowledge the president of afghanistan, and the chief of diplomatic corps that's here as well as all of the ambassadors that are here. thank you much for coming. dick was a friend of mine for 35 years. i first met him in a political campaign. it was clear to me then he is extraordinary different than anybody else that i'd met. in this campaign, nobody had their own office, telephone, secretary, until dick came. when dick came, all of the sudden he managed to get a secretary, several secretaries of staff to staff him, he managed to get the office, he has the office with windows. after a while, became apparent that the campaign revolved around him. [laughter] >> that's the way

i'm finding out atlanta colonial studies in africa and southeast asia, south america, nicaragua, guatemala. i saw the world and it changed my world view. i thought i would be in for the rest of my life. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> now we want to open up for questions. and if you have a question for a specialist panelist, that's fine, or if you have a question just directed to any panelist. yes, and there's a microphone here. so please because we are recording this, we would appreciate it if you would use the microphone. >> i would like to congratulate you on -- >> grab the microphone please. >> i would like to congratulate you on an excellent book. a book that ties right in the rest of the literature of sncc. and we can get the rest of those books by simply getting in contact with sncc, the 50th anniversary. that reading list with this fits perfectly. on november the 6th, there's going to be another movement, called citizen rile, at politics and prose. on october -- [laughter] >> on october the -- hey, look. this is america. i'm free. on october the 24th, there's going to be anothe

aspect of managing china's rise will be our alliances with china's neighbors across the asia and south asia. and i think that getting reassurance to our friends and placing a check on may be china's regional ambitions will be necessary. but what more shall we be doing with these countries to encourage trade investment? and what more should we do to lethe u.s. business community now their return on instment is a negative e in terms of china? that gets out occasion in the journal, but not often enough. >> thank you. the gentleman side has expired. and now virtually our last question and answer five minute will be fro nebraska. >> thank you, madam chair, for the time and thank you, gentlemen for appearing before us today. i have a fairly lofty sense for me. basically says i want to stress the importance of managing our complex relationship with china in a manner that honors the transcendent principles that define our national purpose and identity. but let me stop there. as a look out in the audience here, i e a number of yong people. and i think it's important to get your mind around this. man

south africa. in southeast asia and in africa, former soviet union, the places you worked there.ur role before that at aid, assistant secretary for io serving both republican and democratic prsint you really do give the term "diplomat" a great name with your stellar service that you would come out of the academic world, i don't know if that's retirement, but to take this on is a great tribute to you. thank you. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. >> you're very kind, congressman. thank you so much. >> i'm employeesed to yield to the chairman designate of the terrorism nonproliferation and trade subcommittee, mr. royce of california. >> ambassador lyman, do youave a longti struggling wit on the continent of africa. and we have many ngos who are here today, as well. one of the things that comes with that experience of long being engaged with these types of regimes is it gives did you an important historical check on your assumptions going forward. and in particular in dealing with khartoum. which has broken promise after promise. when dealing with somebody like bashir who is in pow

we were going to move the palm tree, but kofi said "south pacific" was his favorite show. he was the asia and pacific affairs. let's keep it here. i wanted to say thank you. behind me president obama, secondary clinton, president clinton, and a couple of foreign visitors who have come quite a way to be here. including president of georgia, the president of pakistan, president somewhere -- zardari, i'd like to recognize minister that's come here to acknowledge the president of afghanistan, and the chief of diplomatic corps that's here as well as all of the ambassadors that are here. thank you much for coming. dick was a friend of mine for 35 years. i first met him in a political campaign. it was clear to me then he is extraordinary different than anybody else that i'd met. in this campaign, nobody had their own office, telephone, secretary, until dick came. when dick came, all of the sudden he managed to get a secretary, several secretaries of staff to staff him, he managed to get the office, he has the office with windows. after a while, became apparent that the campaign revolved around h

start with but will because at the asia cup astray and south korea are the latest teams to book their places in the last state a straight face bahrain needing only a draw to advance to the socceroos who got the only goal of the game out in the next fish drive giving his side the win and giving himself the second goal use many games bahrain did push for an equaliser they couldn't find a bright very serious try to finish top of group say ahead of south korea on goal difference. played well in the tournament and had enough. she needed today if they won the game to go to the quarter final so we knew it was going to be a hard game. after we got the goal their reaction was very positive and we expected that they didn't have to take any risks sorry they could take some risk because they knew that they had nothing else to play for other than the win and they made it very very difficult for us in the second half they were brave they put a lot of men for with a good passing together and then we had to defend very well to to keep the school won so just goal difference being south korea finished

it's probably the right thing for russia whether it be to china other parts of asia president medvedev was and. was in south korea recently and i think offered ten b.c.m. of gas to south korea that's the world that we live in today. and and i think it's healthy that markets speak competitive that companies from what ever countries whether it be russia the united states europe china india wherever they may happen to be realize that they're working and operating in a competitive world but that's alternately going to be better better for consumers . and one follow up here you mentioned the relations between russia and the ukraine the you mentioned establishing normal working relationship transit one of the problems in this transit is the need to modernize the ukrainian gas pipeline system was one of the options that russia is proposing is a merger between nafta gaza. ukraine and russia is gasp wrong do you consider as an option and and how would how would the state department how would you react if this happens well. first of all we strongly believe the right of first of all you're right i think that modernizi