>> the lra has operated in southern sudan. part of the displaced people are in southern sudan there are probably 250 core fighters in the lra, plus a company people, all in that area. >> what about a special advisor to the great lakes region that has been suggested -- you use the word special envoy -- but is this in the making? what is the prospect of that? >> be of taken it under indictment very seriously. -- we have taken it under advisement very seriously based on the recommendation of your committee. >> the fact that we know that there is an expense of mobile phones and fm radio, will you be using that technology to try to get word out to ask for defection from the lra fighters? >> that is correct, sir. there are cell towers and the use of cellphones and right now they are using other radio waves. many communities are calling in on a regular basis to say where the lra is. so we need better coordination. >> thank you. >> mr. duncan of south carolina is recognized. >> thank you madam chairman. back in the spring of march or

has significant oil fields as there is northern uganda now i think southern sudan is not in a position to defend itself militarily against the regime in khartoum and we've already seen some incursions from the regime in khartoum i think the united states is worried that cartoon might eventually launch a full scale war and southern sudan will not be able to defend itself the u.s. is protecting its interests and primarily i see it as oil ok. red it comes at a very unfortunate time when indeed it does because the ugandans right now are actually carry outside interrupt you carry a gun there's a more focus right now on getting yes i meant to say that uganda the more focus right now in getting rid of their own dictator you know what he was signing who's been finance and supported by united states for almost twenty six years now if you take a poll i would suspect that most ugandans would prefer that the u.s. not stand in their way as they try to remove most of any from power and then eventually go after years of crime after all this thread and immediate brutal acts by crime have not been occu

they were dragged to southern sudan to a life of slavery. in his own words, "it was not a good life," but that is putting it mildly. to his owner, his name was synonymous with his job: cattle keeper. >> they had my sleep with goats. >> reporter: they even tied his legs to the goats just to make sure he would wake up if one tried to get away. drunk and abusive, his slave master often beat him. once his punishment was he had chili peppers rubbed into his eyes, causing him to go blind. kir told his stories to lawmakers in washington, saying his years in slavery still haunt him now. >> every single day it plays in my head. >> reporter: there is really no concrete estimate on the number of sleafers because that is because of a lack of concern in the international community. the whole purpose behind this hearing is to raise awareness to the public using the stories of kir and the countless others like him. >> reporter: christian solidity international rescued kir and brought him to the united states, where doctors recently operated on his eyes. it

>> yeah, the lra has operated in southern sudan, of course there's 280,000 are displaced and part of them are in southern pseudoas well as the car and the drc but the forces of lra which is depleted to 200 core fights, 800 total accompany people are either in the car, drc area. >> and what about a special advisor to the great lakes region that's been suggested. they used the special envoy, is this in the making and what's the prospect of that? >> we've taken it under advisement, a very serious advisement based on your recommendations, congressman, and from your committee. >> and the fact that we know that there's an expanse of mobile phones and fm radio, will you be using that technology to try to get words out to ask for deflection from lra fighters? >> that's correct, sir. the usaid has provided cell towers and the use of cell phones and right now they're using uhf radios but the communities are calling in on a regular basis to say where the lra is located so better communications and better locations. >> thank you very much. >> mr. duncan of south carolina is recognized. >> thank y

it's about oil and other resources this area is so huge the resource rich hugely oil rich southern sudan or western uganda north eastern congo huge oil field what happened last time in two thousand eight hundred thousand nine beginning in two thousand and eight the us advised something close encounter contributed a million dollars worth of fuel satellite organized interacted the separation into north eastern congo where there had just been these huge oil discoveries the result reported by i.p.s. the institute for policy studies was six thousand casualties one hundred eighty thousand refugees and when you talk in this region about one hundred eighty thousand refugees you need to go on and ask her may those people are going to die because a lot of the war dead in this region die in i.d.p. internally displaced persons camps or refugee camps of hunger disease or other kinds of birchip. let's check on what's catching your ride r t v dot com this hour there is plenty going on in the world to bring you down our humor online our online humor hub put some satirical perspective on what's going on

disturbing violence in southern sudan where i suspected rebel attack killed seventy five people officials say it was a strike on an oil rich province most of the fatalities were rebel fighters but fifteen civilians also died south sudan has been plagued by tribal violence since it began declaring autonomy from sudan in two thousand and five around three thousand people are thought to have been killed in the country this year alone. there are going to series of insurgent attacks in afghanistan in one incident seventeen people were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a convoy of foreign troops in kabul hours later a man in a afghan military uniform fired at u.s. troops in the south killing two the attacker was also killed at the scene there have also been reports that a woman suicide bomber targeted government offices in the. past and was lower than expected reducing fears that bangkok would be the worst flooding in decades nevertheless parts of the capital do remain underwater officials have asked the u.s. military to help survey the damage the prime minister said the water was expecte

going on for over two decades it's basically between two at any groups in north a new gander in southern sudan so there again is in power play most of any i'm simplifying a lot so people can more or less understand what's going on and these rebels the christian rebels they are based in north and again but the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about a candidate sellers and even obama at made it on the record or read it that these advisers are going south sudan and the democratic republic of congo as well so when you look at that area in central africa and you see young mound of oil in the amount of mineral riches at play and when we see that china is making inroads commercially in this area and when we look at the africans agenda which is to combat china commercially viable military zation of africa then you understand is one hundred the beginning of may any will be going to go the soup had a lot to talk about and priming our intervention why now. why oh why now ok once again i was so there was getting e-mails from africans including people from luganda and congo and it

it's of that oil and other resources this area is so huge the resource rich hugely oil rich southern sudan or western uganda north eastern congo huge oil field what happened last time in two thousand eighteen thousand and nine the guinean two thousand and the us advised something close operation lightning thunder contributed a million dollars worth of fuel satellite organized interacted this operation into north eastern congo where there had just been these huge oil discoveries the result reported by i.p.s. institute for policy studies was six thousand casualties one hundred eighty thousand refugees and when you talk in this region about one hundred eighty thousand refugees you need to go on and ask her maid of those people are going to die because a lot of the war did in this region die in i.d.p. internally displaced persons camps or refugee camps of hunger disease or other kinds of birchip and sticking with the story publisher and editor in chief of the black star news investigative newspaper milton ali mahdi believes that the u.s. operation to protect civilians may inflict even more cas

hugely resource rich hugely oil rich southern sudan or western uganda eastern congo huge oil field in september there was a conference in kenya building a pipeline to bring the oil from this region out to the indian ocean what good is it going to go again with everything that's gone on with the arab spring that we're seeing in libya that we're seeing in syria at the moment the way the pan out is just the right time to be doing something like this if there's ever a right time of course resumes and all that bit of timing doesn't. yes yes it does and in fact i was speaking to some ugandan friends. in an online forum last week and i suggested that they had been holding these marches walked to where walk to pray about the soaring cost of food and other basic necessities and uganda since the beginning of the year and stage an occupy event so that they would be on the map of how to apply of interest in the world and the response was we're close to having it could in time here are some some kind of a coup within the army and there are police you have only armed with riot gear on every corner

will train local forces who are battling rebels terrorizing four countries including uganda and southern sudanthe president says the americans will not be fighting unless they are fired upon. >>> they are generally used for war and military missions but now, you can own your very own drone. chris lawrence on the southern california tech heads hoping to make these devices part of everyday life. >> reporter: unmanned vehicles are flying out of this small san diego warehouse. for under $1,000, you can buy your very own drone. >> we want to make aerial robotics available to everybody. >> reporter: owner chris anderson is an editor at "wired" magazine. he has a partner. >> i never that i was going to have the chance to be able to work for a high-tech company or even own one. >> reporter: he grew up in mexico able to fix anything. >> i was 10 years old i was able to build from scratch computers, repair laptops. >> reporter: legally, he couldn't work whiles of waiting on his green card. he got so bored, he built a concept drone. >> i received like a lot of feedback like hey this is amazing keep going

activity in southern sudan? been able to do, and will they be a part of the training? >> the lra has operated within sudan. of course, that you wear a 5000 who are displaced, part of them are in southern sudan as well as the ca are in drc. but the forces, lra which is now depleted probably around 150, 200 core fighters, 800 total, accompanying people are either in the ca are, drc area. and what about special advisor to the great lakes region has been suggested, didn't use the words special envoy, but is this in the making and was the prospect of that? >> we've taken it under advisement, very serious advisement, based on your recommendations and from your committee. >> and the fact that we know that there's an expansion of mobile phones and fm radio, will you be using that technology to try to get words out to ask for deflection from lra fighters? >> that's correct serve. uscg has provided cell terrorists and the use of cell phones and right now they're using uhf radio but the self towers, they're calling an unab

>> part of them are in southern sudan. the forces of lra which has been depleted to about 200 corps fighters are in the drc area. >> what about a special advisor to the great lakes region? is this in the making? what is the prospect of that? >> we take it under serious advisement. >>the fact that we know that there is an expense of mobile phones. will you be using that technology to get the word out of? >> the use a cell phones, basis. it is better communications and ordinations. greg thank you. -- >> thank you. >> thank you. bac in spring -- back in the spring, rhodes said " we are enforcing a resolution that has a fierce a set of goals that is protecting the libyan people, averting a crisis and setting up a no-fly zone. that involves kinetic military action. the nature of our commitment is that we're not getting into an open ended war in libya." since 2008, at the u.s. says helped finance regional military efforts to capture commanders. the u.s. has been $497 million strengthening the ugandaj army. as we delve into this,

we have one newspaper in this country that has a reporter in southern sudan. that is really important. what happens in southern sudan is really important to us in this room today whether we know it or not. we need to have that top to bottom possibility. the great terror of the transformation going on which is the changes in our economic system in which we are extracting more than we are putting in, we are manufacturing a last and servicing more, of all of them suggest dangerous, dangerous threats on this important institution. our founders saw this as central to the survival of our republic. i think that anything that strengthens the institutions whether on-line and let's not be afraid to embrace new forms of technology but let us also be clear that the rumor and opinion is not the same as the doggett research. the person who merely offers to push the idea all -- or the light down the road is not important as the person who was willing to do the difficult work to find out what the truth might be. that is one of the reasons why with many other enticements befor

. >> the lra was originally a northern uganda chill lay base, but it does have groups from southern sudan, congo -- >> do tribal allegiances have something to do with the survivability of this and the effectiveness of the lra? >> it's the open areas that are terribly hard to track people. that's his cover. that's how he's escaped for two decades without capture. >> i take that as a yes. so we're sending our troops to take on, head on this whole tribal challenge in africa. let me just note that that doesn't sound very good to me in terms of possible success, but, then again, this force may be evil enough to justify sending our troops in. let me ask you, you were involved in ethiopia, you were our ambassador no ethiopia. >> yeah. >> during that time period, there was a border dispute between ethiopia, went up to arbitration. >> yeah. >> the arbitration ended up deciding what? on whose favor? >> the bbc made the determination on the board between eat ethiopia which dissh >> and they decided basically that arytria had the rightful position; is that correct? >> only in the bottom area. the oth

we have one newspaper in this country with a reporter in southern sudan. what happens there is really important to us in this day whether we note -- in this room whether we know it or not. we need to have the top to bottom possibility. the great terror of the transformation going on with the changes in our economic system, we are manufacturing less and servicing more. all of them suggest dangerous threats on this important institution. we know our founders sought it as central to the survival of our republic. anything that strengthens these institutions, and let us not be afraid to embrace new forms of technology, but let us also be clear that the rumor and opinion is not the same as the dogged research. the person who really offers to push the opinion, idea or lie down the road is not as important as the person willing to do the difficult work to find out what the truth might be. that is one of the reasons why i have remained loyal to public television. i believe this is the place in which i can exercise whatever talents i have in this area with american