the state department's mission is diplomacy, not combat. the commission stated that there is not enough evidence of a thorough, timely, and disciplined planning approach to the transition. commission maintains the state department is not ready. written testimony questions the state department's capacity to execute program elements in the post dod setting. and simply to function in the unpredictable security situation that will exist after withdrawal. these are echoed by ambassador patrick kennedy. in 2007 he stressed that the state to power would have to duplicate the capabilities of the u.s. military to fulfill the security mission. without the transfer of military hardware including helicopters and mraps armored vehicles -- the defense department [unintelligible] cooperation has been generally praise. the senior leadership of the departments in washington may be playing off on a different sheet of music. the state department may be less than transparent. personnel have begun restricting the oversight committees access to critical informati

state department dollars also financed eagle for an afghan police drama former marine j. dilla barito says shows like this send a subconscious message to support the military support the police force in this sort of thing and in many ways it does. broadscale what twenty four did here in the united states ten years into the u.s. war in afghanistan deliberate those says forty five percent of the media is run by rupert murdoch's news corp. creators of twenty four a series designed to drum up support for the war on terror in the u.s. twenty four was also created to support the doctrine of torture much of much of it will force propaganda inside of afghanistan is trying to mimic that trying to say that confronting insurgents and confronting terrorists and what it is is a good thing and have to support what's on screen in afghanistan contrast with the reality off screen with little sign of afghan support with a staggering one point four trillion dollar deficit at home and propose cuts in everything from medicaid to education some americans are saying that we should switch our in

with respect to the tpp, the state department does not have the lead on this. it is the united states trade representative. we work closely with them. it is essential that we work with our friends and allies in countries like australia and new zealand to make sure they understand the implications of their internal, domestic legislative changes. we are doing so. i share your concern. we have the biggest stake in the world in improving the protection for intellectual property. we do not want to see close friends and allies remove those protections. china remains the largest violator. we've tried to push them to recognize that as they develop, they will also want the protection for their own intellectual property and need to be part of an international regime. we are aware of this and working on it. i will keep you informed of how the negotiations proceed. >> thank you. i yield back my time. >> wowee. thank you, man of the year. the ranking member of on terrorism, non-proliferation, and trade. >> i join with him in amazement at your energy that is exceeded only by

they are responsible for all state department sites. applications were state -- and security will coordinate movements. diplomatic security will have sole responsibility. the movement has already been awarded. we are finalizing an agreement. we are coordinating on a system. we will have tactical radio communications. we will establish a robust medical units. these units will stabilize trauma cases. they will be moved to jordan and kuwait. we expect to award a by the 20th of may. our success depends on contracting efforts. iraq is a non permissive environment. we cannot hire local staff. we are heavily dependent on contractors. we have developed a strategy for live support, security, communications and facility. we will leverage dod resources. one is the civil augmentation. he will also be using it for food and fuel. i take the irresponsibility seriously. -- i take the responsibility seriously. we will engage heavily. our contracting team draws on headquarters expertise. there are multiple levels of technical oversight. since 2008, when i

japan, including the passengers leaving sfo for japan today, despite a travel warning by the state department. and the efforts to salvage >> alan: the state departmentes urging americans not to go to japan, the state department said americans should avoid tourism and other unnecessary visits for now. at san francisco international airport we caught up with several people catching a flight into the city of osaka which was not impacted. many were james residents or had family in japan. >> i've been looking online for a couple of friend and that's reassuring. when you live in japan, you get used to the earthquakes, but nothing like this. >> my parents actually the biggest earthquake they experience. expecting aftershocks. >> alan: delta airlines says it has resumed a full flight schedule to japan. >>> crews have now pulled a total of three boats out of the santa cruz harbor. the third was hoisted out today. 15 other boats remain at the bottom of the small craft harbor after surges from the tsunami rolled into the california coast on friday. officials estimate the damage at $17 million. one of th

and a in the state department itself to see if americans in the government are allowed to see that movie about the merits of whistleblowing why do you think there's a contradiction in the way that you are being hailed right now bradley manning by so many folks in the establishment here is seen as a traitor as someone who broke the law is someone that should be punished well i was called a traitor by president nixon and by his vice president i left office because of bribes and that time i expected to be called names like that that's very very hard when you are you know three hours a day making yourself i did i would as a civilian i was out on bond the conditions are very different i stoped for myself no recorder has talked to bradley manning in the nine or ten months that he's been in prison first and kuwait a known quantity not one single reporter so all we're hearing about him is the chapel it's basically collation about him i'm very impressed if those chat logs are valid which is it remains to be seen as far as the court cases if there are accepted or not but i'm willing to go on them

are asking for a% 10.5% increase in the state department spending. the department of education wase andy last week. they want 11%. the department of interior was in and the president proposed a 9.5% increase in their spending' increases 2012. that's their proposal. what will doherty and? what what about transportation? pposd you know what the proposed increase transportation? $62 billion. excuse me, 62%. this is -- what world are we operating in? jus you say you're just exaggerating. it's business as usual. we don't have to make any n changes.o we need to make investmente sections. this country needs to have more. investment.3% the state department had a 33% increase in two years. had education department had 30% increase. i mean, when does it stop? if you reduce some of the increase is obtained is that ors some real cut or is it just moving back to a more same is. level?on't have that's what it is but when youhe don't have money, you have to make tough decisions. are you just raising this politically?political just trying to make a politicalg point?

they would now that they're showing that film abroad if they'd be willing to show it in the state department there's nothing i would prefer in the world and to have that movie shown and i have me on present for a q. and a in the think department itself to see if americans in the film that are allowed to see that movie about the merits of whistleblowing but why do you think there is this contradiction in the way that you are being hailed right now bradley manning by as so many folks in the establishment here is seen as a traitor as someone who broke the law is someone that should be punished well i was called a traitor by the president nixon and then by his vice president. left office because of bribes to the time i expected to be called names like that that's a very very hard when. i was a day make it in yourself i did i would as a civilian i was out on bond the conditions are very different i spoke for myself no reporter has talked to bradley manning in the nine or ten months he's been in prison first in kuwait a known quantity not one single reporter sold we're hearing about him is the tru

and we asked the state department spokesman p.j. crowley about the case of alan gross and here's what he had to say. but then as a contractor receiving taxpayer money from us the idea if you're not aware of what you want you know no i didn't say that i brought it up. you know we of course have oversight over. you know contractors around the world. but i've as to precisely what he was doing and its relationship to an existing contract i'll to first. while so you know here are trouble saying anything at all uncomfortable see have you know blackwater committing murders in iraq and getting away with it we have contractors doing. some person of work in cuba getting away with it but hey they're contractors we don't know what's going on we can't be held accountable i mean there's nothing wrong with this picture that's why it's just private enterprise at work it's not bad government whatever government does all some of this is this is part of the picture to always always always no matter what we the we're doing good it's for the good of tho

can't paint a pig by a different color and expect that you're going to trick anybody in the state department saudi and other countries that have a long term relationship with the united states frequently do come under criticism we all make mistakes in the saudis have done so in the past and you just try to face up to the truth of the accusations and shut understand them try to understand what congress the question is congress is asking and bring it back to riyadh or bring it back to another capital in and see if you can find a common ground in which people can understand each other i do not take the representation of countries which have blood on their hands i know that there are every country including our own has made mistakes in the past and they deserve as we say it in court congress and their staff on capitol hill are very shrewd and they can tell in a second if i am overplaying my cards how it helps out but you know if you look at . example the difference between i don't know a terrorist and a freedom fighter is really just p.r. right and in this world of mass media image is everything

andrews, cbs news, washington. >> mitchell: and just ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", a top state department official loses his job in a wikileaks plot. plot. >> mitchell: before leaving for europe and the middle east, secretary of state clinton today accepted the resignation of her chief spokesman. he was forced out over comments about the man accused of leaking top secret documents to wikileaks. witt johnson has more. >> reporter: state department spokesman p.j. crowley's decision to step down came just three days after calling the treatment of the suspected wikileaks leaker ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid. private bradley manning is being held in solitary confinement at a marine corps brig in virginia. each night he is stripped naked, then wears a suicide-proof smock to bed. the 23-year-old military analyst faces a slew of charges relating to the largest document leak in american history. crowley's remarks put him in direct confrontation with the pentagon. that prompted a response from president obama at a friday press conference. >> with respect to private manning, you know, i h

the state department and the u.s.-aid played an important role in generating progress towards the stability of drc, but the united states should continue to increase our leadership in the congo. secretary clinton's visit in 2009 was a great start, but the severity of the violence and instability requires heightened and focused u.s. engagement. in fact, u.s. leadership is needed now more than ever as we approach the november elections, and we exexpect president to lift the ban on conflict minerals in the east as early as march 10. i want to join my colleagues in acknowledging international women's day. it's been referenced several times, the consequences of the rape of women and girls, but one of those consequences is that women make up a significant majority of hiv infections in the country with little access to basic health services. u.s.-aid led the effort to provide health care and services to congo women and children. unicef coordinates program for women and girls and reduces mortality rates and improves access to

as the state department prepares to become the lead agency in iraq on october 1, serious questions remain about state's capability to manage a program of this size and ensure the security of diplomatic and development staff. in afghanistan, the administration continues to focus on providing direct assistance to the government. the subcommittee will continue to watch this closely. we'll be following how the administration monitors an evaluates projects because clear goals must be achieved so that the civilian effort complements the military activity. it's only through an integrated strategy we ensure terrorists do not have safe havens to plan attacks on the united states. i've been drawn to security changes by the government of afghanistan that can make the operating environment even more difficult for u.s. government employees and contractors. a reasonable agreement must be reached so there's a successful transition to afghan security forces, but counterinsurgency and development goals can't be put in jeopardy. in pakistan, united states continues to demonstrate commitment to an enduring

and the state department may be denying it but the b.b.c. did apply for some american money money that could be used against china so is the u.s. biting the hand that feeds it. is wednesday march twenty third four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching our team. well that's when you thought the violence was done spreading from tunisia to egypt to yemen to libya now there are rising tensions between israel and palestine after about two years of quiet and relative peace between these two countries violence has once again erupted with palestinian militants firing rockets into southern israel and israel responding with airstrikes in gaza so here's the question what happens if this violence escalates the u.s. would have to get involved right well you may have thought we were already spread a little too thin engaged in libya iraq afghanistan and also forget those behind the scenes things that we're doing in yemen and pakistan well let's think about this this country in many ways is the closest friend of the u.s. after all the

he has access to cables, state department pacified cables involving countries that had nothing to do with his intelligence responsibilities. >> that is a very good question, senator. several years ago the department of defense and the intelligence community came to the state department and said, we need the state department, and actually they paid for it, to push out reporting to it super gnat, which is the department of defense worldwide system and to put, to load a number of power cables on to the defense department database that would be accessible to defense department people. so, in response to their request we took a selected element of power cables and pushed those out to the department of defense database. to be blunt we believe in the interest of information sharing that it would be a a great mistake in an danger to the national security for the state department to try to define at each and every one of the 65 agencies that we share our diplomatic reporting and analysis to say that private smith should get this cable, lieutenant jones should get that cable, commander x should

that is the message from hillary clinton to congress members who are questioning the state department's forty seven billion dollars budget request for next year and as if he's going to she can reports now the u.s. secretary of state says washington needs to step up its propaganda or ethics war declared the u.s. is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often running contrast to the coverage of events by the us needs free media we are in an information war and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al-jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive we are cutting back and the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including the v.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then more and more viewers across the world tuning in to various foreign m

yesterday i met with the national security staff and we are meeting with state department justice of commerce, transportation, defense, department of homeland security, looking at a government approach of what other tools we can use to attack this very pernicious threats. we look at ransom payments. you heard average payments of $4.5 million. these a typically cash payments. a very difficult challenge to track down where did the money go. typically having worked a number of counterdrug cases brought by coast guard career we have been very successful tracking down money payments, using that to get to the head of the hydrate if you will as the threat continues to expand. what we have stood up is the contract group from piracy of the coast of somalia and now

you are making a serious effort to save what is left of the state department's proposed 2012 budget, which, in my humble opinion have been hit with a machete and a sledgehammer. in order for your department to carry out its many responsibilities throughout the world, how ironic, madam secretary, that here you are, and yet your department's budget is less than one-half of a percent of the u.s. gross domestic product. madam secretary, understand that some of our colleagues -- the majority have suggested that we should use the 2008 budget operations as the benchmark for the 2012 budget cycle, which means a reduction of about 42% in the administration's proposed budget. my question is, would your department be able to function of these kind of proposed cuts the we are now considering seriously in congress are passed? >> i hope we do not get to that, because it wouldn't -- it would seriously affect the mission that the state department and usaid have been assigned, not only by this president but by the prior president. when president bush and the bush and administration signed, for example

it's treated so as bradley manning just getting what he deserves and what about the now former state department official who criticize the pentagon for manning streetman will debate. and the u.s. is arguing a cia operative accused of shooting two pakistanis should receive diplomatic immunity and now it's up to a pakistani courts to decide so what can the case of the raymond davis tell us about the current u.s. pakistan relationship the news starts now. so japan's nuclear situation has taken another dark turn today after a second explosion rocked the fukushima nuclear power plant some one hundred fifty miles north of tokyo now the reactors are said to be intact but reports say that the nuclear fuel rods are now completely exposed and officials are warning that radioactive material could spread over the next several weeks they're going to pay and learn anything at all from the one nine hundred seventy nine three mile island nuclear accident in pennsylvania well who better to ask and then the man who handled that disaster himself former governor and u.s. attorney general dick thornburgh they think

stories treated so as bradley manning just getting what he deserves and what about the now former state department official who criticized the pentagon over many streetman we're going to hack into the issue in just a bit. and the u.s. is arguing that a cia operative accused of shooting true pakistanis should receive diplomatic immunity and now it's up to a pakistani courts to decide so what can the case of raymond davis tell us about the tangled u.s. pakistan web. and it's more money more problems right where the government seems to think that cutting spending will pull the country out of debt but will it really work for the spending money to make less problems. good evening it's monday march fourteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine up in you're watching our team now a new development in the ongoing crisis in japan as a third explosion rocked the quake stricken fukushima nuclear power complex but the latest blast centered around the number two reactor but no immediate word of the extent of the damages we did know that the japanese nuclear safety agency confirms that. explosio

back to the state department in '81 and '82 where he got his old job back this time as a promotion as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs. now, if you follow his career up to this point, what you notice up to this point he's been in the public sector the whole time but he's served both in democratic and republican administrations. and nixon, ford and carter administration as well as the regular administration and clearly he works for a democratic administration today. and, you know, yesterday we heard that, you know -- because of the political problems in washington today, there's a spirit of compromise has somewhat broken down and obviously bob's public service shows that it doesn't necessarily have to be that way. well, after being in the government for 12 years it's time to make money. now it's up to 95 to manhattan where he goes to work as an investment banking for goldman sachs. took a number of positions bole in developing companies ending up with the emerging market companies and rising all the way way to vice chairman to goldman sachs. bob came full

budget in congress she says a major reason the state department needs money is because the u.s. is losing the information war and among those media who are winning that war hillary clinton named marcie i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive this is when one says she's leading an effort to spread u.s. propaganda through new media with twitter feeds in arabic and farsi but on wardle stage the u.s. trails when it comes to television basically said the u.s. should step up propaganda efforts and get back quote in the game of doing quote what we do best here is more during the cold war we did a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok fine enough for that you know we've done it we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it and our our private media cannot fill that gap in fact

the state department is warning u.s. citizens to consider leaving japan. and is offering voluntary evacuations to family member of u.s. personnel in the cities of tokyo, yokohama, and nagoya. >>> japanese military helicopters have dumped 30 tons of sea water on the crippled nuclear reactor in a last-ditch effort to avoid a meltdown. >>> and california and hawaii, and other states and territories on the pacific, are getting 40 air radiation monitors. this will allow the epa to gather more data and detect any radiation coming from japan. >>> in washington today, the house votes on a plan to cut all federal funding for national public radio. after recent hidden video showed npr executives bashing the tea party. if the house passes the bill, the senate would likely block it. >>> and it's all about green today, as people across the globe celebrate st. patrick's day. the biggest party of all takes place right here in new york city. millions of revelers are expected to turn out for the city's 250th annual st. patrick's day parade. >>> march madness. the field now

miles further than the japanese record. >> we're advising the american citizens listen to the state department. >> reporter: some fear that's not enough. >> 50 miles is not a safe distance to be in an emergency like that. >> reporter: the state department's organizing charter flights out of tokyo for what so far is a toll tear evacuation. president obama called the prime minister to promise continued support. this morning, new numbers on casualties. 23 injured, missing or hospitalized at the plant. nearly 5200 dead. germany is urging their residents to leave now. tracie potts in washington. >>> and part of this mass exodus is nbc's chris jansing who talked from tokyo last night. >> reporter: interesting to see what the japanese people think when they hear this news because america is the strongest ally. for them to say some of their key people need to leave the dependents of their embassy personal, recognition there is some danger here. >> bring in meteorologist christina loren, talking earlier about the amount of radiation is very minor but it's going to miss us altogether thanks to the jet s

can't paint a pig by a different color and expect that you're going to trick anybody in the state department to get it seems to work i mean look at the case of saudi arabia which our firm firm deals with i mean this is not a democratic regime by any means whatsoever this is a country that has a lot of questionable connections and yet you hardly ever see a negative word about the saudis from either their politicians or the mainstream press i mean if they had a pretty pretty good job of polishing their image when it comes to yes well i can't speak for this particular client because obviously it's confidential but saudi and other countries that have a long term relationship with the united states frequently do come under criticism we all make mistakes in the saudis have done so in the past and you just try to face up to the truth of the accusations and try to understand them try to understand what congress the questions congress is asking and bring it back to riyadh or bring it back to another capital in and see if you can find a common ground in which people can understand each other so i gues

state department is fourth and that's for real income would be your boss and amazon comes in fifth. it also encloses surprising choices that the fbi and cia. microsoft is in the top-10 as well. nasa is ninth in rounding out the list of the filling choice teach for america. notice the real financial companies in the top-10 despite the fact they tend to pay big salaries even for entry level employees. they said the most important characteristics an employer can have the financial strength, job security and stability and a best in class reputation. twitter is making changes in its management team as it tries to transition into an even bigger moneymaker. co- founder evan williams to step down as ceo five months ago, is rarely in the office. various rumors that the other co owner may be coming back. on thursday

>> the state department has been fighting it for some time now. it's not that it's a new problem for them. they do know that such service exists. the reason they're not found more aggressively is law enforcement and intelligence gathering community do not actually want it to work perfectly because if it starts being a perfect follow to disguise identity, it will be abused by all sorts of other actors. that's why it's working slowly and can work faster if you pour a million dollars into it. you'll have a load of people in fbi being unhappy with what the state department is doing. you have to understand that it has its roots in the hacking community. of people who actually, you know, do a lot of things which are not always perfectly legal. you have at some point overlap of personnel working for wikileaks. again, once it intenters the picture, it's difficult for the state department to fund it when there are people with how the tools are being used. >> there are a few things that verge on hypocritical shall we say. >> wikileaks in particular. >> hill

the state department has the sufficient numbers. the budget committee, that's where i was earlier this morn g morning. the education department is calling for 11%. the president's budget projects an 11% increase in their spending. energy, 9.5% increase next year. transportation, 62% increase and the state department ten.5, most of which i think is an overseas contingency and we have a -- so these are getting the monies in the right way is going to be critical, but we don't have the increases and congress will not get that kind of increase. we don't have the money and it presents us all with a real challenge, and i'm concerned about it. general petraeus, you spent virtually a year in iraq leading the training of the iraqi forces. now training of forces in afghanistan is such a critical part of it. we are thankful that you're there and you've had the experience that you've had. we're thankful that you've written the book about how to conduct a counter insurgency operation that defends manual. tell us, are we obtaining sufficient suppo

so it's bradley manning just getting what he deserves and what about the now former state department official who criticized the pentagon over manning streetman well hack into the issue. and the u.s. is arguing that a cia operative was clear accused of shooting two pakistanis should receive diplomatic immunity it's now up to a pakistani court to decide so what can the case of raymond davis tell us about the tangled u.s. pakistani web. and it's more money more problems right well the government seems to think that cutting spending is going to pull this country out of debt but will it really work or could spending more money make less problems. now it's monday march fourteenth seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine of and you are watching our t.v. now while the happy collective anonymous has taken up the case of bradley manning the group gave the u.s. military until today to improve its treatment of the twenty three year old army private or face dire consequences now the computing hacking collective is threatening new attacks on major u.s. corporations and even government

. >> well, the specifics of -- you mentioned the inspector general report at the state department who found that they owe the united states $132 million for their embassy work, that's how bad it was. yet they are still receiving new construction work. they were in the news receiving something for us in saudi arabia. do you think that should be made difficult for them? >> i would say so, yes. that and being deliberate on your -- delinquent on your taxes, if people owe the federal government money, i would think the government would think twice before they do business with them. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. tiefer, commissioner tiefer. commissioner henke. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank all of our witnesses for being here today. you know, mr. amey, i'm looking at your statement, and it's probably one of the clearest i've seen in a long time, and i thank you for that. there are some points i want to highlight while the staff puts up a board here that i'll talk about later. your statement makes a very clear accusation, i guess, that the federal government, quoting, the federal govern

the state department's growing role in iraq. this is live coverage on c-span. >> we are reaching out to everybody we possibly can. we did evacuate nonessential personnel and families from cairo, but we left a solid team with a very experienced ambassador. we are bringing people back in. we are talking to everybody who has ever been identified as a potential leader. we are talking on a regular basis, both i am reaching out to the new prime minister, the new foreign minister in egypt, bob gates, and mike mullen reach out to field marshal. we are constantly communicating. it's been -- i think it's been challenging for everyone. starting with them. because who do you negotiate with? who do you bring in to sit down across the table? because by the nature of a lot of these social networks, they are leaderless. they are -- people coming together through technology and through the streets but not designating anybody to be their leader. so the elections are going to be very important there. >> quick question. aid to equipped, military an

state department may be planning to provide thirty million dollars to britain's b.b.c. world service for anti jamming technology so it can penetrate china's networks earlier i spoke to georgetown university journalism professor chris chambers about all of this i asked him why the u.s.

. >> so should the state department has a policy of promoting social media? >> well, i mean, you know, we did have a policy for the last year. secretary clinton, about this time last year, made a speech unveiling internet freedom and say formal policy in the state department, something we wanted to promote and we would be willing to demonstrate the country's. however, that has turned out to be tremendously problematic in the light of wikileaks, because suddenly the exposure of the interested our conversation is not only complicate it from the point of view of material, but again, to the tunisian example it became obvious to everyone that the united states knew that the regime was completely corrupt, but also that they were pro-western and so they were tolerated. and that actually enormously complicated the secretary's job because whatever they taunt the united states now sets up with the new government it is going to be with this whole description of the previous tolerance of the tunisian. so it isn't clear to me that the u.s. should do anything specific to p

as the state department prepares to become the lead agency in iraq on october 1, serious questions remain about states capability to manage a program of this size and ensure it the security of diplomatic and development staff. in afghanistan, the administration continues to focus on providing direct assistance to the government. the subcommittee will continue to watch this closely. we will be followed how the administration monitors and evaluate projects because clear goals must be achieved so that the civilian effort compliments the military activity. it is only through integrated strategy that we will insure that terrorists do not have safe havens to plan attacks on the united states. i am concerned about security changes by the government of afghanistan that could make the operating environment even more difficult for u.s. government employees and contractors. a reasonable agreement must be reached so there is a successful transition to afghan security forces, but counterinsurgency and develop goals cannot be put in jeopardy. in pakistan, we continue to demonstrate commitment to enduri

the state department who was over there several years ago and working closely. you know that we need to continue to push that towards peace. because any of these guys the boskos and so on that -- if those situations flare-up it could easily trigger further stability in the elections. that wasn't more than you wanted to hear but -- >> no, you're pretty up on this stuff. it's really -- you're very impressive. j.p. >> the only thing i would add there and it was indeed a great answer. you are -- >> thank you. him i paid to say that. >> but i would add it -- just actually highlight the diplomatic effort that you just spoke of as part and parcel. and pull the meat on those bones and say, what you need of course as we do in other countries that matter to the united states is you create these unified coordination mechanisms, call them donor coordination, call them diplomatic coordinators, they then craft multilateral carrots and sticks related to electoral benchmarks, and you deploy them early enough that they can actually influence the process as it unfolds because of

the state department is now chartering planes to help americans who are trying to escape the radiation surge. a voluntary evacuation is also in place for the families are government workers living in tokyo and yokohama. the state department is also warning about travel to southern japan saying the changing weather and wind conditions could mean more radiation in that area. >>> and an update on the radiation plume and the jet stream making its way to u.s. soil. "today in the bay"s, we're live in san francisco kelling us how much is expected to hit the bay area and what if any risks the public faces. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the general con sen is among the experts is that this is not something that we as individuals should be worried about. if radiation does make it here to the bay area, it would be detected by a detector that's located on the top of the bay area air quality management office here in san francisco, which we're standing outside of right now. on the roof is one of over 100 radiation monitors that the epa operates up and down the west coast. the

extra lane some of our department heads and state lobbyists, as well as staff from the mayor's office, have been actively trying to work with the department of finance and public safety departments at the state to understand what they are thinking and to try to shape that proposal in a way that will be manageable. i think that you have hit on a critical question for supervisor mirkarimi: us: -- for us. appear supervisor mirkarimi: is the sheriff's office involved? >> we have spent a lot of time with the sheriff's office. the sheriff and adult probation department are the and the departments of the fis and the mayor's office on what they are hearing and have the city should respond. supervisor mirkarimi: but i mean talking to sacramento. or is that the mayor's office and lobbyists talking to sacramento? >> it is both. absolutely. i know that the sheriff has extensive connections. i know that our department heads have been and to gather information. it is absolutely a team effort. supervisor chu: thank you. >> again, just to put numbers in perspective, if we were to receive the value of

christopher headed the state department-- during president clinton's administra o 1997. during tha . >>> former secretary of state warren christopher has died. he head the state department from 1993 to 1998 and during that time he played a key role in negotiating peace efforts in bosnia and in the middle east. he also represented al gore in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election. christopher died from bladder and kidney cancer at his home in los angeles last night. he was 85. eight years ago, forces led by the united states invaded iraq. today as protesters marked that grim anniversary, unrest in the middle east continues and the us begins airstrikes in libya. anne makovec talked to protesters. >> reporter: carrying umbrellas, protest signs passion, hundreds came to this protest in san francisco, commemorating the eighth anniversary of the iraq war. this rally and march was planned long before that anybody knew that the us was to start airstrikes on libya, but nobody seems surprised. >> we have heard this before, no-fly zone and such. libya has oil. >> reporter:

and he along with the support of the state department formed the alliance for youth movements and there are there are affiliated websites called move inside org what's important about this is that that organization has its stated mission along with several multinational corporations from sponsor of the organization its mission is to provide a conduit a training so to speak a platform for instruction of how to organize and prepare for let's say electronic protests or communications revolutions like the ones we're seeing in libya today and there is a heavy footprint involved in both the sands of tunisia as well as egypt and now in libya with this organization so there's a direct tie into the u.s. state department here as a matter of fact in two thousand and nine hillary clinton gave the keynote address speech in mexico city for this organization so that would be an example of a foreign organization that seems to have some leadership influence on the ground in libya you say seems to have some sort of influence and leadership puts out a lot of media reports suggesting there's a little bit o

within days of the state department's actions against naftaran, and according to news reports at the time, european firms such as dutch, royal dutch shale, total, state oil and italy e.n.i. announced they would pull operations out of iran's energy sector. exactly the kind of that the congress hoped this would have. on december 29, 2010, deputy steinberg announced investigation into firms that had not yet announced the petroleum sefrpblgt while the full list of these firms remains classified, public reports suggest that list includes at least a dozen firms, many of which are chinese, including the chinese national offshore oil company, chinese national petroleum company, and unipec. other firms come from germany, from turkey and from venezuela. the list also includes the industrial bank of china, the china construction bank, agricultural bank of china and the bank of china, which are reportedly providing financial services to iranian interest in violation of the comprehensive iran sanctions act. under the law that now governs our sanctions policy, the state department has six months to

overriding global power agenda which is even the globe that of the attorney of the song of the state department at the federal reserve in the united states so if it's catastrophic and these are your words not mine then why again why why ask these policies. basically because we are seeing and this is a key point that we have to keep in mind don't think so much in terms of actual countries although they are so bored whether given us other kinds of the european union or north africa or latin america we are seen interacting part of globalization and the ushering in a world government and that ushering in a world government just as going from a bipolar world to globalization nesa take that the soviet union should go into the weight of history has been there twenty years ago now the superpower that has to go in a way has to be relatively weak and is the united states it is a world government cannot tolerate a powerful superpower which today is unfriendly hands but just the clintons the obama's old have to deploy troops. to the white house sometime in the near future that would spell trouble so we hav

now when it comes to iran there is a clear position given by the state department the denial of human dignity in iran is an outrage it deserves the condemnation of all who speak out for freedom and justice but in many other regions like the rain albania and most prominently iraq where many many more people are killed at the hands of u.s. allied governments the silence is deafening. and as the landscape changes daily in libya cracks in the foundation here grow deeper we must maintain firm ties with our allies and enemies must be clearly identified it is a constantly changing position on good versus evil and increasingly diminishing power to influence what's next in washington christine for r.t. and for more i spoke to the president of the future freedom foundation hornberger earlier today and also lawrence korb is a senior fellow at the center for american progress i asked him whether the united states might intervene militarily in libya here take a response first. you know they're sending warships over there and it's just classic us foreign policy they they shift with the tides they s