not going to speak for whistleblower peter van buren just got a germination notice from the state department for charges like we're going to wiki leaks and using poor judgment and speaking about hillary clinton's are going to get all the details then three in ten young americans now live with their parents so you can see what doctors aside from the economy are playing a role and what some are calling the going nowhere generation and thanks to a boy request we get a glimpse into f.b.i. surveillance of environmental and animal rights activists over the last decade or just say that they're targeting people for no good reason so we got all that and more for night including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has it just cited to me. so if you were watching the mainstream media today it was one really big political news story for the release of a documentary about the obama administration. last night the obama campaign released this documentary called the road we've traveled seventeen minute documentary campaign for america it's the white house bio pic if you

are not within the purview of the state department. we don't have the kind of staff experience, expertise and numbers that you have in other places with the united states government. but under the laws, if that pipeline crosses an international border, then it's our responsibility. so what transcanada is doing is announcing they're going to start building parts of the pipeline that don't cross the international border. but i have to defend the process that the state department went through, which was fully in accord with the laws of the united states. >> thank you very much, mr. mack. madam secretary. another florida colleague. >> thank you, madam chairman. madam secretary, thank you for being here. it is safe to say that certainly here on the hill and around the world you are extraordinarily respected for the job you to. i'd particularly like to thank you for your leadership in the critical areas of the middle east. in particular, your continued strong advocacy for foreign assistance. i'd like to talk first about syria. rather than con

ok let's revisit the story of peter van buren state department employee whistleblower i guess at this show and here has been a diplomat for twenty four years but he came under fire for writing a critical book on the iraq reconstruction effort also working for the state department a book which he submitted for your review follow the rules which the state department a rejected to after the review period passed based on passages have begun to contain a classified information out that point and you're in a strip of a security clearance ban from his time from the state department headquarters and transferred to another job last week he received a termination notice based on a charges and those charges include linking to make it leads on his blog failing to clear ija blog post and using bad judgment for criticizing hillary clinton and michele bachmann but is this just another example of the government retaliating and going after whistleblowers her disgust with me is peter van buren foreign service officer and author of the book we meant well how i helped lose the battle for hearts and minds

there's a lack of human and financial resources at the state department. xchange organizations monitor themselves. as a result, the department increased staff, overseeing the program, dropped a number of organizations, and implemented new regulations meant to more thoroughly check out host families. >> we do training for the staff, we work with them on implementing the regulations. we insist they document now these home visits, these background checks. >> and if something goes wrong with the program, how is that supposed to be reported? >> before they come, their families receive a whole package of information about their rights. but also about what they should do if it they encounter any problems in the united states or problems with the host family. >> they never mentioned sexual abuse. never. >> but this mother says she and her son had no training about sexual abuse before he left for america. just this past christmas, he called home to say he had been sexually molested by his host father in rural montana. they agreed to speak with us if we didn't show t

state department a legitimate authority? >> it's legitimate insofar as its actions are legitimate. it has actions that are not legitimate. >> and you've gone after the ones that you think are illegitimate? >> we don't go after. that's a bit of a misconception. we don't go after a particular country. we don't go after a particular organization or group. we just stick to our promise of publishing material that is likely to have a significant impact. [ticking] >> coming up... assange on possible prosecution by the u.s. justice department. >> there is the first amendment. it covers the case. and there's been no precedent that i'm aware of in the past 50 years of prosecuting a publisher for espionage. it is just not done. >> when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ female announcer ] each one of us is our own boss. ♪ and no matter where you are in life, ask your financial professional how lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ [ female announcer ] water was meant to be perfect. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink

back to interview the state department admit that obama in fact said the u.s. wants him to stay in jail and so the pardon was rescinded and he continues to rot away in a prison after having been convicted in a kangaroo court and it's he's in prison because barack obama wants a new person i mean it sounds outrageous jeremy and the question comes to mind as to why we haven't heard about this earlier i mean we remember what happened when every man in the american journalist roxana saberi wasn't present to iran it was a huge media outcry laura ling and euna lee in north korea a huge media outcry lie are we not hearing about this here in the u.s. especially in light of the fact that the committee to protect journalists and amnesty international major groups have spoken out about this why isn't that media covering it here i think part of it has to do with the sort of institutional racism that has really come to the fore if his name was you know william smith kennedy and he was a white man and he had been arrested these charges instead of being. a muslim journalist so

we voted unanimously in last year's state department authorization act to allow for the deployment of military advisers in the region to bring joseph koney to justice. i'm concerned multilateral interest is dissipating now. can you comment on this? >> first, i thank you for authorizing, encouraging such a comprehensive u.s. strategy to bring this murderer to justice. as you know, small teams of u.s. military advisers were deployed in december and january to forward locations in the lra-affected areas. the advisers are working to create more cooperation among regional militaries and enhance their capacity. although there are approximately only 100, we think they are force adders to what is already going on. and we have a clear goal, which is to enable local forces to end the reign of terror. and we think that this small number of u.s. advisers can play an outsized role in bringing about that conclusion. >> regional governments must be able to step in and assume the challenge moving forward. >> yes. starting with regional militaries, but including regional governments. >> let me turn qu

secondly, i think if you look at the president's speeches first last may at the state department and secondly before apac, there is a very clear set of understandings that the president lays out, and there was no reference to going back to the exact borders. i mean, it would be based on negotiation between israel and the palestinians, and it is anticipated that there would be a certain set of decisions th a what has happened in the years since. but certainly from our perspective, looking at those speeches and looking at the reaction in israel, which was very positive, the both of them together, and we obviously are pursuing with israel and the palestinians an effort to get the negotiations restarted, because there is no shortcut. we support the two states' solution, we want to see it negotiated by the parties themselves, and it turned out to be quite challenging to do that for a variety of reasons. but our position remains the same, that any final issue ultimately has to be decided by the parties. we and others can put forth suggestions, recommendations and ideas about what would wor

state department now has an energy bureau, and the reason i bureau is because the u.s. senate encouraged it to have an energy bureau. and that is a er a clear compon foreign policy. >> i'm sure that was driven by senator binghaman. i would finally just propose to my colleagues that we could go back to thebing hamman product we produced in the last congrs it forward, we would see a lot of positive results on this very topic we're discussing today. thank you, mr. chairman. >> t senator. senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i thank my colleague for the plug there on the energy bill. let me ask, since good discussion here about the role of speculation, i'm going to ask you to speculate just a little bit here. what do you think the response in the market would be if there to bring on a million, 2 this million barrels a day even if we recognize, okay, it's going to be five years before we actually see that out in the market but a commitment, say, whether it is -- whether it's an opening of anwar, whether it's substantial commitment to additional production? even

the state department was in the process of making determination. when it became necessary to make a decision, we did not recommend that the president say no but rather that the presidential permit for the project be denied. and with respectth interest, what we were working on was a resolution of the very strong concerns expressed by one of the states through which the pipeline would move, a state that did not have its own process and needed to pass legislation, figure out what th then, of course, it fell upon the state department to evaluate the alternative route. been established when we were required to make our decision. therefore, it was impossible to assess the impact of that new route that had been requested. >> thank you. >> now, just in the last two days, trans canada has made a move through a letter indicating their intent to submit a new application which crosses the u.s.-canada border. at the same time they are moving fo pipeline, like from oklahoma to texas that don't cross the border and don't need state department evaluation or decisi

zin mar ang is a political activist from mir ran mar, one of ten women honored today at the state department joined by the secretary of state, hillary clinton and the first lady, michelle obama. it's an event that we covered. it's available on our website at c-span.org. well, you may or may not have heard of joseph cony and the lord's resistance but they the army has been terrorizing civilians in central africa for 25 years. now their crimes have received prominence due in part to one of the most successful social media campaigns in american history and world history for that matter. national public radio reporting on this at this hour. on monday, a non-profit group called invisible children uploaded a video onto the internet already been viewed by 40 million viewers on youtube. many are young people and the topic is dominating a discussion on social media sites such as twitter. there is no question the video has directed wider attention to a far away matter like cony and the lord's resistance army. it's an issue that came up today at the briefing at the state department with spokesperson vi

, your own state department says don't go on fringe break, it's a danger? at 13? >> he should set an example. that's what presidents do. when the government is saying this is not safe, then you don't set the example by sending your kids down there. >> alas that's not what the state department said. parts of mexico have travel warnings. mr. roads beck doesn't understand there are more than one part to mexico. >> newt gingrich has this idea he'd like to try with you. >> we ought to debate on pay per view and charge 10 bucks to watch the debate and it ought to go to a charity of our mutual choice. >> tiffany's? hmm, $10 a viewer. so they'd raise -- $10? looking ahead to november, winning in a major swing state not looking good at $10 or more. president obama is shown winning over mitt romney by eight points over rick santorum by nine, over gingrich by 19. mean time, vice president biden announcing he's hit the campaign trail hard and: >> especially a dog name of shamus romney penned on top of the car for a drive to canada. is it humane or inhumane to put your

we did hear back from the state department with secretary clinton and offered a meeting with secretary posner and we have been offered a meeting which we will be happy to take, but we got no response from the white house. we sent in a response to the scheduler and numerous staff and the vice president's office several times and got no response, not even a sorry, we can't meet you. >> that's very disappointing, to say the least. when you juxtapose that with the vice-president's statement in china when talking about the horrific one child per couple policy and the reliance on forced abortion and he said i'm not going to second-guess the policy and then sent an e-mail to a group that he is not really for the policy but the damage was done. those words do matter and meeting with individuals and getting fully informed about the plight of the wives and their husbands, that should have been a meeting that was sought after by the vice president and the president's office, not declined. i would like to yield to chairman frank wolf. >> thank you, mr. smith. i think this administration has been a

and she's the first person we turn to when we have an issue with the state department. we'll turn it to you and you can talk about what you do. >> good morning. well, i just started in august last year. but within a couple of weeks i got to know everybody at ogis so that i learned my job pretty quickly. at least the initial part about this. and then over time i learned the extent of how much there was to do within this position. so pretty much what happens as the public liaison as you probably know, i get phone calls and i get e-mails and there are thousands of cases at the state department because we process in a centralized way. we don't have decentralized processing and it's like a puzzle. my job is to listen. i have taken their training about three times now for alternative dispute resolution and i have only had a few disputes, i think. but the key is just staying quiet at least initially and hearing. because sometimes our requesters have talked to so many different people already over years, because there's a 20 or 30 working day requirement by the time it gets to

i didn't need your embassy or your state department to help me. and now i look around and i see every other country, from our european friends to our asian ones, who have a full partner with their government. and we need your help. so what we are trying to do is to enhance our counselor efforts, speed up the visa process. more people are visiting, and the more people who visit, the more people here at home actually work. we're using development dollars to improve the quality of life for millions of people in order to create future trading partners and new markets. now, oftentimes, you know, people who have a very clear view about what diplomacy and development are for, you know, find this kind of jobs diplomacy pitch a little bit jarring because, you know, it's not exactly what either diplomacy or development has been conceived of. but it's always gone on. and it always will go on. we just have to be more intentional and effective in delivering. my fifth point has to do with continuing to elevate development. it's an indispensable pilar of our nat

i think and acknowledge all the men and women who serve under your leadership of the state department. you have helped really to restore america's position in the world as our ranking member said, as a partner for peace and democracy. and we are all grateful and thank you for your service. and we've had a lot of discussions today about various parts of the world that are of great concern, and particularly unsettled areas of great violence. i'd like to focus my inquiry on two areas really closer to home. the first is, i'll just articulate the questions and give you the balance of my time. the first is really about the sort of events in the middle east in general. in syria, in iran, in that region of the world. and its impact on our gas prices here in the united states. and i know that we -- in my home state, we've seen a tremendous increase in gas prices. and almost 40 cents from a year ago today. and i'm wondering if you can speak to your perspective on how a variety of international events that you are closely monitoring might have an impact on fuel prices in the near term and also w

embassy, under the state department. but having been there recently, they're simply doing the guard duty you expect in a high threat area. as far as the sides of the building, senator, i'm really not confident to respond on that question, sir. >> but it is big, isn't it? >> it's big, sir. >> thank you. >> in trying to understand the role of the contractors there and providing security, in other embassies in other countries, are we required -- do we require ourselves to provide security or do we look to the host nation to provide security? >> sir, the host nation provides the external security outside the grounds. inside the grounds, it's sovereign territory and we do that. we do it with generally contract guards, many of them are long serving guards there. and then inside the embassy building itself, you have marine security guards. >> is that the way it works in iraq and baghdad? >> yes, sir, it is. >> the iraqis provide the external security? >> they do, sir. >> and if our personnel are moving from one place to another

it's an important type and our state department is fundmentally wrong our intelligence department isimid in how it approaches it and our congress is having the wrong debates on the wrong topics at a time when we should be fundamentally rethinking what are we doing and how are we going to win this struggle. i appreciate the work that aipac does, without it we would not have a foreign aide program, it's not that it carries israel, it's the fact that people care about the american slrn israel championship, they have done 95% of the work that keeps it working internationally. whatever your commend you for being so committed to a better for your country. thank you for taking time for talking to us today. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> ladan been a historic policy conference, we thank you all deeply on behalf of aipac for traveling to washington to be part of it, and now, we will all take what we learned in the next few days and the agenda on which we are focused to capitol hill, safe travels returning home, we look forward to seeing you at next year's conference. thank you very muc

the company was sanctioned by the united states in october 2008 for assisting the nuclear program but those sanctions were lifted by the department of state in 2010. this is what i wanted to get to, it's my understanding that the department of defense through an initiative led by the u.s. army is buying dual use m-1 -- excuse me, m-i-17 helicopters from this same company. i would like to know whether either of you can confirm this as that point? >> no. but i can confirm that we are buying m-i-17s for the afghan military but i cannot done firm that is the corporation providing them. >> thank you. can you explain why we would buy helicopters from the afghan military from this arm's exportser that has been sanctioned by the u.s. govern for its activities with iran and the principal means by which russia is arming assad's regime and killing so many civilians. >> i have to confirm that we are, assuming we are, as the process goes in a competition, if they are not sanctioned and enter the competition, they could very well be that they ended up being the lowest bidder and therefore they could very well have been selected. but i have to

before we got -- when i got to the state department at 7:00 a.m. on the friday morning of march 11th, which was about four or five hours after the earthquake, it was already apparent that the dimensions of this. and we organized a task force. and instructions came immediately from the white house, from the secretary of state, from the secretary of defense, do everything you can to help japan. and that was not simply rhetorical, but it meant that we could push aside some of the normal bureaucratic legal and accounting obstacles and do what we had to do, worry about how we paid for it later on. and the amount of dedication across the u.s. government was simply amazing, not just from the foreign affairs agencies but from the domestic agencies. people really did mobilize and really did step out. three areas of our focus. first, the obligation we have to account for and support american citizens and our embassy in tokyo immediately organized teams to go up to the area. i must say the japanese employees in our embassy played an extraordinary role with th

they are moving ahead on crossing the border in places that do not need state department evaluation, we have handled this, madam chairman, in a way that was in line with the law and the regulations. i believe we have to increase our energy security and i strongly support the creation of on our new energy bureau just last week we signed an important agreement with mexico to encourage transboundary energy exploration, something that was in limbo. we are committed to doing what connect to help america get the energy supply that we need. >> on to syria for ken? >> it is an issue that deserves the attention of the international community. lugar was in a environment where the new russian federation was coming into being. they welcomed our work with them as did other countries at this time, there's no permissive environment, but we are going to stay focused on any dangers posed by a store house or depot of such weapons. >> thank you very much, madam secretary for your time. mr. smith from new jersey, the chairman on south africa is recognized. >> let me associate myself with remarks that we

at 2401 east street, the state department building. it is on the campus of gw.e been affected. however, we're told the fifth floor of that state department building did catch fire early this morning. employees were evacuated. that's according to a few employees that i spoke to here on the scene who were reporting to work. they told me as well that they have received a phone call to head back home and to telework for the day. our photographer mark boss who was shooting the scene said denot see any flames but he did smell smoke in the area, seeing water pouring through many of the rooms indicating that fire crews have already extinguished this blaze. no one appears to be hurt. that is the good news. they did evacuate employees from that fifth floor. i have a call into the pio, the public information officer with the state department. she's looking into this and we hope to have more information a little later today. that's the latest here in northwest. back to you. >> thank you, delia, live in northwest washington. again, there was a fire at a state department buil

there has been an act as an aggressive program, won by the state department to recover man pads and through that program, the estimate recovered about a quarter of them, about 5000. there is some number of others that were probably destroyed in the course of the air campaign that were indeed pose another storage place is. but the truth is that man pads and other weapons are distributed all over the place in homes and factories in schoolhouse is. so there is a concern obviously about recovery of these weapons. i have to say that the transitional government in libya is on schedule and is moving toward elections and reforming the government. their oil refinery capacity has recovered faster than we anticipated. we estimated 1 billion barrels a day and their pre-ipo level about 1.6 million. so there are problems there, and that there is some room for optimism. >> how did you opt-in it by dousing recovered? >> well, five dozen recovered is by count and that was the best intelligence assessment that we had a son all sorts of analysis of man pads we have before the demonstrations started. >> in rec

so the state department reversed their policy and instituted a new policy that said we will now give estimated dates of completion. and so that was really the beginning of what i would say, you know, what i'll call the cia cases, the four cases that i alluded to that mike mentioned, which were a massive challenge against 16 policyies, eight of which were in blatant violation of clearly established statutes or case law, and eight of which were just bad policies that we thought were illegal but there was no direct case law in point on them. and i'll just run down them really quickly so you have an idea of what we're talking about. but before i get into listing them, though, the reason that we chose the cia, i kee

i get that there should be no reason we can't -- we, someone from the state department get over thereligion here, freedom of religion there. carve out space for us on your land, too. >> dana: from what i know, the king of saudi arabia does not agree. he has a real powerful struggle on his hands, because a lot of people in his family, to the right of him. this wasn't just some guy. he is actually in charge. he would expect and want, and wish that the state department would be able to say something stronger than we express concern. but we are deeply concern is kind of strong and diplomatic. in addition, something that is interesting what the king wants and what the markets want is stability. so he doesn't want to rock the boat. they want to call attention to this. i think what could change this is the major technological breakthroughs we experiencebe in the country for oil exploration and production in addition to other stuff we'll do, open up the more and take some pressure off of our needing -- >> eric: hold on. look at the administration. chucky schumer says we're not going to pump o

he was the first and probably fair to say the most accomplished had at the state department policy planning department. today its in-house think tank and turned later in life to writing history he pretty much collected every honor in the field from the plot surprise to the national book award. he was also as gaddis reminds us, a lifelong diaries, perennial depressive at times can this strain has been kevin johnson in firebird, father. at the end of his days in a did have many, kennan died in 2005 there was also a sharp bit of what he saw as the misuse of american power, whether it was in vietnam or iraq. do we have a lot to talk about today and i'm looking forward to this conversation. bush's job rating. you call it an american life. in many ways it's been a part of your life for three decade. you sat down and made an arrangement to be the authorized biographer. this is 1982. 81. and he was already almost 80 years old. so you thought this was not going to be a lifelong project for you. tell me what he had in mind for the project and what your goal was. >> guest: of course you can't read abo

the state department said car stkarzai was not alone in his reaction to the weekend massacre. >> we are all justified in being angry. it was a horrific incident. >> reporter: the staff sergeant who went on a shooting spree killing 16 afghan villagers is on his way to a maximum security prison in kansas. his civilian attorney who once represented serial killer ted bundy began laying the ground work for a defense that will argue his client suffered from post traumatic stress. >> the family was counting on him not being redeployed. they were told it was over and literally that changed. >> reporter: he pushed back on the notions that his client had a drinking problem or trouble with his family. >> they were totally shocked. he never said anything antagonistic about muslims or american individuals. >> reporter: we have also learned just moments ago that u.s. investigators have interviewed two other u.s. service members who were reportedly drinking alcohol with staff sergeant robert bales before he allegedly went on the shooting spree. again, fox news has now learned the name of the alleged s

did so on the basis of the people-to-people contacts to which he and nixon relegated to the state department. anyway, i think he would have been astonished at the size of the relationship and quite delighted with the role that he played in starting it all. >> i think it would be fair to say that all four of us, given our experience in china in the early and mid '70s are astonished by what's happened in china. another question. right here? >> you mentioned a little bit earlier about your visit to the cia to sort of get some background work before going on the trip. i was just wondering, to the extent that you can say, what sorts of documents or media that you consumed to prepare you for what you might encounter? how did you come to understand the culture, the geography, the manners? anything? what sorts of things did you consult for study before you went over? >> i'd be curious to know, too, max, if you feel the cia had it when you were reading or talking with them before you went? >> i didn't mean to make it such a great mystery. the cia, as you know, functions in two halves. there is the se

it is organized by the state department and a nonprofit organization. there is a local sponsor here in san francisco, the institute for international education. for three weeks, we have traveled to new york, at san diego, and san francisco. i am happy to of traveled with a group of nine other inspiring women. we are all young professionals in this field. we come from different countries to companies around europe. some of us work and the government formulating policies. others work and organizations. i think we'll have different reasons for why we work. some of us want to be a voice for women that are silenced. others are enthusiastic about creating a social policies to help people. some of us are dissatisfied with the patriarchy. and we want to change. we live in a world -- in iceland, we have fought hard to put a stop to this completely. it has not been easy. we have managed -- we have managed to have strip club -- strip clubs closed as well. by doing this, we are saying women should not be for sale. you cannot buy another human being. [applause] howe

how do they integrate with the state departments of education or the federal department of education? >> i can tell you that one of the main things i do for children with -- as a practicing pediatrician for children with special health care needs is to try to get them into an individualized educational plan, to get them the medical care that they need at the schools, and this does require tremendous amount of coordination. >> and how receptive is the department of education, the state department of education, to those? >> well, you know, they're limited by their budgets as well. clearly, we have challenges to fund our public education system. but i can tell you that that is a part where the state and the school districts are really trying to make this better for children. but it is very challenging thing to provide the kind of care that these children need day in and day out at school. they often need wrap-around services with someone who is there with them in school to deal with their emotional outbursts, to deal with other things. so it's a really challenging situation. >> well, it

and the embassy continues to be expanded and i understand perhaps the state department now is in charge of establishing what our mission in iraq is. can you, either of you, help

syria to talk about the situation on the ground, especially in towns like homs, and today at the state department, secretary of state hillary clinton who was joined by the polish foreign minister in washington was taking questions about syria and the latest developments. >> thank you, madam secretary. you talked about syria and increasing the pressure on the regime. beyond just increasing the pressure, can you talk about tangible ways that you're working on to help the opposition? specifically, secretary panetta had just told a congressional panel that you're looking to provide technical assistance and humanitarian assistance. if you flesh that out a little bit. and there has been a call by many senators to arm the opposition and get militarily involved. i'm wondering if you could -- do you feel a lot of pressure on the hill to do that? and if you could speak to whether that's in the offing. thank you. >> elise, we have pressure coming from all directions, not only one direction. but what we're trying to do, and i think the president was very clear on that in his press conference yesterday is to

there's obviously a state department diplomatic isolation effort that's going on. it's proven very successful. the treasury department and the state department have worked very aggressively in the sanctions along with the body, of course. we've done a lot on the military side to prepare so that when the president says all options are on the table those options are on the table. so we've put a lot of assets in the theater in case there's a contingency with iran. and then there are intelligence activities and other activities going on. so i think we've really taken a full spectrum approach to iran. and i think we still have time to pursue that full spectrum approach. >> i yield back. >> recognize the gentleman from california, the former attorney general of california. >> they you very much, mr. chairman. mr. silber, i don't know. if i were to take the ranking member's opening statement at face value, i would have thought we wasted our time here because the indication was that all of you witnesses before us don't have any current information. it's all based on what y