you may join the council general, and please, the honorable hydra mendoza, president of our board of, and of course, kyra rodriguez from our filipino channel. please take this problematic -- proclamation declaring this is a filipino-american history month in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the highest ranking and only filipino-american elected official in the city and county of san francisco, president of the board of education and education adviser to mayor edwin lee, honorable hydra mendoza. [applause] thank you. it still saddens me when you saw the only in the first filipino ever elected in san francisco, but it is always such an honor to be here with my community, and i want to thank you all for this celebration. we really have so much to celebrate, and i wanted to make sure we acknowledge this month alone and some of the things we have been able to accomplish. as the council general mentioned, ab 199 finally acknowledges the work and the tremendous bravery of our soldiers in world war ii, who will be written into our history books. we're going t

the council general and staff has offered yet another the supporting symbol of the relationship, the planting of cherry blossom trees throughout our city. we had awe have been celebratine cherry blossom festival. they are very peaceful, a relationship that we keep in mind always and we have done so for over 100 years. since the cherry blossoms are arrived as a gift to washington d.c. while we have gone for many years of that relationship, it is a requirement to know the san francisco enjoys 55 years of that relationship, many members of the district-city community here today to enjoy that. a member of the chamber of commerce is here to enjoy that as well. we have this relationship with you because we know san francisco's international status does not stop simply at having the offices here. we are out there working on everything from cultural exchanges, student exchanges, constant communication. more and more, examining opportunities to keep livelihood. both of our countries the more trade and communication to face the challenges that are facing us. it is my great pleasure to be here

these days are the best days of the chinese council general. ing all kinds of celebrations at the local asian and chinese communities. in all these parties, the topic of china-u.s. relations is the most talked-about topic. everybody was happy to see that last year progress has been made in china-u.s. relationship. we saw a frequent exchange of high-level visits. the president of china, mr. hu jintao, visited america. the and the vice president of this country, mr. biden, visited china in august. this was a very important visit. there is another next week. we saw last year a record growth of our people to people exchange. according to that temporary statistic, in the first nine months of last year, 1.0 7 million chinese tourists visited this country, the biggest increase of 27.7%. more than 2 million american people visited china, which means on average, every day, more than 9000 people are crossing the pacific. nowadays, about 160,000 chinese students are studying here. you have more than 20,000 american boys and girls studying in china. we saw

but next we talk to the deputy secretary general of the council of europe discusses the painful issue of children's rights abuses in the row the state in protecting youngsters that's in spotlight coming up next. well that is true science technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future covered. hello again the war from to the ends of the shelves on. today my guest on the program is more verbal taking. in the modern concept of human rights children held a very special place it is still unclear how the rights of the little while should be protected and if the states or whatever institution can't interfere in family relationships but most people look at currently doing kids have a right to a child even this understand it right is our friend so is it possible to secure a calm and saying childhood if not mostly for most children how can we protect them from being used as a bargaining chip and adult and think we'll discuss it with deputy secretary general of the council of europe more thinking. when it comes to children's rights violence is one of the

children's rights are something the council of europe has concentrated on lately its deputy secretary general has just started a rights protection program in russia. hello and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us i want to start with the question about russia russia has recently created the position of a child rights ombudsman of the house here in the studio couple of months ago how. do you think the creation of such a position is the step in the right direction did you think do you think this was the right thing to do is absolutely the right thing to do but it's only one step as you say because when you want to tackle the issue of children's rights and in particular. deal with the issue of violence against children. creating an institution like an ombudsman is absolutely important in particular in the regions because the russian federation says so it's so big and in particular when you provide for access by children to this. person institution but as i said it's only a step because if you really want to be effective in combating violence against children you need to thin

he and the israeli council general take a look at the disaster preparedness and earthquake metro fitting. >> i saw how the new bay bridge declined all the way out. and how they're dealing with this. >> they knew in last night and went to a fund-raiser by roots of piece in san rafael. and there is the just ahead here at 5:00 judgment day for a california rape victim in prison for not testifying against her accused attacker. >> taking a look at the growing demand for a certain item being smuggled into the state. >> are you ready for warm weather? don't go away. when temperatures will climb into low to mid-80s coming up. >> and training exercise along cal train track that's could keep homeowners living nearby up at night. stay with us. abc 7 news continues in one minute. >>> a 17-year-old rape victim is freed tonight after not testifying against her accused tacker. the teenager arrested last month because she failed to appear in court but today a skt county judge ordered her release. >> i hope that you have been striking by outpouring of support for you by the community in recent weeks. you

second, section 103 of the bill would mandate that the chair of the council of inspectors general on integrity and efficiency designate a lead ig for the contingency operation and resolve conflicts of jurisdiction between the participating igs. we suggested at the onset of a contingency operation the relevant igs would first determine which agency is expected to have the largest share of the operations funding and that agency's ig would become the lead ig. it would then follow that the level of funding would become the operation's associate ig. in recent years the statutory igs worked well together to oversee contingency operations. for example, conflicts on jurisdiction and work deconfliction have been resolved efficient by the southwest asia joint planning group and the international conflict corruption task force. for work in iraq, pakistan and afghanistan. these groups which are comprised of all igs working in these countries meet quarterly and have been a success. this approach would save time and simplify the process during the hectic period at the onset of a contingency operati

zuckerberg, the board and the general council. >> especially the general council i bet. coming up next on "power lunch," big cap tech weighing on the markets today on the back of intel's earnings and guidance. so should you still bet on tech? >> and as we head out, let's look at some of the other major averages that we follow. three -- four of the five in the red. russell down six, dow transports do up 14. the rest down fractionally. >>> all right. let's look at the treasury curve. mostly focusing on that 10-year note with the yield at 1.977%. and that's really been the range between just above the 2% level and about down to 1.96%. so let's talk more about that now with john brady with rj o'brien. he's at the cme. great to see you, john. >> hi, sue. >> what about this range-bound move in the 10-year? we can't seem to break to the downside and we can't seem to break to the upside. is it going to be like that for a while, do you think? >> it may be. in fact, it's been a very painful seven month trade with the range around the 2.40 yield level to the upside, about 1.70 to t

the vie leps and negotiated peaceful transition and a responsible democratic process. despite russia and china twice vetoing security council action, the united nations general assembly and human rights council have repeatedly and overwhelmingly condemned the carnage and the united nations has played an important role in supporting arab league efforts to end the crisis including through the joint appointment of special envoy co-fee annan. in line ya the u.n. led gadhafi from massacring his own people. to end nuclear weapons programs, the united states pushed the security council to impose the toughest sachss ever on iran and north korea. as the president has made clear, we will prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. and as long as iran fails to meet its international obligations, the pressure will build. the united nations played a critical role in supporting the creation of a newly independent south sudan. the u.n. ensured a democratically elected president took office. these are just a few examples of how u.s. leadership at the united nations is producing tangible results for the american people. but despite important progress, much remains to be done. that is w

generation weapon systems into the marine corps. lastly, general px kelly, the 28th commandant on the u.s. marine corps and the co-chairman of the leadership council. and general kelly's extraordinarily distinguished 37-year military career which ended in 1987. he commanded the marine corps organizations at every echelon through many platoon, division, and also served as a member of the joint chiefs. gentlemen, all four of you have been leaders all your lives. and we're particularly honored to continue to be leaders, taking up the future national security of our country in a new way. following the opening remarks which will come in the form of responses to questions, these four individuals -- distinguished individuals have graciously agreed to take questions from the audience. as moderator, i will begin by asking some questions of our panelists before turning it over to our conference center audience here for questions and answers. you can also submit questions via twitter. please send them to us at hudson institute. now, one last note by way of introduction. i should note lastly how pleased we are to be working with safe and hudson. very differen

the u.n. secretary-general said the launch violates security council reluonititfaur ban urges north korea not to undertake any further provocative actions that would heighten tensions in the region. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 nus. i'm gene ota i tokyo. thank you very much for joining us on k rl ha are d wrer u are.

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helen was taken to the hospital with some broken bones. >>> the general council for the florida prosecuting attorney's association says florida stand your ground law needs to be repealed. that law has come into play in the trayvon martin shooting. a task force in florida is examining the law. at least 20 other states have similar stand your ground law. >>> a 9news now health alert for you. there is a lot of debate over the marriage of recent studies that suggest the chicken we eat may contain a lot of substances we do not want. the studies focused on something called feather meal. it's a biproduct used as a supplement to feed animals and some recent studies found banned antibiotics, tylenol, benadryl, caffeine, even arsenic. >> we didn't look directly at chicken meat, so we can only make inferences on what might be in the meat based on what was found in the feathers. what it says is we need to do a thorough investigation as a result of what we choose to feed animals. >> the national chicken council points out that the study looked at the feather, not the meet. and a veterinarian who worked

the treasury. when i became attorney general, i did that and had a bankers advisory council on the issues we touched on in the attorney general's office. we are going to have a community bank advisory council and a credit union advisory council. we met earlier this week to work out how we will select members for that. they will have very direct input to me. we are required by law in a number of our role makings that gives small providers and banks to pepper tree to give us rule proposals and how that would impact our decisions and whether there should be adjustments made. that's something we will consider with each of our proposals. the international transfers of money people engage in and we issued a supplemental proposal to consider the institutions that don't do these transactions as a regular matter that should be exempt or on a relaxed footing with some of their requirements. >> with reference to our service members, i see you have the office of service member affairs. i'm interested to hear what you have to say about this. i'm amazed at how important this has become. could you share a few thou

supported by saab north america, and the council thanks them for their support for this important series. thank you. last april, at the atlantic council hosted major general richard mills as part of the commanders series, and then the returning rc southwest commander. now one year later, with major general john toolan. he just completed one year as the rc southwest commander. this particular brief is particularly relevant because next month in chicago, nato leaders are going to get together and talk about the progress in afghanistan as well as plan the next terps ahead -- next steps ahead. it is my distinct pleasure to introduce our special guest, major general john toolan, and the moderator, barry pavel. major general toolan spent a year in command. barry, the moderator, has a long history of distinguished service service and executive -- in the executive branch. prior to joining the council, he served as a special assistant to the president and senior director for defense policy and strategy in the national security council staff, serving both president bush and president obama. only the marine corps' most capable are given an opportunity to command in

i think they're taking the view that the general council makes a investigation we should not question it, and all i can say is we have a president that said he was going to be the most transparent of any administration ever in our history, bottom line of it, this all -- everything they found out, the whole country ought to know about. they ought to be transparent because we're dealing with the protection of the president, we're dealing with national security issues, and that's not something to be played with, and so i get back to then what i told director sullivan a week ago today when he briefed me the first time. i said when will you involve the inspector generals because i have great confidence because they tend to be very independent of the bureaucracy, and he said they would be involved. it's a natural extension then when the secret service is working with white house advanced white house communication, there is defense department people in white house communication when you go on these trips, then it seems to me they work as a team. it was just within the secret service and the

he does have the council of generals behind him who have been doing this for 25 years. >> twitter is allowed to go out in north korea, a country that barely has the internet. >> that's kind of curious. >> that's an interesting step. >> absolutely. >> jim frederick, thank you so much from "time" magazine. take care. >>> other stories making headlines, breaking news out of indonesia where a massive earthquake and equally powerful aftershocks have struck the coast shaking buildings and causing no reports of major damage so far. tsunami warnings posted for indonesia and countries along the indian ocean have now been canceled. >>> the cnn -- the military is keeping several rebel strong holds under siege. today secretary of state hillary clinton will attempt to win support for more international action. >>> special prosecutor investigating trayvon martin's death says she'll make an announcement on the case within 72 hours. zimmerman's attorneys say they're no longer representing him because he doesn't want to take advice and he won't even keep in contact. >>> developing now, you are looking

the security council was able to reach a consensus on saturday with. russia and the number of other security council members the draft resolution has been significantly. it became more balanced instance of general present realities more frequently it is taken in. syria's government. the u.n. observer mission according to this resolution the un secretary-general ban ki moon will have to report back to the security council on april nineteenth regarding how the resolution is being implemented whether the observers are being granted access to outside. there humanitarian officials are being granted access throughout syria if the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition is complying with what the security council is this monitoring mission will eventually grow to a team of two hundred fifty people we should know though that it does say in this resolution that has some there is a vague reference that if syria does not comply with what this impurity council is asking further measures can be taken and what those further measures are is not clear yet i think at this point all security council members are hoping that the armed opposition group in the syrian government do comply with what's being asked

the security council of the united nations. at the time of the gulf of tonkin affair. but hanoi refused an invitation to come to the security council to talk about it. the distinguished secretary-general of the united nations considered a peace mission himself to bring about peace. but hanoi and peiping told him not to come. britain has made many efforts to find a path to a settlement. first by working toward a new conference in geneva and then by a visit of one of their senior statesman, mr. patrick gordon walker. but the effort for a geneva conference has thus far been blocked, and mr. gordon walker was told that he should stay away from hanoi and peiping. the commonwealth attempted to send a committee of the commonwealth to several capitals to explore the possibility of peace. we welcome that initiative but hanoi and peiping have told them not to come. we made a number of efforts on our own, both publicly and privately. president johnson in baltimore, for example, offered unconditional skidiscussion wit the governments concerned. but hanoi and peiping called this offer a hoax. 17 non-aligned nations publicly appealed for a peaceful solution by negotiations without pre-conditions. w

private sector for a number of years and then i went and worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general council of the school district here in san francisco, and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. [speaking spanish] >> i think that san francisco really represents the best that this country has to offer. it's a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and it's a place that not only tolerates, but actually embraces diversity, a place that is very forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues. it always felt like home, and i felt that as a gala tino man that this -- gay la taken no man, that this is a place where i could be happy. now doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding experience. it is really remarkable how amazing our neighborhoods are, how amazing its people are. i have a progressive outlook in terms of how i see things, and by progressive i mean we have to make government and make the city work for everyone, and that means that it's not just those who are doing well, it's also

the way they operate. it's a surprise to see this. >> i don't thing it makes them a bad corporate citizen. >> if you kick it back to the general council of the unit and the general council has been implicated in it as well, i don't think that's good corporate practices. this is assuming it's true because it's based on the information from one guy who says he was part of the bribery. he must have been looking for a sort of payoff when he came out of it. >> this is the way. >> if you wanted to make -- looking at the growth story and the,000 of benefits for people that created it. >> now you're making argument that the ends justify the moons. >> i am. i said -- of course, carlos slim has never offered a bribe to anyone in mexico. >> that's why no one in mexico is offering this. it's pervasive. >> it may be persuasive but we have a rule of law here and that's the deal it's deal you signed up for. >> they got to chiechl. if you add up the two sides when it all comes down -- here's the at of benefit that they accrue from this. >> if you're just playing by the numbers, i'm not going to argue with you. here's one thing to think about. the mex

to act in a united fashion in syria which is why one has to turn back to the security council and the united nations in general and hope that some kind of monitoring mission will come out of it thank you for your thoughts b.j. prashad the director of the international studies program at trinity college there in the u.s. thank you. propose new legislation for russia's opposition political parties could make the entry into parliament much easier if possible nor made lead to an unprecedented push for power by literally hundreds of factions there's all these and he said now explains that could cause a problem in itself. politics in russia may never be the same protest have become a common sight and new parties are registering left and right as political reform starts reason for former deputy prime minister in the ninety's is no stranger to the white house. don't you know it. was long off the political radar until a sudden mass protest movement picked up after vast fraud claims against the december parliamentary vote now might be his chance to get back in the game or pressure only by the other candidates that's it

the largest number of council general offices outside of washington d.c. we have a gateway for some many international visitors. we want to use that status, create that market for you, have you as part of the conversation as to how to go about it the right way. i am making my first trip to china in november, my official trip to china as the first asian mayor of san for cisco. i want to use it not just to celebrate, but also bring technology companies that represent san francisco colter to create those relationships that you do not have. you do not have them in beijing, shanghai, some of the largest metropolitan areas of china. we can help you do that on this trip. i would love your participation. and i would like your participation to adjust the quality of life in our city. i am a big fan of our bicycle community. i am sure there is a large percentage of you that bike to work because, obviously, there is no parking around here. transportation is important to you. it is important to the whole region. i am working really hard on getting our central subway sta

the security council. it only needs majority of the general assembly. abbas say he's confident of getting the necessary votes. israel may refuse to return to occupy the territories, even if general assembly grants a palestinian state. in this case, palestine would become an independent state. abbas seems determined. he recognizes that the peace process is a must for independence and establishing a palestinian state. and he seems determined to achieving a final peace agreement with israel. >>> all right. the u.s. space shuttle "discovery" arrived at its new home near washington, d.c., as a museum artifact. a welcome ceremony was held for "discove "discovery" at the smithsonian. it was attended by more than 2,000 visitors as well as nasa officials and former astronauts who served as space shuttle commanders. >> nasa will continue to inspire the young people of today and tomorrow to dream of space, to dream of uncovering the secrets of the universe. >> former astronaut john glenn became the oldest person to travel to space when he traveled aboard "discover

the u.n. security council. and when american influence is diminished, for example by the one nation, one vote formula of the u.n. general assemble or the u.n. human rights council, we see absurd and often appalling results. multilateral international organizations can be a forum for forming international coalitions. but as we have repeatedly seen over the last few years, the more difficult the problem, the likelier bad actors will spoil meaningful solutions within the current system of international organizations. for example, we can't always rely on the u.n. security council to achieve consensus on major threats to international peace and security. as we've seen on north korea, on syria, on iran, china and russia simply will not join that consensus when they do not perceive the problem as a threat to their narrow national interests. instead they exercise their veto or threat of a vote toe to the thwart effective and timely response. the security council remains a very valuable forum. but not an indistensable one. we can't walk away from a problem because some members of the security council refuse to act. in those inst

just leaving it to what the security council can do with sanctions to increase the pressure on iran but using other elements of the u.n. system so that the united states general assembly last fall passed a resolution condemning iran's human rights abuses by the largest margin in history. similarly we've used the human rights council to put in place a special rapporteur. we believe able to get the general assembly to condemn the plot to assassinate the ambassador so in every turn we're trying to ratchet up the pressure on iran with success. >> and i appreciate that. let me jump over to a question i asked earlier, and we ran out of time, and that was security council resolution 1701 with hezbollah and the rearming there. what has been done to help stop hezbollah's rearming or can you brief the committee regarding the latest on security resolution 1701? >> yes. of course. 1701 is a resolution that established a renewed mandate for unifil on the border of southern lebanon with israel. its mandate is to prevent the flow of personnel and weapons into a zone adjoining the israeli border. it has been relatively effective in doing that. it is a mandate under chapter 6

but later on the 17th as they held a little council of war many of the generals said let's go after lee again. remember, general, my corps represents the last reserve of the last army between lee's great force and our nation's capital. and that's really all it took. there was no more attack. soon after the battle was concluded at sharpsburg, lincoln gave up trying to urge mcclellan to destroy lee's army rapidly. he came up there. had this meeting that was captured by the famous photograph, yes, yes, i understand we'll move into virginia as soon as i get my horses shod properly and my men back in proper uniform. they followed the virginians south to the potomac in late october and, in fact, when positioned to undertake a vigorous campaign in the spring of 1863. that was enough for lincoln. on the 7th of november, he relieved mcclellan of command. and on the 11th of november, mcclellan's train pulled out. his duty with the u.s. army was over. so, why am i recommending him as a person of the year? huh? well, because this general built the army of the potomac, not once, but twice. this gene

the l.a. city council meeting last night >> so i guess i will just alluded to >> tempers flared after this man raised his arm in a nazi salute during the general comment period. he made the gesture after being asked not to direct his comments at specific council members. one council member was so outraged keefe said he felt like " quality and the guy ". >> this is the very first day of the general election fight between mitt romney and president obama. the gop front runner still has a few hurdles to clear. mitt romney campaign in pennsylvania with a new wide- open path to the republican presidential nomination. >> this has been quite a day for me. >> his closest rival rick santorum suspended his campaign yesterday >> this presidential race for us is over. >> he dropped out two weeks before he had to cancel several campaign events last week to care for his sick daughter. >> he will remain a major spokesperson in our party. >> romney has an overwhelming lead in the race for delegates. the former speaker of this house says he still has a lot of supporters >> they deserve to be represented until romney actually gets 1144 delegates. i think it is w

generated around this issue on both sides. city council members are getting an earful from people during the public comment. the proposed tax is generating a lot of buzz and supporters and opponents are both very passionate about this issue. sunni people showed up for this. that is no standing room only in council chambers. the overflow crowd of about an is also up to standing room only. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake wants to increase the tax to 5 cents. the revenue from the new tax would go up to school construction and renovation. supporters are making a desperate plea for the passage of the bill. >> we have schools that look and feel like prisons. it is unacceptable. it is not because people do not care. it is because we have not had the resources to make the substantial changes that need to be made. it is an economic development issue that i urge you to support. >> opponents and don't want the new bottle tax to pass because they worry it could create a burden on small businesses and low-income families. a 12 pack of of water would increase by about $1.20. they are worried that people would then go to th

russian initiative in the very beginning and we in the security council suggested there disagree pretty general should be a point this special in a way to start contacts with a position go home so. for us it's very clear that the should be syrian and the circle moment should be devolved any good no interference the fewest point is to stop fighting. to let the human you period deliver is be dispatched to the people we need them to start the political process but the will must to continue the supporting assad if he if he is to fulfill the requirements of the. world i wouldn't try to persuade him to to do so this what we were doing all the time and good we are persuading. and we have been persuading from the very beginning to start reforms to. implement what he has already did clear and for us it's not the point that we support we support that there is an impasse that. we support political settlement. in the end who will be relieved are of the crown three because when you see of the syrian people so for us personalities not the point where it personally is not the poor we should continue to try to

russian initiative in the very beginning and we in the security council suggested then this it pretty general should be appointed special envoy to start contacts with opposition and the government. so. for us it's very clear that the film should be syrian and the settlements should be without any external interference the furious point is to stop fighting. to let the human you believe there is be dispatched to the people you need and then to start the political process but he will must continue the supporting if he if he is to fulfill the requirements of the. world i wouldn't try to persuade him to to do so this what we are doing all the time and we are persuading. and we have been persuading from the very beginning to start reforms to. implement what he has already did clear it and for us it's not the point that we support we support the president pastor. we support political settlement. in the end who will be the leader of the crown three big question the decision of the syrian people so for us personally is not the point but if a person is not the poor we should continue to try to block th

the u.s. general overseeing operations in the southwest of afghanistan says he has had no cooperation from the pakistani army in securing its border with afghanistan. major general john tullen spoke earlier at the atlantic council in washington, d.c. the u.s. will continue to defend the afghan military for at least ten years after the country formally takes control of its security according to an agreement signed earlier. this is about 45 minutes. >> i'll ask one question and then just look to the audience to continue the discussion. you gave us a good sense of sort of the threat specifically. but can you talk sort of more broadly about the taliban, you know, where are they now in your estimation? what's the chances of them popping back up? i don't know that depends on the trajectory of the afghan security forces. can you give us a sense of where they are politically and militarily in your view? >> i think the taliban there's always going to be i believe a hard core element that is going to continue to install sharia law. i've seen some of those folks. i've had an opportunity to speak to tom of them. it's a hard core radical belief that this is the way they need to operate. what produced that, i'm not exactly s

before we adjourn to the reception, i want to recognize david warrington who is here on behalf of attorneys for ron paul. david? somewhere. general council to the gingrich campaign for lawyers with newt. then chris landow is here for romney. the great dick wiley. dick? lee rodobski who is here for romney for president. and michael mor lee for council for romney for president. with that, i want to thank -- i'm sorry? there you go. you just did. tune in on fox this weekend on the voter i.d. issues. with that, i want to thank everyone for coming pup i want to thank our

. >> well, my view, and the view of the energy security leadership council is that nuclear power generation is something that the united states should embrace and continue. in the history of human technologies, producing power, i don't think any have the safety record that nuclear does. i mean there have been far more people lost in coal mining accidents and refinery fires and one thing or other than nuclear. i think the real problem in horrible tragedy in japan and of course we were very heavily involved in that. fed ex served japan. we tried to help in every way we could taking supplies. so i know the extent of the devastation. but the fundamental problem at fukushima was the unfortunate decision to locate the nuclear power plants where there could be a tsunami that kept the power plants from being safely cooled down. so i don't have any doubt about the fact whether the german government has made their decision stick or not, i would doubt to tell you the truth. i think the advantages in nuclear power, particularly for people concerned with emissions and so forth, there is a high likelihoo

after the regrettable veto in the security council by russia and china earlier this month, the u.n. general assembly voted overwhelmingly, as did the united states senate to condemn the syrian regime's brutal use of force against civilians. during this upheaval, our government must pay special attention to syria's weapons of mass destruction. now in egypt, the difficult transition to a democratic civilian government has been marked by changing timelines. protests and sectarian violence. given this tentative transition, when what resources should be spent on building institutions is certainly our debate, and it's disheartening that the egyptian authorities would choose to harass the work of civil society organizations focused on elections and government transparency. i look forward to secretary clinton's update on efforts to secure the release of those facing trial for those work on behalf of democracy. amidst these changes in the region, we face the ongoing threats to peace and a global economy posed by iran. the iran government continues to flout the will of the international community for