. >> 10 years after the violence that accompanies indonesia's withdrawal from east timor, many crimes against humanity have still not been brought to justice. it wants an international tribunal set up. militarhundreds of people were d in the aftermath in which the majority voted for independence. our correspondent is in east timor. >> this is one of the places that saab eight violent massacre in 1999 after a majority voted for independence from indonesia. the amnesty international report says it is people like this who have yet to receive justice from their government. the report says the governments of east timor, and the united nations have failed to deliver justice. it calls for an international tribunal, which will have the power to punish those responsible for the crimes during 1999 and the occupation of east timor. many of the people we have been speaking to, and people who were victims of the violence 10 years ago, say they're angry and disappointed with their government for not being able to deliver justice to them so many years on from those events. the government of east tim

and the rebel leader of east timor, the founding president of east timor, ascended to the podium and unfurled the flag of the democratic republic of east timor. the light of the fireworks was reflected in the tear stained faces of the people of timor. they have resisted and they had won at an unbelievably high price, but they have won. we were broadcasting this historic moment over the airwaves of the pacific radio throughout united states and at that moment we called noam, because it was noam chomsky, since 1975, actually on his birthday on december 7th when indonesia invaded east timor, and never let this story dye and so many of his books, so much of his writing, so many of his speeches often introduce people this point on a map, so many thousands of miles from moss and he let people know what was happening in your name. it was noam who told us about what was happening in timor and lead us to take those trips to try to expose what was happening. i'll bet almost everyone here tonight in this sanctuary has this story about discovering noam's writings or his voice or his words and ho

jobs rather than counterproductive harmon burdens being imposed, whether it is on the cap and tax timorment-run health care system. i think what you are seeing is a big disconnect with the people in washington as opposed to those in the real world. they are seeing it at town hall meetings. people are worried about deficits, cuts, taxes, and they recognize america has the best health-care system in the world, the best equipment, best medicine. why would we want people to wait in line like they have in britain? sean: there is a tone deafness there. >> i agree. you can say, we have the best health-care system in the world. businesses are going out of business because of the cost of paying for health care, paying for employees to have health insurance. there are many people who do not have insurance. so many families go bankrupt when grandma gets sick. the family has to pay up because we love our older folks. the gop right now is missing in action. they sit in the cheap seats and they holler and say that obama is the problem. sean: republicans are saying, we will have tax credit for people

read a blog about the asian island nation of east timor.it's still struggling for survival ten years after voting for independence from indonesia. the report is part of the fragile states project, our collaboration with the pulitzer center. it looks at some of the world's most at-risk nations. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. i'm jim lehrer. thank you, and good night. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what is that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron investsxf million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of the

peter gathbrathe served as our first american ambassador to croatia and was the deputy in east timor so he has long u.n. experience. and on the military side, admiral mullen and general petraeus pure and simple sent the first team in. stan and david are the two best people now available in the united states army and as vikram importantly said and i want to draw your attention to this, the best counterpropaganda is to reduce civilian casualties and the rules of engagement have changed in a way which has produced a visible as a result -- result on the ground. if there's been less news coverage of that issue lately it's because there's been less of that terrible problem to deal with. so in closing, in closing my opening remarks, i want to be very clear. we know the difference of input and out putt and what you are seeing here is input. agriculture. pule of law. counternarcotics. the illicit financing. that's what we're doing. the payoff is still to come. we have to produce results and we understand that. and we're not here today to tell you we're winning or we're losing. we're not here

peter gathbrathe served as our first american ambassador to croatia and was the deputy in east timor so he has long u.n. experience. and on the military side, admiral mullen and general petraeus pure and simple sent the first team in. stan and david are the two best people now available in the united states army and as vikram importantly said and i want to draw your attention to this, the best counterpropaganda is to reduce civilian casualties and the rules of engagement have changed in a way which has produced a visible as a result -- result on the ground. if there's been less news coverage of that issue lately it's because there's been less of that terrible problem to deal with. so in closing, in closing my opening remarks, i want to be very clear. we know the difference of input and out putt and what you are seeing here is input. agriculture. pule of law. counternarcotics. the illicit financing. that's what we're doing. the payoff is still to come. we have to produce results and we understand that. and we're not here today to tell you we're winning or we're losing. we're not here

peter gathbrathe served as our first american ambassador to croatia and was the deputy in east timor he has long u.n. experience. and on the military side, admiral mullen and general petraeus pure and simple sent the first team in. stan and david are the two best people now available in the united states army and as vikram importantly said and i want to draw your attention to this, the best counterpropaganda is to reduce civilian casualties and the rules of engagement have changed in a way which has produced a visible as a result -- result on the ground. if there's been less news coverage of that issue lately it's because there's been less of that terrible problem to deal with. so in closing, in closing my opening remarks, i want to be very clear. we know the difference of input and out putt and what you are seeing here is input. agriculture. pule of law. counternarcotics. the illicit financing. that's what we're doing. the payoff is still to come. we have to produce results and we understand that. and we're not here today to tell you we're winning or we're losing. we're not here tod

peter gathbrathe served as our first american ambassador to croatia and was the deputy in east timorso he has long u.n. experience. and on the military side, admiral mullen and general petraeus pure and simple sent the first team in. stan and david are the two best people now available in the united states army and as vikram importantly said and i want to draw your attention to this, the best counterpropaganda is to reduce civilian casualties and the rules of engagement have changed in a way which has produced a visible as a result -- result on the ground. if there's been less news coverage of that issue lately it's because there's been less of that terrible problem to deal with. so in closing, in closing my opening remarks, i want to be very clear. we know the difference of input and out putt and what you are seeing here is input. agriculture. pule of law. counternarcotics. the illicit financing. that's what we're doing. the payoff is still to come. we have to produce results and we understand that. and we're not here today to tell you we're winning or we're losing. we're not here t

sharp contraction some of plan changes and percentage everything very fast and in that contraction and timor-lesteleft the economy alone. so this is different. >> host: and what happens is there is a crash of a businesses are going to shut down and might reduce wages and my prior but they do it they can to keep going. >> guest: he didn't like that compromise and not to harp on just that. he also cited bad terror of and this is where it was in the republican platform, republicans like terrace at that point, it was wrong but they did it. >> guest: why did they? >> guest: because they had a misunderstanding it was good for business. is not generally for business, it was for the man who has the influence of the congressman so that's how it came about when he probably knew better. he had lived in london, he had lived in asia and he generate significant economic growth through globalization. this is very analogous to the 20s and that is my next book on the 20s. it was a wonderful time in terms of growth of people getting things that haven't gone before in strange places. he did live in the international