diplomacy wants done which is deception and there another place that he was also involved in is east timor where i don't know so well but it has been reported that while he went there pretending to be on a mission to for human rights was actually there to sell more weapons to the government that was oppressing the people of east timor so he has a whole history of doing things for the united states that i am afraid is in keeping with was the continual policy of making use of local conflicts in faraway places in order to extend their own power and control. all right john stone thank you very much for your input and analysis there of course we're speaking about the legacy of the late richard holbrooke thanks for that. let's take a look at some world news in brief for you this hour via dropped it on rome as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators protested against the film the six hours from going to the lower house confidence vote riot police had to use tear gas to try and stop the angry crowd from clashing with the far g.'s the prime minister narrowed to survived by a margin of th

the winners are -- walter timor, the sentences could department of the environment, the san francisco department of public works. provide to us and to come forward. >> on behalf of the department environment, congratulations to the department and the employers. on behalf of the winners, i would like to think the city of san francisco for promoting the great race for kreme error challenge. this gave many private employers the chance to award the employees using alternative transportation. over 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions -- the sector. individual choice has a direct impact on protecting our environment and this provides excellent opportunity to have most of transportation and changes. the department of the garment provides benefits for employers. the great race for clean air is another tool in their transportation to a box that we hope that the city will continue to support. think you to the air quality resources team for implementing this challenge and to the board of supervisors for your continued support. congratulations again to the winners. [applause] >> colleagues, that c

hopefully will lead to reconciliation between the poles and the russians live from moscow you will timor ahead for you this including newly released c.c.t.v. footage of a passenger plane crash landing in moscow is being scrutinized for the cause of the which killed two and injured. and our teammates a star twins of russia's world cup bid presentation to help the country in the right span l. sizing up their chances of getting on the pitch twenty eight stories still to come . so it could be the next on a chapman a young russian woman working as a parliamentary aide to a british m.p. has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and is facing deportation. yet his boss betrayed by the british press as a womanizer insists his glamorous young helper is innocent and it has more. this has moved very quickly away from the political arena and back into the sort of fluffy details that the media loves to report so much focusing on these details like a bond movie or a john le carre novel talking about how. to leave it when round in shorts and in high heels other media are calling her a russian ball det

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interactions ranging from vietnam to the balkans to congo to eastity mor and he brought that -- to east timor and he brought that perspective to the challenge of afghanistan-pakistan. whoever succeeds him will bring a fresh set of eyes and unique ex-peernings but certainly no one can question richard holbrooke's determination and drive and it had a measurable effect on the people that he interacted with. and the outreach by president karzai both over the weekend as he was in the hospital, the foreign minister and others, is greatly appreciated. >> george mitchell met today with president obama, i think? >> -- with president abbas today? >> he met with president abbas following up with a meeting with prime minister netanyahu today. president obass will be on his way to cairo as will george mitchell. there's a follow-on committee meeting won the arab league, i believe, tomorrow. we'll be looking for the arab league to continue to support this effort. senator mitchell, the peace effort. senator mitchell, before he returns to the united states will also make stops in brussels and paris late they

reiterated this point on march the 26th of 2010, when he said that the new start quoteffec features a much timorefect it transparent verification method that demands quicker data exchanges and notifications, tae unquote. in addition, this does not take into account that some of the inspections under the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty allow us to do to inspections at once, to inspections i want him like the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. i'd also say that the inspection regime we have in place under hs this treaty has also been changed to reflect the currentnd security environment in an enhanced relationship with the o russian federation and more than a decade of our experiencef and. conduct inspections. c the new s.t.a.r.t. inspection regime is simpler and cheaper than that which was conductedorn tr treaty. we conduct fewer overall inspections under this new treaty because there are in faca fewer sites in russia to inspect. i was gotten better atrs whe inspecting in the years where this has transpired.ld als not ao president, i would also h say that we are standing here today on december the 20 ofut 2010, 380 days wi