i mean, you know, it's almost actually almost 34 million refugees are under the care of the unhcr.ect that about half of them are children. so when there's forced displacement or internal conflict, oftentimes the men are killed or, for instance, in somalia, may stay behind to watch the -- watch the crops. and the women and children, the most vulnerable, flee. it is the most vulnerable children that are at the highest risk of recruitment, forced recruitment. and if the infrastructure internally is so weak, po enshlly voluntarily recruiting themselves in order to receive some security and/or financial support and/or just a warm -- a warm meal. so there's all kinds of ways in which children who are displaced around the world are particularly vulnerable to recruitment by armed forces. >> you recently returned from colombia where this type of activity has also been a problem for years. just tell us briefly about that trip. >> i went down to look at our projects and learn about a project outside of bogata in an area called swatcha. i actually went to a school for displaced children where

the unhcr, the high commissioner for human rights, is beginning may wish to move on and is doing that also in accordance with international standards of the sort that we respect and apply around the world. so this is an instance, sir, where a difficult problem we think has begun to be addressed and mitigated by the constructive involvement of the united nations. >> great. thank you. and i think my time is almost up, but i'll, you know, respectfully again -- and you and i have obviously agreed to disagree on the unesco thing. i for one thing we need to show a lot more firmness, not only to unesco because of their attitude but also the member states need to understand that there are serious consequences. but again, we'll agree to disagree respectfully. thank you for your service. thank you, madam chairman. >> [ inaudible ]. >> mike. >> -- questions for the record. the subcommittee on state, foreign operations related program stands adjourned. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> in a few moments on cspan 3. the surgeon general and her report on youth smoking. and fraud and the food

so i'm sure that also groups like unicef, groups in the country like unhcr, very, very worried about protecting those people who are trying to be on the ground and trying to make things better for the people here of afghanistan. yeah, there's a lot of concern among folks that this is a threat that could be carried out and people are taking it quite seriously. >> sara sidner live in afghanistan. >>> the u.s. military still has not identified the u.s. soldier a us coulded in the killings. we have been able to fill in some of the blanks. >> reporter: military sources tell us he's in his mid 30s with a wife and children. he's an infantry sniper, trained to fire fatal shots from up to 800 meters away. we've also learned the suspect had suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2010 during his third and final deployment in iraq. he was treated for the trauma, cleared for duty, and deployed to afghanistan in january. his medical history is now part of the investigation which is being handled by the u.s. military. defense secretary leon panetta says the suspect could face the death penalty if he