there will be work done through usaid. there was a big agricultural peace that the secretary lead on. there will be a piece out of energy. there will be a whole government effort, but the bulk of the work will come through us. >> i was very encouraged to hear your efforts to advance market commitment, the idea spending money at home that could help people abroad. and on medication and adaptation, i hope usaid and policy people there will take the position that 90% or 100% of the investments our development investments. we have an excellent paper by my colleague david wheeler that points out that looking back at how resilience countries are to floods and natural disasters, the single most effective investment has been girl's education. >> i am not surprised. >> i have several other distinguished board members. brown. susan levine. and former board members. anyone want to take the floor? mark? please introduce yourself. >> mark brown, board member of cdd. >> lord. >> for the non-americans in the room, your message today, mad

partnership obviously with usaid. we are looking to ambassador holbrooke for the leadership interaction. we see ourselves as a vital partner in this process. >> i am really glad you asked this question and i want to apply to things. when, secretary vilsack's numbers were only u.s. department of agriculture personnel. there's also a very substantial aid complex. secondly when we got into office there were 12 egg people in the country. there was no central coordination at all. there are now, we are heading towards 100, is that a fair number? that doesn't count the military. so, the second point i want to make it goes with secretary vilsack guisseppe. we have issued an edict, don't identify yourself as a idea or usda. you are a u.s. mission. the model out there, i know it is corny but the model is one team, one mission and there is a senior ed person and although he is either usda or aeit i don't actually know which one it is a vital actually care. they all report in turn to our new senior director of operations and many

today we have many such development diplomats working at usaid.they embody the integration between development and diplomacy that when allowed to flourish can amplify both disciplines. for example, a lack of support from government leaders can be stalled or stymie development projects, particularly programs that target marginalized populations like people with hiv, women, or refugees. in these cases, our diplomats working hand-in-hand with our development experts can help make the difference. they have the access and leverage to convince government ministers to offer support. development also furthers a key goal of our diplomatic effort -- to advance democracy and human rights worldwide. i remember vividly visiting some years ago the village of saam and j -- saam njaay in senegal, where a former peace corps volunteer some of you may know, molly melching, set up a village-based ngo called tostan, supported by usaid. women in the village began to speak out about the health consequences and the pain of female genital mutilation, an accepted practice

usaid is the lead u.s. agency. the focus our efforts and the locations that they need so every effort is being made to make sure we are not duplicating effort, so that coordination capability is growing. but, it is a very deliberate effort to make sure that we get to as many people as possible as quickly as we can and we support the needs of the government of haiti and the united nations and respond to where they need us to go. >> what capabilities to you bring to the table that civilian aid groups simply don't have? >> the capability we have brought in the immediate portion is a couple of things. as i describe that capability offshore so that with all the helicopters we have we are not putting a demand on the low fuel capabilities that there are right now in port-au-prince, so we can use the ships offshore to gain fuel, to be able to support our crews and so we don't put an additional stress on the limited supplies that there are in port-au-prince. we also, because we didn't of the capability, that is why the heli

in coordination with the usaid and the entire u.s. government we have a significant effort to support this. from the time we found out about the earthquake, we started in motion. are there concerns about the airport in port-au-prince? it's still functional but the tower capacity is limited so we're pushing capacity there now to operate and secure that airport. we're also pushing command and control capability and communications. as you all know, communications have been hab very difficult in haiti so we're pushing that to not only support u.s. forces who are there, but because a lot of the communications from was in their headquarters, that was lost so we're looking to support the menusta effort as well. we have various ships in the region, u.s. coast guard ships as well as some department of defense ships moving in that direction. they have limited humanitarian assistance supplies on them, but they have some vertical lift capability, some helicopters with them. in addition, we're moving the aircraft carrier carl vincent from norfolk

today we have many such development diplomats working at usaid. they embody the integration between development and diplomacy that when allowed to flourish can amplify both disciplines. for example, a lack of support from government leaders can be stalled or stymie development projects, particularly programs that target marginalized populations like people with hiv, women, or refugees. in these cases, our diplomats working hand-in-hand with our development experts can help make the difference. they have the access and leverage to convince government ministers to offer support. development also furthers a key goal of our diplomatic effort -- to advance democracy and human rights worldwide. i remember vividly visiting some years ago the village of saam and j >> a former peace corporation volunteer sent up a village post up supported by this program. women began to speak about the health consequences of female genital mutilation and this is an accepted practice in their culture this led to a village discussion and the village voted democratically to

usaid is in charge and leading this effort.y are the ones that are pursuing that. >> he said there are about 60 members of the u.s. military. >> is that a plausable assessment that there are hundreds of thousands? >> i really can't speculate. i really don't know what the answer to that is. all i know is, and i have the same information that you have. there has been just an initial assessment from an aircraft flying over. the damage appears to be mostly centralized around port-au-prince. i don't know that for certain. i don't know how much that aircraft went out and surveiled other parts of the country. i am hesitant to say exactly what the situation is on the ground and what we're going to find as we go forward. that is why we are looking for all the options recant. >> one or two more. >> the haitian government, current haitian government. steve believe it is stable? do you believe that when this is all over and with the same government will still be in power? are you worried this could lead -- >> i am not going to speculate. w

administrator of usaid.after this. >> larry: back to port-au-prince and the doctor of the international medical corps. what is that, doctor, what is the international medical corps? >> they said the interview is finished. >> larry: doctor, do you hear me? >> communication. >> larry: doctor doesn't hear me. we made a bad connection. robert foster is in virginia beach, virginia. his 13-year-old son, andrew foster, has been missing in haiti. we're happy to report he's been found. he's with his uncle. they were on a business trip. planned to go scuba diving. robert, wasn't he supposed to be in school? >> yeah. we decided to give him a break, you know, traveling with his uncle. trip of a lifetime and everything. we thought he could afford a few days off and obviously was just that, trip of the lifetime. >> larry: what was his uncle doing there? >> actually it's my wife's aunt and uncle. they've owned property there many years and been going to haiti 38 years. he's a retired dentist. had a private practice in new

all of usaid has been operating under the get program. so we need to be aware of any, you know, large problems to try to get on top of them as soon as we can. your point about the business process approach is a good one, and that should be constantly done to see whether or not what we're getting meets our requirement. it's just complicated. so i'm always interest indeed good ideas, you know, kind of coming up from the system. so we will certainly get back to you on the specific ideas that you and your colleagues posted. but we've paid attention. you know, we're just trying to follow through on them. yes? >> our next sounding board entry comes from celine, an economic advise o, he said madam secretary, gay and lesbian staff have been so hearten bid the -- how much it means to me when i look at my hr records and see family member. those two words say so much about the kind of atmosphere you have set. thank you, so much for all you have done. 34 of us still face problems coming home to the us with our partner and i wonder if you can talk to

that's usaid. he's at the state department.requently, in fact, today with the president of the united states. dr. shaw, what's the status, the current status of our efforts in haiti? >> well, larry, thanks for having me. i think first it's worth just saying, you know, our hearts and our prayers are with the people of haiti. this has been a tremendous tragedy and of course you and the network have been covering it very closely. this is really a tragedy of tremendous proportions. clearly the worst earthquake to hit there in 200 years. and it has created a vast amount of devastation and loss of human life in port-au-prince and throughout haiti. so we are working aggressively to try and address the needs and try to save lives while we stale can in this early response period. i'm happy to describe a number of things we're doing but this is really a tremendous catastrophe. >> larry: our role, would you put it on a scale of 10 at 10? >> well, you know, the president has been very clear that we should focus in this early period on savi

all of usaid has been operating under the get program. need to be aware at any time you know, large problems. try to get on top of them as soon as we can. your point about the business process approach is a good one, and i should be constantly darned to see whether or not what we are getting meets our requirements. it's just complicated. and so, i'm always interested in good ideas, you know, kind of coming up from the system, so we will certainly give back to on the specific that you and your colleagues posted. but we've paid attention. which is trying to follow through on them. [inaudible] >> yes? >> are next on import entry comes from selim ariturk, and economic officer in azerbaijan. he says that in secretary, it stuff or via and so heartened by the wonderful changes you've made since he took office. i can't tell you how much it means to me when i look at my h.r. records and finally see the word family member. more than any of the financial benefits, those two words say so much about the kind of atmosphere you have set. thank you so mu

continue in support of usaid efforts on the part of the united states government to support aid efforts for the victims of the earthquake in haiti. based on that earthquake roughly 3 million people are estimated to be impacted, so what i would like to do this morning is give you a bigger picture if you will of the overall u.s. military efforts that are being taken to aid those victims. first, if we look at the airport because that is the place that we first focus their attention, while we were moving the the capability. the airport now supports roughly 120 to 140 flights a day, hand it has received over 840 flights during that time that it has been opened. because of this size and the magnitude of the assistance required, we have a waiting list of over 1400 flights waiting to t

usaid is the lead u.s. agency. they focus our efforts in the locations that they need, so every effort is being made to make sure we are not duplicating effort, and so that coordination capability is growing, but it is a very deliberate effort to make sure that we get to as many people as possible as quickly as we can, and we support the needs of the government of haiti, the united nations and respond to where they need us to go. >> what capabilities do you bring to the table that civilian aid groups simply don't have? >> the capability we brought in the immediate portion is a couple of things. as i described that capability offshore, so that with all the helicopters we have, we're not putting a demand on the low-fuel capabilities that there are right now in port-au-prince. so we can use the ships offshore to gain fuel, to be able to support our crews, and so we don't put an additional stress on the limited supplies that there are in port-au-prince. we also, because we didn't know the capability, that's why the hel

the next phase, the world food program working with usaid and other n.g.o.' move to how do you get off of the m.r.e.'s or these humanitarian rations and get them on dry food or set up some type of sustainable kitchen. that is being looked at as well. how do you move beyond this for sustainable mechanism and plan to feed the population. we are also working with them to look at other areas outside port-au-prince that have been affected that need the same -- you can take the same thing, each water is a little different, water clearly is another basic necessity and just sanitation issues. so the united nations cluster, whether it be the food cluster or medical cluster or the water and sanitation cluster, all are working feverishly, hard to put in place these long-term sustainment. as those come up and operate, and we are able to turn over the operation of those to n.g.o.'s who fill the capacity to transport the food, efforts -- earth, that's when our forces -- etc., that's when our force also no longer be needed and we'll look at where we go from there. >> we'll

>> i would say collectively usaid working with the haitian government and the u.n. on a daily basis we are setting the broad priority for what we need to bring in today based on how we assess the situation on the ground and as we've detail on a given day it might be water here, food fair, medical assistance, and then that determines the priority in which since as we are still in a situation where there are far more aircraft that would like to fly to haiti on a given date and we of slots available to be accomplished that and then once we set the priorities we apply those priorities to the every of people applying for slots to be able to fly in and as we have worked this with the haitian government you now have noticed to the airmen that says apply for commission and based on that, so now in terms of the mechanics in any particular time, that is controlled by -- if an airplane is not taking off than it might be because for this particular day we are looking for a different cargo. but once the airplane is airborne if it has diverted it is usually because for some reaso

. >> you said usaid was in charge of search and recovery efforts. that mean it is now officially recovery mission? >> know, that is the phases of the effort involved in search and recovery. i combine the two because there are linked in terms of a continuum. i'm not telling you that the search effort is over. that is the usa id's responsibility to direct one that shift occurs. >> of the competing priorities, food, water, medical equipment and security, what is the top priority? >> our top priority is to continue to increase our distribution capacity of the supplies that are building on the ground, both those delivered by the department of defense and contributions from the international and interagency community. we are increasingly capable of doing that. based on that, the number one priority today is our ability to increase the tactical mobility, the ground vehicles necessary to disperse those supplies. it is important for the next two or three days to increase the delivery of water until we have a self-sustaining production capability on the groun

as well as working with the usaid. so we have a significant presence, i suspect and know, over the short haul it's going to be increased, and i also know there's already significant work being done, from planting additional trees, up to three million additional trees in a refor rest station efforts. and there's good work being done. >> i think from the usaid's perspective, we try think about presence, civilian presence on the ground as a whole government approach, and as you perhaps know, we expect to have approximately 1,000 civilians on the government across the government. there are for us an important concept on impact and what those people can do, and by working with local partners and by focusing on building local capacity in the execution of these programs in agriculture and other sectors, we believe each one of those individuals leveraged themselves perhaps ten-fold with local afghan capacity and support. >> i want to clarify something that rob said on the thousand. we are just building out to be projected numb

hospitals and every other kind of equipment necessary to help people, there is also the civilian effort of usaidwhich is working very, very hard in the region, and at the same time the work being done by presidents clinton and president bush to coordinate the relief that is being given to people. all these things are designed to ensure there is proper coordination. there are lessons to be learned for the future. we have 1000 group that somebody team ready to go to areas where we attend reconstruction and stabilization is necessary. some of them are in afghanistan at the moment, but the world at some point must come to a decision that first of all, funding has got to be available to move immediately where there is a disaster. secondly, we need a signing up of professionals who are able to go at a moments notice to help where there is a disaster in the future. that will require a reconstruction agency. >> and thank you, mr. speaker. i'm grateful for that answer. i want to turn to a completely different subject here at home. the torture and appalling abuse of two children by 10 and 11 year old boys

fashion that a number of my colleagues in the senate and i have called upon the state department and usaid to set up safe havens for orphans which will provide food, water and protection for all orphans as well as time to ensure that these orphans in haiti who are eligible for what is called humanitarian parole -- part of this process of being those who are on the way to being adopted, that they're processed. that those who are eligible for that process, humanitarian parole, are indeed evacuated and processed in a timely manner. this is just one idea, one way to help. but in the absence of an alternative plan, more and more children will continue to show up at the american embassy. so it's vitally important that that. but i want to -- that that happen. i want to commend the work of our government at various levels in terms of what they have been doing to respond to the challenge proposed by these orphans and their circumstances. i know that in our home state of pennsylvania, governor rendell and congressman altmire worked very hard to bring some of these children back to pennsylvania. i wa

every other kind of equipment that is necessary to help people-there is also the civilian effort of usaid, which is working very hard in the region, and, at the same time, the work that is being done by president clinton and president bush to coordinate the relief that is being given to people. all these things are designed to ensure that there is proper coordination. but i agree with the leader of the opposition that there are lessons to be learned for the future. we have a 1,000-strong civilian team ready to go to areas where reconstruction and stabilization are necessary. some of them are in afghanistan at the moment. the world must, at some point, come to a decision, first, that funding has got to be available to move immediately when there is a disaster. and secondly, that we need the signing up of professionals who are able to go at a moment's notice to help where there is a disaster in future, and that will require a un reconstruction agency. >> i am grateful for that answer, too. there is great agreement on the need for an early, swift and well-organized response. i want to turn t

the development professionals at usaid .are very focused on how we do things that build the sustainable capacity? that is how we plan our thinking with the caveat that we are under direct orders and provide relief because this is a number does the situation. >> you talk about building up local capacity. are you talking about training for the haitian people? i am not really sure. when you rebuild you have to teach people to implement what you were putting on the ground. >> i would respectfully suggest that that concept is perhaps not as applicable to haiti. they have a bear resilience and capable population. i will give you an example. there are milling pass these to mill wheat. if we can provide equipment to get one or two of those plants running, they can mill in use their local food systems to distribute food and me needs. our partners can work to buy the food locally. that will not happen all right away, but we are already planning. the goal is to meet an immediate emergency response so people can eat and, at the same tim

one is rod, doctor roger are, our new superb administrator at usaid. rot, come here.[applause] >> we want you to get to meet him, if you don't know him. we want you to support him as he makes the changes that are necessary to put usaid back in the forefront of world development agencies. and now it's my honor to introduce our undersecretary, maria otero, and maybe, maria, you and rod can say a few words to close out the program. [applause] [applause] >> well, i think probably one of the most important things that i can do is to really thank the secretary. thank her not only for her words today, but also because in the remarks that she made to us, we heard again the unwavering leadership that she has given in all the work that has been done to carry out a cairo program of action. and that leadership she expressed today, not only because she gave us the sobering facts, the reality that we face, but also because she always does, she reminded us of the individual woman in the village in uganda, or in a small slump in another city in africa, or central america. that one wo

have usaid folks in the.e a special envoys sent there. >> i'm going to jump over and give you the last word on this one, because you're the one who can do something about it. [laughter] >> one of 535. >> more than anyone else on this panel. >> andrew? >> the previous speakers have addressed the main issues. i think, don't take them in isolation. these issues can't be taken one by one. yesterday prisoner exchange has to happen. but the price of that is not simply to be able to transfer a number of prisoners over and save that's the end of the story that the population of gaza needs some relief. if you're going to think a little bit longer term we have to think about the way to be able to give young people some tangible sense for a better future and. >> how are they going to have the? where are they going to get some education from? which educational institutions would go to? how will the teachers be able to come in about? you can't keep wondering and have people bottled up for the last three years and throw aw

. >> you said usaid was in charge of search and recovery. does that mean it is not in a recovery mission? -- now in a recovery mission? >> that is the faces of the effort involved, search and recovery. i combine the two because they are linked in terms of a continuum. i am not telling you that the search effort is over. that is usaid's responsibility to direct when the shift occurs. >> the competing priorities -- water, food, medical, security -- what is your top priority? >> obviously, our top priority is to continue to increase our distribution capacity of the supplies that are building on the ground, both of those delivered by the department of defense and those contributions from the international and interagency community. we are increasingly capable of doing that. based on back, the number one priority today is our ability to increase the ground vehicles necessary to disburse those supplies. it is still important for the next two or three days to continue to increase the delivery of water until we had a self sustaining production capab

on wednesday, form usaid administrar andrew natsios said u.n. official douglas ots had died in the earthqua. coots is aually alive and well in alabama. doug coates, the acting u.n. police commissior in haiti was kill. >> lehrer: ain, the major develoents of the day: the u.s. supre court overturned decades of limi on campaignontributions by corporions and labor unions. presidenobama called for new curbon financial risk-taking by banks and a lim on bank se. walltreet responded with a se-off. the dojones industrial average fell morthan 200 points. and demoatic hopes for early action on health care fade further. house speakepelosi said it's unlikely the house wl simply acce the senate bill. th"newshour" is always online. hari sreenasan in our newsroom previews what's there. ha? >> sreenivasan: there's re on what today's supreme cou cision means for campaign finae from loyola law school we get reaction to sectary of state clinton's speech o internet freedom from rebea mackinnon, a flow at the open society institute. former "newshour" correspondt eliz

james serves as the director of the pakistan task force for usaid.tensive experience in international development in the middle east, north africa and asia. he served as the senior deputy administrator for the middle east. he also served as the deputy administrator for asia and he has held a number of other important jobs in india, islamabad, and was the director of u.s. aid congressional delegation to office from 2000- 2003. i will now turn it over to jim. we will then follow with alex and then paul. jim, thank you. >> thank you, very much. çóthank you for inviting us and usaid. general jones did an excellent job of laying out the strategic and policy imperatives of the barack obama of administration. Ñii would notÑi pretend to elabe on that. i will takeÑi one " from presidt obama is aÑi speech at west poit in early december were he said çóthat we needed a civilian presence on the ground and the region, particularly afghanistan. our efforts will fail if we shortchange this effort. our efforts will fail in afghanistan if we do not invest in their fut

robert shaw, our superb administrator of usaid. [applause] to come here. [applause] we want you to get to meet him. we want you to support him as he makes the changes that are necessary to put usaid back on the forefront of world development agencies. now it's my honor to introduce the undersecretary, maria otero and maybe you and roger could say a few words to close out the program. [applause] >> well, i think probably one of the most important things i can do is really thank the secretary. thank not only for her words today, but also because in the remarks she made to us, we heard again the unwavering had leadership she has given and all of the work that has been done to carry out the cairo program of action and that leadership she expressed today not only because she gave the sobering facts of the realities that we face but also as she always does, she reminded us of the individual woman of the village in ugonda and a small salam and another city in africa or south central america. a story that has been one of the things that has propelled her to suppor

i wanted to give my thinking of president obama, secretary of state, hillary clinton, usaid administratorshop, general fraser of the u.s. southern command, all the hard people working here and on the ground for their effort to save slides in the aftermath of this devastating earthquake. a number of states. i know california sent a search and rescue, virginia did and others. our own state of vermont is sending down a medical team today, recovering from this disaster is the daunting challenge for the people of haiti. vermonters and all americans have opened their hearts and are sharing generously. we will continue to do so. anyone of us, just as human beings, have to be moved by what we have been seeing down there. now to the subject of this important hearing, a terrorist's and tend on detonating explosives was able to board a plane with hundreds of passengers, headed for detroit, michigan on christmas day. after congress passed nature legislation 2004 to implement the 9/11 commission's recommendations. after the country invested billions of dollars to upgrade security systems and to reorga

i would say that in terms of specific action items, we need to get usaid personnel in gaza. we can do it. need -- thethat hard. congress needs to commit to unrwa. unrwa has been harshly criticized by certain elements in our work on chris based on faulty information. but i will tell you that the chairwoman nita lowey and berman have made positive statements about unrwa, but as a whole there is always this low, where we have to defend unrwa, and i think that is a shame. we have to encourage israel to deal forthrightly with the recommendation in the old stone reports that they engage in their old process so that we can stop any further diplomatic isolation and help them sort of restore some credibility internationally. i think that is very important the goldsborough report isn't asking for a lot it's just dustin for israel to of its own credible process. i done think it is too much to ask. but we also say we have to stop this thing -- there were a bunch of students from gaza held up for their fulbright scholarships. this is insane. we can't have these kind of things and we have

have the usaid folks and the special folks in there. >> i'm going to jump ov

is that usaid or the u.n. overall? >> and the government of haiti working collaboratively, as the secretary talked to the president on saturday, there was a joint commune kay that was released on sunday. it outlined and we have put together additional mechanisms so that there is coordination center in -- at the airport so that collectively we can identify early in the day. where do we think the highest priorities are, the greatest need, where they might exist? we've established -- we being the u.n., the united states, the government of haiti, four hubs around haiti and then from that a couple hundred of distribution points so that you're just trying to expand this network every day so that more and more people are receiving assistance. we're doing it not only in terms of direct deliveries, we're doing it in terms of working through n.g.o.'s, and we are finding other ways, such as the airdrops, being done on a measured scale, because there's a risk that comes with airdrops. if the area is not secure. the coast guard, na

australia, china, india, and so hopefully usaid loves it. they sent a 71 of their top project managers to see how it's done. and it's one of the examples i use in this book. >> host: i want to talk a bit more about, later, about the ways in which -- the ways that you might want kashmir or about how one goes about getting people to invest in his. obvious he, reading the book would be a start it but i want to know why it is you invested in a. you write about creating tarzan books, reading doctor doolittle. i find it difficult to think of you as jane, even though you are jane. you would have been a different kind of jane, i think, but where did your passion come from? >> guest: i was very jealous of that stupid jane. [laughter] >> host: how so? >> guest: because i wanted to be tarzan to make myself. [laughter] >> host: will. >> guest: but anyway, from the time i was born apparently i was only interested in animals, animals, animals. books about animals. 11 years old i'm going to go to africa and live with animals and write books about them. as

for her to come down to haiti together with the administrator of usaid is a way of telling us you are important for us, you are a priority for us. we understand what you are going through. and we are showing that we care. moreover her presence in haiti will help to paper over any hard feengs, you know, friction that may have occurred between some people who are in charge of the airport in port-au-prince and who now see that this is going into american hands. but they should know that this is temporary situation, just to help us get through this hard period. it doesn't mean america is taking over haiti. >> you mentioned friction, hard feelings, can you elaborate on that? >> i know that some people, you know, for the past two days, there were problems that planes could not land at the airport. and i understand that as you said today there is a memorandum of understanding that was signed that had to be worked out. because some of the airport officials thought they were still in control but you know, in control in what way? now that they, the u.s. airborne and other units are coming, u.s.

on wednesday, former usaid administrator andrew natsios said u.n. official douglas coots had died in the earthquake. coots is actually alive and well in alabama. doug coates, the acting u.n. police commissioner in haiti was killed. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: the u.s. supreme court overturned decades of limits on campaign contributions by corporations and labor unions. president obama called for new curbs on financial risk-taking by banks and a limit on bank size. wall street responded with a sell-off. the dow jones industrial average fell more than 200 points. and democratic hopes for early action on health care faded further. house speaker pelosi said it's unlikely the house will simply accept the senate bill. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan in our newsroom previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more on what today's supreme court decision means for campaign finance from loyola law school we get reaction to secretary of state clinton's speech on internet freedom from rebecca mackinnon, a fell

aid -- usaid personnel. i think americans can be confident and proud in the personnel we have on the ground to are doing such a good job. one other thing i want to comment on before i turn it over to lease that is that -- lisa is that there does seem to be a deficit of trust. both in terms of pakistani officials as well as afghanistan officials, they had a concern about whether the united states is going to finish the job. this is creating concern in both pakistan and afghanistan. in pakistan, as you know, a number of the senior taliban officials have moved across the borders from pakistan to afghanistan. we need pakistan's assistance to clear them and to achieve the objective of stopping their operation. yet pakistan, i believe, is somewhat concerned about whether the united states is going to be withdrawing in 18 months and if so, whether it is a good move on their part to engage in trying to clear the taliban with whom they do not have a current conflict. on the afghanistan -- side of the border, there is

. >> guest: commercially viable and interesting like usaid is hard to find good local talent in communities around america. there is no question about it. but again i stress the fcc should back out of this area because its regulation of speech, and for them not to admit that or to understand that is incredulous to me. again, i think that this is an effort by the far left to not say that we are going to advocate in new fairness doctrine but they are going to the backdoor basically with fairness doctrine like requirements, the same thing. >> host: do you think that this is all part of an orchestrated attempt by the obama administration and the democrats at large because they have the super majorities in the congress, because when i look at the landscape and we are talking about commercial viability here and private-sector, what i see is this massive government intervention into every nook and cranny of our lives, and the government intervention in the private sector is on precedent it. which is of a government takeover of general motors. the government orchestration of the chrysler bankruptcy

we need engineers, former for stars and usaid today and so forth. but i think this has been a wonderful session and really we are indebted to all of you. i think we better rabbit -- raptors this up but all i think you all for being with us and echoing the one and only admiral arleigh burke. [applause] >> it's always a pleasure to get with you. sprick i would like to get together and have lunch sometime. [inaudible conversations] in the nation's capital and across the country listen to seize the radio. in washington at 90.1 fm and done x retial, channel 132. it's also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >>> the congressional intertek bachus advisory committee held its sixth annual conference this week. one of the topics discussed is the state of the internet. we will hear from representative rick boucher and brian roberts of comcast ceo to lead a discussion on copyright issues and internet privacy. this portion is two hours and 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. here we are meeting not in virtual s

with president obama and others in our government that i will be traveling to haiti tomorrow with usaidth members of the u.s. government team on the ground, including our civilian and military leaders. we will also be conveying very directly and personally to the haitian people our long-term, unwavering support and sympathy to reinforce president obama's message yesterday that they are not facing this crisis alone. i will also be able to see firsthand the ongoing effort and deployment of u.s. government personnel and resources for maximum impact to support this vital life-saving recovery effort. we have an incredibly robust and complex set of relationships on the ground in haiti, not only among the various components of the united states government, but rep percentages of our communities, as well as the united nations, the international partners, and organizations. i want to have an opportunity to consults with a number of those as well. details are still coming together. we will get them to you as soon as they can be confirmed. lastly, our hearts and prayers are with the people are the

congressman jesse jackson is meeting with usaid administrators, talking about haiti. congressman meeks is going to hold a hearing on haiti. he will tell you about the hearing. >> i want to talk about the role that u.s. troops are currently playing in haiti. who're coming during the days, some heavily armed. >> i am on a homeland security committee. i want to add my accolades to chairwoman barbara lee and a cross-section of members that you see here. this is a microcosm of every single member of the congressional black caucus who signed on to the resolution and yesterday's listen to ambassador joseph really tell us what are the needs and parameters of relief that we should be focusing on. the cbc has been called the conscience of the congress. i know today we stand here and say we will be the conscience of this effort, this recovery and rescue effort, and the longstanding effort you have heard of. yesterday there was a dialogue between to media persons, anderson cooper and another media person, who really spoke truth to power. the haitian people are patient. they are n

team that this has to be a top priority, across agencies, departments of defense, a part of state, usaid all of the agencies involved -- called lan security, fema, they're all involved making sure we can get in there as quickly as possible, engage in search and rescue, provide medical attention and long-term help with the recovery. [applause] our highest priority is the safety of american citizens. we are currently airlifting injured americans out of haiti. i know many of you have constituents desperate for news of their loved ones and you should direct them to the state department website for a phone number and e-mail address and let them know we will not rest until we have accounted for every single of our fellow americans in harm's way. the first wave of our rescue and relief workers arrived on the ground yesterday. search and rescue teams are working around the clock to save lives. more waves of major assets are going to be arriving. this morning, i announced at immediate investment of $100 million to support our relief efforts in the early days of this crisis. [applause] most of thi

usaid has gotten help in haiti, customs and border protection and ice have been providing assistance.he issue of orphans is one that is tragic. and i think as we go forward and begin to learn the amount or the number of casualties, it is going to grow. >> yes. >> it is something that needs to be handled very carefully because there are many issues involved in terms of making sure that people -- now, i'm not going to say these five children, but other children that come to us are indeed orphans until all the search and rescue is done or other families are located. there are other issues involved as to whether the adoptive parents in the united states are qualified for adoption under the applicable law. there are issues about the health and welfare of the children when they're brought to the united states. many of them need to be immediately put into the care of hhs and checked over thoroughly before they can be moved. so we have formed a team. it's the state department. it's us. it's hhs as three of the big components to really work on this adoption issue because we all want the right

>> usaid is heading up the searching and rescue effort. we fully expect that we will transition very soon from the search phase to the recovery phase and we obviously continue to be in prayer but one week after the initiation of the earthquake, we have not found any survivors in the last two days. we are doubtful that we will be fortunate but we will remain hopeful. >> you said the second brigade combat team is in haiti 1000 strong. the original timeline had the entire brigade being in haiti by this weekend. what is holding up the deployment of the full brigade? if you concur drop supplies, what can you not airdrop troops themselves? >> that is a great question. the delivery capabilities in haiti or a balancing act that requires troops on the ground to distribute any military assistance. this applies for them to distribute and the mobility necessary for them to be able to reach the communities that are most stricken. quite frankly, the earthquake did not take into account the location of drop zones when it achieved the defects that it did.

office recently on a conference call where she updated us about all of the military and humanitarian usaid problems that are going on. we have ships that are going to haiti. we have mercy hospital ship that's on its way. we have helicopters that will be deployed from our aircraft carriers. we have the coast guard that is coming down and so we have a tremendous amount of media. there was never any hesitation on the part of our government and i commend the obama administration. in my state of new jersey we have many, many haitian americans and my office has been inundated with calls of people who want to know what they can do and concerns about their family and loved ones and what will the next step be? and just sort of in concluding, haiti has been a strong ally to the united states of america throughout its history. haiti sent troops to fight with the american patriots who were fighting for their innocence against great britain and -- independence against great britain. in savannah, the battle of savannah, many haitians lost their lives which was one of the turning points of the columnists

followed by our usaid disaster assistance response team, multiple u.s. urban search and rescue teams, including two from my area of miami-dade county, the 82nd airborne division and marine contingency, emergency medical teams and food assistance and, of course, the remarkable contributions made by private u.s. citizens and corporations totaling over $40 million as of last week and still growing. in addition we have seen an outpouring of support from countries and people around the world. among many steps taken by countries around the world, israel sent a 220-person medical delegation and set up a much-needed field hospital. the european union has reportedly pledged 200 million euros to help rebuild haiti, over and above emergency aid that is already being sent by them. the british government will triple its aid to haiti to $10 million. israel quickly set up a full service field hospital, as i mentioned before, but let me tell you, madam speaker, what it was equipped with. operating rooms and intensive care ward, a maternity ward, a pediatrics ward, incub

so many levels on so many things, so the coast guard has been in haiti, the matter has been helping usaid to get into haiti. the issue of war funds is one that is tragic -- of orphans is one that has been tragic. i think that that is going to grow. i think it is something that needs to be handled very carefully, because there are many issues involved in terms of making sure that people -- i am not going to say these five children, but other children that come to west are indeed orphans -- they come to us are indeed orpen's. there are other issues as to whether the adoptive parents in the united states are qualified for adoption under the applicable law. there are issues about the health and welfare of the children brought to the united states. many of them need to be immediately put into it care of hhs and checked over thoroughly before they can be moved. so we have formed a team, state department, us, hhs, three of the big components to really work on this adoption issue. we all want the right things for this children. this issue is only going to grow over time. >> that is correct and i

with president obama and others in our government that i will be traveling to haiti tomorrow with usaidv shah. will be meeting with members of the government along with members of the u.s. government team on the ground, including our civilian and military leaders. we will also be conveying very directly and personally to the haitian people our long-term, unwavering support and sympathy to reinforce president obama's message yesterday that they are not facing this crisis alone. i will also be able to see firsthand the ongoing effort and deployment of u.s. government personnel and resources for maximum impact to support this vital life-saving recovery effort. we have an incredibly robust and complex set of relationships on the ground in haiti, not only among the various components of the united states government, but rep percentages of our communities, as well as the united nations, the international partners, and organizations. i want to have an opportunity to consults with a number of those as well. details are still coming together. we will get them to you as soon as they can be confir

in everything we are doing in the department and at usaid, we are injecting the needs and rolls of women and girls. we are asking how they can play more and a role in their societies, be involved in peacemaking, assist in mitigating against and preventing climate change, it is across the board. we are making it clear that there has to be special attention paid to the needs of women and girls. it is in america's national security interests to do so. i want to close with a story of one woman whose life was transformed by the work that the people in this room do every day. carolyn is a young woman from the democratic republic of congo. for years she endured the shame and ostracism caused by system lead. eventually she found her way to a clinic supported by the u.n. population fund and finally received the surgery, care, and emotional support she needed to heal. she then started speaking out about her experience to fight the stigma to let other people know that even in isolated places that treatment is possible. her message has traveled the world. two years ago, she came to washington and ur

tony from usaid programs team. i just want to raise slightly to the defense of former colleague of mine kristin whose paper you referenced there in terms of her analysis of the pro-poor impacts of the privatization. because actually working with myself and many others with the world bank actually were very instrumental in including poverty impact assessment of a standard procedure in world bank loan issue, especially for infrastructure programs. her work has been involved in getting the voices of the poor express in ways that matter to the business makers in the big organizations. so i just wanted to clarify that he do question i have was an insight on the privatization issue. the architects of this push of the world tank. one of the reasons that has been articulated to me that is not widely known. one of the reasons that they push privatization was that they were sort of stuck in the slow end of state says. other than dr. hall's graph i think where there was this quality that would not be overcome. there was reall