it is crucial to state and usaid maintain this level. can help refugees and the victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters, such as the devastation in a prepared the budget also includes $100 million for programs coming out of the president's speech in cairo last bring three these funds will help create economic opportunities with the muslim world, foster partnerships in size and technologies, and address challenges facing women and youth. the third area is strengthening and security areas. this is 20% of the budget and includes fund to strengthen our security partnerships and a critical challenges which in turn help secure our interests. these provide security assistance to our allies in the middle east, and support security assistance and other parts of the world. because we have broken afghanistan and pakistan off, in addition it is $6.6 billion. we maintain our commitment to mitigating potential demand of u.s. forces to strengthen regional stability. this is to $0.2 billion. we continue to support the government of of columbia

as we have seen in the past three weeks, it is crucial that the usaid maintain here.ons and refugees and victims of armed conindicates and natural disasters, such as the devastation in haiti. the budget includes 100 million dollars coming out of the president's speech in cairo last spring. these create economic opportunitys with the muslim world and foster partnerships and science a technology and address challenges facing women and youth. this is on top ofÑi $700 millio we invested in the areas asÑi pt of our regular programming. and third area strengthening security partnerships, which is the green section of the chart behind me. there's 28% of the budget and it includes funds to strengthen the security partnership and meet critical challenges which in turn help secure our own interests. and these funds provide security assistance to our friends and allies in the middle east, including israel and egypt and jordan and support sector programs in other parts of the world. because we have broken out of afghanistan and pakistan, the number i give you won't tie to the num

usaid deputy administrator john bruce briefed staff about the u.s. response and the extent of the situation. counselor cheryl miller, chief of staff to secretary of state clinton, briefed c.b.c. members on january 13 and january 15. the congressional black caucus held a haiti disaster relief meeting with members to discuss legislative efforts and opportunities we could then move right into effect. conversation -- conference calls to various members of the congressional black caucus, hosted conference calls with their constituents, to provide them with updates about relief efforts being made in our respective districts. we had tremendous interest in different parts and in our state of new jersey, new jersey for haiti was formed. it's www.nj4haiti.org and that organization, which i co-share with senator lezniack said we needed to move into action and a social service worker in the city of elizabeth was able to get the united way of the greater union county to be partners in arranging drives for supplies and listed organizations that could receive contr

state department and usaid are full of talented committed public servants.ortunately we have too often failed to give them the tools they need to carry out their missions on the ground. rather than building their expertise, we have too often rely on contractors. sometimes with little oversight and often with greater cost to the american tax people. this budget will allow us to expand the foreign service by 600 positions including an additional 410 positions for the state department 200 for usaid. it will also allow us to staff the stand by element of the civilian research core, a critical tool for responding to crises. while deploying these personal generates new expenses in some accounts it does reduce expenses and others by changing the way we do business. we are ending an overreliance on contractors and finding opportunities to save money by bringing these functions into government and improving oversight so mr. chairman one thing should be clear from the much of the state department and usaid are taking a lead to wrangle the united states foreign policy.

we're only look at state -- we're only looking at state and usaid.be in line with the aspirations of this committee in the legislation. with respect to cyprus, we strongly support the continuing negotiations under the wind for a resolution on cyprus. we have been heartened by some of the intense consultations going on between the separate out -- cypriot and turkish leadership. there is a long way to go. i cannot speak for the ambassador. i assume he was stating the opinion of the turkish government. that is something we do not ascribe to it. we want to see the entire cyprus situation resolved. we certainly understand that is the stated position of the turkish government, not the american government. >> what the record reflect -- let the record reflect that the committee has taken no formal -- i have spoken about our a chance to review democracy programs. we all agree that the goals are laudable. we want to help the cuban people. we also want to make sure we're doing the most effective things and that the programs are working. we're looking at that. w

logistically, we will continue to support usaid and the un as we move many types of needs, including settlement as well as rebel clearing. i will let ambassador luke address -- ambassador lucke address those. >> at this point, the pentagon lost their signal from haiti and was not able to continue the briefing. in about 40 minutes, we will have live coverage of the achievements of the tuskegee airmen from the national archives and the national american history museum. now, a look at president obama announcement that it ministration -- that his administration will commit funds to nuclear power plants. host: we are back with kevin camps, the radioactive watchdog , and alex flint, here to talk about the announcement yesterday that the government will be backing new loans for nuclear power plants, starting with two reactors in georgia. can i get your reaction first? guest: it represents a remarkable moment in time. we have seen an evolution in the discussion of climate and efforts to control carbon limitations, increasing awareness of how difficult it is going to be to meet our electricit

-- usaid did not have the same sort of clout? >> no, and they are in agency rather than a full government department. >> were you alerted by them in any way about concerns, probably in formerly, about concerns about the impact in terms of postwar planning? >> i cannot personally remember. i just know that everybody was utterly stunned and shocked. i can remember people's words, but you can imagine. just another setback in this crazy story we are all inside. >> the argument that was used at the time, and which colin powell appears to have accepted, was that the military would have to be doing most of the work. they would have the people on the ground. they had the resources. it made some sort of sense for them to be responsible. so, in part, this is also an argument about the relationship between civil concerns with reconstruction and the military role. now, this is something that you spent a lot of time on. , what with your input? >> -- a lot of time on. what was your input? >> it all happened very quickly, but the truth is you n

awarding this year, last month, january 4th, to be precise, a 25 million dollar no-bid contract by usaid united states agency for international development to a firm owned by a democratic party donor, early donor to the president's campaign. after fox news reported this a week ago it took about a week al we word this contract has been cancelled. in fact, the state department tells us it had nothing to do with fox news' reporting it was as a result of internal review. we had an interesting admission from pj crawley at assistant secretary of state familiar to many americans because he does the on camera daily briefings for the state department. when i reminded him of all of president obama's statements over the past two years. he said "you make a valley point if you want to say this violates the basis on which this administration came into office and campaigned, fair enough." that sums up how he's doing. >> greta: what is so disturbing, 25 million seem like chump change because we are used to trillions. but that's a lot of money. it was to train lawyers and judges in afghanistan and streng

>> well, the head of usaid was andrew. so that was the obvious link. and we always had state department. i mean, over afghanistan, i met colin powell and rich armitage? yes, state department and usaid. and you probably know, they did masses of planning. and that is just a couple of months before that was all thrown away and everything was moved into and it was the most -- so we worked with them quietly and i remember andrew, who fought in the first gulf war and was a republican and head of usaid and he said, the most dangerous possibility and is that they get -- that we get chaos and sectarian divisions, and what he must do is to chop the top off the system but not everyone, but every teacher has to be a member. i remember him saying that in terms and how right he was. >> when was that conversations? >> i'd have to look it up to check, but i would think a late 2000 to. >> late 2000 to. >> but i could doublecheck if you wanted to. >> and as if you anticipate my next question, which was about the shift from the state department to the pentagon. when did

as usaid and ngo reconstruction projects evolve, i think we can all expect there will be over time lessed for the united states military. indeed, u.s. southern command is continuously assessing and redeploying their assets accordingly. just this morning general frazier released the carrier and other units. that said, we will remain in haiti just as long as we are needed, and i couldn't be more proud of the way in which our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen have stepped up. they and their colleagues prove every day the great strength of our nation and the great flexibility of her armed forces. thank you. >> tony, i don't know how you can possibly have any unanswered questions, but -- [laughter] >> are you abandoning, jettisoning or deep sixing the two-war construct or simply de-emphasizing it in favor of a broader outlook, and i have a follow up on the bomb shell you just dropped on the fighter. >> i think that what we have -- if i gave one, well, one of the atmospheres i gave to the folks working on the qdr was that i felt for some time the two major theater of oper

usaid dispatched a senior official down there to assist the ambassador.o focuses response by the american government for the government of haiti. in support of that effort, to make entities were established -- to entities were established. a team of folks was sent down by the department of homeland security and other agencies. in katrina, the people we were supporting or the local and state governments, the mayor and the governor. in the u.s., their federal prohibitions regarding what the federal government can or should do. my role as a principal federal official was to work with the task force commander as we put together a response package for the mayor and the governor. there are similarities, but the overall governing structure is different. >> president obama has vowed no cuts to defense, and the department of defense is seeing a small budget increases for fiscal year 2011. other home and security agencies are adding jobs. how is it that is taking a 3% budget cut and losing nearly 800 jobs in contrast to other agencies that are gaining? >> what is i

usaid dispatched a senior official to assist the ambassador.ernment for the government of haiti in support of that effort. çthere was a joint task force r haiti. there was a team of folks who were sent down by the department of homeland security to support the ambassadorç who was the hed representative. inç katrina, the people we were supporting or the local and state governments, the mayor, governor. in the united states, there are some federal prohibitions regarding what theç federal government can or should do.ç this was all support of the mayor and the governor. my role was to work with joint task force katrina commanderç s we put together a response packages to support the mayor and the governor. there are similarities, but the overall governance structure is a little different. >> president obama has vowed no cuts to defense and the department of defense is seeing a small budget increases for other agencies are also adding jobs. as chronically under resources as the coast guard is, how is it that it is taking a 3% budget cut and los

in the respect of the kajaki dam project, from memory it is the usaid financed project which is -- choose linkages are back to the u.s. embassy in kabul. the studies -- i think the studies in which kajaki leiby role has been focused were related to the economic development of helmand province, notably in respect of agriculture. the precise timings operational opportunity, other deployment issues, who took them, but i was questioned largely. i think i can either enter a general way by saying the people on the ground wailed the different fact yours and then come to sensible decision, which i'm happy to say. oregon's label right with a more precise, which may be more useful. >> thank you. can i take you to the question of counternarcotics? as you are aware, our committee expressed some skepticism flashier about what the united kingdom had. and we have been in correspondence with you since then when he wrote to us in january. can i ask you, arising from the current situation in the more recent information, according to the united nations office on drugs and crime, there's been a 22% fall in o

a lot of folks say, hey, the usaid et cetera and i'm sure afghanistan and i have a long memory i'd be thinking about hey, these folks left us before. what's going to stop them from doing it before they exerted their will for lack of a better term? >> let's start with seth jones. >> that's a great question. i can't tell you how many times i got asked that question and continue to get asked questions by afghans pakistanis in that region. i think it was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan. because what we saw is the central government collapse by the early 1990s. and afghanistan move into a direction literally of anarchy. competition among the warlords and their militia forces. had the u.s. been there, played a more direct role in brokering an agreement and trying to settle the disagreements among the major actors i think it could have ensured long-term stability. so part of what the united states has to signal now and it's become a little bit more difficult with a 2011 deadline that's been announced to some degree although i think there's some disag

a lot of folks say the usaid etc., but i am sure in afghanistan and i have a long memory i'd be thinking about these folks have been two this report and what will stop after they've exerted there will? >> guest: that's a great question. i can tell you how many times i got asked that question in continue to it asked by afghan, pakistan and the region. i think it was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan because what we saw in the central government collapsing by the early 1990's and the afghanistan moving to a direction literally of anarchy, competition among warlords and their militia forces. as the u.s. played a more direct role in brokering an agreement and trying to settle the disagreements on the major actors? i think it could have ensured long term stability. so part of what the united states has to signal now has become a little more difficult with a 2011 deadline and announced to some degree although there's some flexibility. it committing, developing age, and forcing a long term to the region and i think it has done a pretty good job of convinc

usaid dispatched a senior official down there to assist the ambassador. is the person who focuses response by the american government for the government of haiti. in support of that effort, to make entities were established -- to entities were established. a team of folks was sent down by the department of homeland security and other agencies. in katrina, the people we were supporting or the local and state governments, the mayor and the governor. in the u.s., their federal prohibitions regarding what the federal government can or should do. my role as a principal federal official was to work with the task force commander as we put together a response package for the mayor and the governor. there are similarities, but the overall governing structure is different. >> president obama has vowed no cuts to defense, and the department of defense is seeing a small budget increases for fiscal year 2011. other home and security agencies are adding jobs. how is it that is taking a 3% budget cut and losing nearly 800 jobs in contrast to other agencies that are gain

300 people for nine months and they have a vision of expanding the facility with the assistance of usaidand usaid to a place where individual juice cartons can be developed for the afghan market itself, which could be 100-dollar market. this is a very interest unturned interesting opportunity to meet the afghan farmers are contracting with the juice factory. they like the idea that got for contracting opportunities. they like the idea they have already presold their crop for the next several years. it was an interesting opportunity for me to talk to afghan farmers and to realize that farmers in afghanistan aren't a whole lot different from farmers in america. what are the afghan farmer said you're not doing enough, you're not doing enough, you never help us. and i turned around and i said, this factory right here, right behind me. i said, we just helped build that in a factory is by your fruit you're in the ghost gap i guess that is all. [laughter] you know, some things are different. you have to sometimes point things out to folks. but there was a vendor recognition and understanding th

we need engineers, former for stars and usaid today and so forth.this has been a wonderful session and really we are indebted to all of you. i think we better rabbit up -- raptors this up but all i think you all for being with us and echoing the one and only admiral

we need engineers, former four stars and usaid today, and so forth.ut i think this has been a wonderful session, and really, we are indebted to all of you. i think we better wrap it up, but i really thank you all for being with us, and echoing the one and only admiral burke. thank you so much. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and now deputy secretary of state james steinberg talks about ways to achieve peace and stability on the korean peninsula. he gave a keynote address hosted by the woodrow wilson center. it's about 50 minutes. >> to the first institute for far eastern studies university of north korean studies forum at the center. it is also a pleasure for the center, the center's north korea international documentation project, and asia program, to be partnering with the institute for far east studies and the university of north korean studies, both affiliated with kyungnam university. we are honored to welcome a very distinguished group of scholars from the united states and korea. many of you in the audience,

300 people for nine months, and they have a vision of expanding this facility with the assistance of usaid and usda to a place where individual juice cartons can be developed towards the afghan market itself, which could be a 100 million-dollar market. this was a very interesting opportunity for me to also meet with the afghan farmers who are curtly contracting with this juice factor. they like the idea that they have got forward contracting opportunities that they like the idea that already essentially presold their crop for the next arrears. it was an interesting opportunity for me to talk to afghan farmers and to realize that farmers in afghanistan are not a whole lot different than farmers in america. when we had the opportunity visit with these folks, one of the farmer said you're not doing enough, you're not doing enough, you never help us. i turned around and i said, this factor right here right behind me, so we just helped build the. and that factor is buying your fruit. and he goes, oh, well, i guess that is how. [laughter] >> you know, some things are different, you know. sometim

a lot of folks they do usaid etcetera. but i'm sure was afghanistan and i had a long memory i'd be thinking about to these folks left before. what's going to stop them? they've exerted their will for lack of a better term. >> guest: that's a great question. i cannot tell you how may times i got asked that question and continue to get out of the question i by afghans, pakistanis and others in the region. that figure was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan. because what was i was central government collapsed by the early 1990's in afghanistan move into a direction, but anarchy. competition among warlords and militia forces. at the u. s. bennett, played a more direct going broke or in an agreement and trying to settle disagreements among abdul bushido some, the other major actors, i think it could have ensured long-term stability. so part of what the united states has to signal i'll have become more difficult with a 2011 deadline that's been announced to some degree, although i t

would start off with kind of a haiti update briefing with our chief of staff and the administrator of usaid and we'll pick up on other subjects after that. >> i know many of you all know and have been doing a great job of bringing to the floor and the united states' commitment to the work being done in haiti not only to the haitian people and the international community and the coordination that had been necessary for the large-scale effort that is ongoing in haiti right now. we are seeing improvements not only in the coordination but for the delivery of the different services and resources that are necessary, given the magnitude of this tragedy. so we are hopeful to see the progress that we are seeing in that regard. we have been working with the haitian government. we have continued daily meetings not only with the prime minister and meetings happening with the president to sort through their priorities, listen to them as they are thinking through their forward planning as they look ahead to the next steps. we spent at a time at a conference in montreal and there was conversation about th

usaid, for example, has got the opposite transmissions with rapid funding available to it. like a how is the health? why is the health bad? so because of that stagnant one. with the cultural economic one, how is it broken? there some things you can do in a future month that actually can turn things around locally. now that might be a happy little town in an otherwise have been the district so you have to work at all levels. i think there needs to be engagement at all levels. so you got sectoral reform, political reform, activities at the national level that don't trickle down necessarily to make families happy. but they are vitally important. so you also have to work at that low level and try to connect all of these stovepipes. and ideally you prevent them from becoming totally stove piped at the same time. so i believe that they are credible. i think many civilians that are by his understand very quickly that although they may come with a mandate, and there war in that war needs to be one or at least stabilize to the extent that some of those other larger national nation-t

usaid dispatched a senior official down there to assist the ambassador.f that effort, to make entities were established -- to entities were established. a team of folks was sent down by the department of homeland security and other agencies. in katrina, the people we were supporting or the local and state governments, the mayor and the governor. in the u.s., their federal prohibitions regarding what the federal government can or should do. my role as a principal federal official was to work with the task force commander as we put together a response package for the mayor and the governor. there are similarities, but the overall governing structure is different. >> president obama has vowed no cuts to defense, and the department of defense is seeing a small budget increases for fiscal year 2011. other home and security agencies are adding jobs. how is it that is taking a 3% budget cut and losing nearly 800 jobs in contrast to other agencies that are gaining? >> what is important about the president's budget is that it has allowed me the flexibility to focu

beautifully, doing what is required where and when it is required to support the government of haiti, usaid the you know mission there. we also continue to do what is required to win the wars we fight. and the one that needs fighting the most right now is in afghanistan. you've seen the reports and you know the situation. the taliban have a growing influence in most of afghanistan's provinces. and the border area between that country and pakistan remains the epicenter of global terrorism. you no doubt filed with great interest the development of the strategy to deal with this strategy. the strategy in my view that makes the afghan people a center of gravity and the defeat of al qaeda a primary goal. we've already moved 4,500 troops to afghanistan and expect about 18,000 of the president's december 1st commitment will be there by late spring. the remainder of the 30,000 will arrive as rapidly as possible over the summer and early fall. making a major contribution to reversing the taliban momentum in 2010. indeed, by the middle of this year, afghanistan will surpass iraq for the first time si

beautifully, doing what is required where and when it is required to support the government of haiti, usaidd the you know mission there. we also continue to do what is required to win the wars we fight. and the one that needs fighting the most right now is in afghanistan. you've seen the reports and you know the situation. the taliban have a growing influence in most of afghanistan's provinces. and the border area between that country and pakistan remains the epicenter of global terrorism. you no doubt filed with great interest the development of the strategy to deal with this strategy. the strategy in my view that makes the afghan people a center of gravity and the defeat of al qaeda a primary goal. we've already moved 4,500 troops to afghanistan and expect about 18,000 of the president's december 1st commitment will be there by late spring. the remainder of the 30,000 will arrive as rapidly as possible over the summer and early fall. making a major contribution to reversing the taliban momentum in 2010. indeed, by the middle of this year, afghanistan will surpass iraq for the first time s

china's attempts to penetrate usaid are the most aggressive of all foreign intelligence organizationsaccording to the report, it poses a significant threat both to the national security and come proposal migse of u.s. critical assets. weapons that china supplied to iran were found to have been transferred to iraq and afghanistan. china is a major arms supplier and source of economic strength to the regime in sudan. they have been the major obstacle to ending the genocide in darfur. our efforts to exert diplomatic pressure against iran's nuclear weapons program have been thwarted by china, opposition to u.n. security council sanctions. do we really want china to be our banker? these foreign countries with vastly different aims than our own could negatively influence u.s. foreign policy by dumping our currency in the world market. this would not be historical. recall 1956 and the suez canal crisis when it signaled the end of britain and france's world powers. each announced they were going to nationalize the canal and devised a plan to use military force to keep control. u.s. wanted to

attorney general, the secretaries of labor, homeland security, and health and human services, the usaids well as representatives from the white house, education, agriculture, and equal opportunity commission. this meeting which has mark said is mandated under the trafficking victims protection act is the first held under the obama administration. today we'll look forward to candid discussion that highlights the work that each agency is doing to combat modern slavery. we want to work on anti-trafficking effects against form of explodation including slavery and sexual servitude. january in human trafficking and slavery awareness prevention mark. the crime problem of human trafficking has cross cutting implications across the policy lines. that's quite evident the stakeholders we will see today. just one example of how coordination works in the real world and how human trafficking affects communities. just in fort worth they convicted two people in a scheme that lasted almost a decade. to bring the perpetrators to justice look the efforts of many different agencies working in concert. just

300 people for nine months and they have a vision of expanding this facility with the assistance of usaid and usda to replace where the individual juice cartons can be developed toward the afghan market itself which could be on hundred million dollar market. this was a very interesting opportunity for me to also meet with afghan farmers currently contracting with this juice factory. they like the idea they've got forward contracting opportunities and they like the idea they've already essentially presold their crops for the next several years. it was an interesting opportunity for me to talk to afghan farmers and realize farmers in afghanistan are not a whole lot different than farmers in america and when we had the opportunity to visit with these folks one of the farmers said you're not doing enough, you're not doing enough, you never help us. i turned around and said this factory right here behind me? we just helped build that and that factory is buying your fruit and he says well i guess that is help. [laughter] some things are not different, you know, sometimes you have to point thing

beautifully, doing what is required where and when it is required to support the government of haiti, usaidnd the you know mission there. we also continue to do what is required to win the wars we fight. and the one that needs fighting the most right now is in afghanistan. you've seen the reports and you know the situation. the taliban have a growing influence in most of afghanistan's provinces. and the border area between that country and pakistan remains the epicenter of global terrorism. you no doubt filed with great interest the development of the strategy to deal with this strategy. the strategy in my view that makes the afghan people a center of gravity and the defeat of al qaeda a primary goal. we've already moved 4,500 troops to afghanistan and expect about 18,000 of the president's december 1st commitment will be there by late spring. the remainder of the 30,000 will arrive as rapidly as possible over the summer and early fall. making a major contribution to reversing the taliban momentum in 2010. indeed, by the middle of this year, afghanistan will surpass iraq for the first time

a lot of folks say the usaid etc., but i am sure in afghanistan and i have a long memory, i would bethinking-- what is going to stop them from doing that? lescallet start was seth jones? >> guest: that is a great question. i cannot tell you how many times i have been asked the questions by afghans, pakistanis and others in the region. i think it was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan because what we saw as the central government collapse by the early 1990's and afghanistan move into a direction literally of anarchy, competition among the warlords and militia forces. had the u.s. then there and played a more direct role in brokering an agreement in trying to settle the disagreements among the abdul rashid dustin and the other major actors, i think it could have ensured long term stability, so part of what the united states has to signal now has become a little more difficult in the 2011 deadline an ounce to some degree of though i think there's flexibility on it, is committing development aid and forces long term to the region and i think it has

a lot of folks they do usaid et cetera.but i'm sure was afghanistan and i had a long memory i'd be thinking about to these folks left before. what's going to stop them? they've exerted their will for lack of a better term. >> guest: that's a great question. i cannot tell you how may times i got asked that question and continue to get out of the question i by afghans, pakistanis and others in the region. that figure was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan. because what was i was central government collapsed by the early 1990's in afghanistan move into a direction, but anarchy. competition among warlords and militia forces. at the u. s. bennett, played a more direct going broke or in an agreement and trying to settle disagreements among abdul bushido some, the other major actors, i think it could have ensured long-term stability. so part of what the united states has to signal i'll have become more difficult with a 2011 deadline that's been announced to some degree, although i think the

usaid dispatched a senior official down there to assist the ambassador. that is the person who focuses response by the american government for the government of haiti. in support of that effort, to make entities were established -- to entities were established. a team of folks was sent down by the department of homeland security and other agencies. in katrina, the people we were supporting or the local and state governments, the mayor and the governor. in the u.s., their federal prohibitions regarding what the federal government can or should do. my role as a principal federal official was to work with the task force commander as we put together a response package for the mayor and the governor. there are similarities, but the overall governing structure is different. >> president obama has vowed no cuts to defense, and the department of defense is seeing a small budget increases for fiscal year 2011. other home and security agencies are adding jobs. how is it that is taking a 3% budget cut and losing nearly 800 jobs in contrast to other agencies that are