bank of america's presence is certainly felt in western north carolina in my district and across north carolina generally. the tenth district has become particularly hard hit in this chick recession and bank of america employs about 17,000 north carolinaance many of whom are my constituents and are proud to work for a strong institution and we look for stronger days ahead. thank you for your testimony and your presence. >> it's a long standing pradigs that we swear all of our witnesses in. would you please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth? if so answer in the affirmative. be seated. let the record reflect that the witness answered in the affirmative. you may now -- let me sort of explain as to the light situation there. first of all, you have five minutes to sum rise your statement. and then the yellow light will come on. that means you have one minute. and then after the yellow light comes on, then there's a red light. and of course that means stop. and of course, after that then we'll allow the members an opportunity to r

north carolina. one of those students joins us on the phone, onboard the c-span civics bus. good morning, graham. caller: hi. good morning. i like the election. here's my question. the pro westernforces won the election. the hezbollah, which the u.s. government has labeled a foreign terrorist organization, took 57 -- [inaudible] falling a near eight votes from victory. that being said, how solid a hold do the pro western forces have in lebanon's government? host: how strong of a hold? guest: how strong of a hold do which forces have? caller: the pro western force. guest: again, it's a question in terms of parliamentary. obviously they have a preimportant majority. 71 out of 128. that's important. but that's not going to be nearly enough to govern without cooperation of the other groups. in part because of the demographics. again, i go back to the fact that the system set up where, for example, the christians are now a minority in lebanon. but they're assured one-half of the parliamenty seats. we don't know how much of a minority because it's not been a sense since 1932. it's deliberate because they don't want to change the delicate game. the president has to be a marinite chris