at the same time, we're also seeing the spread of al-qaeda with cells in yemen and members in somalia and related activity elsewhere in africa. while we focus our efforts on afghanistan, pakistani, and iraq, we also need to allocate sufficient resources to curtail the growth of these terrorist cells. we cannot allow new safe havens to be created elsewhere as we tighten the stranglehold on al- qaeda senior leadership in afghanistan, pakistan. we hope to get assurances from both secretaries today that they understand these dangers and are responding to these hot spots with immense efforts and focus. hopefully these issues will be among those addressed in your statements or the questions which follow. i would note to my colleagues that i recognize there are many issues which you may want to address and remind you that today's hearing is on our wartime funding requirements, and not on other matters. i would urge you to focus your questions on that topic. in addition, as you can see, we are many senators, all over the place -- press conference, on routes here -- en route here. we limit our

somalia in terms of the increase development's assistance most assistance is humanitarian at this point*. we continue to be in the world food program to explore when it can be done we can use that development assistance in a strategic manner i will follow-up more specifically on what we can do too be more expansive in that context. we have $95 million for the referendum and support for the referendum and rear doing a series of with respect to capacity building in southern sudan. the mission in the region unlike other partners even multilateral partners that are trying to serve for their way, we feel we are very well positioned to play a critical role should the needs arise. we're doing contingency planning around that and also identify what type of budget flexibility we would have but we think there is an important role to leave the avert and bringing other donors and multilateral institutions to the mission of the early outcome of the 2011 referendum. take your comments as guidance and on africom i personally visited them this summer and have to continue that conversation spirit the ti

share the radiology are not just located in the afghanistan and pakistan region but in places like somalia, nigeria and niger. the committee is eager to hear how africom is working to confront those very real threats. turning to the u.s. joint forces command general mattis is responsible for the training, certification and readiness of armed forces of the joint force provider for president future operational needs. i hope general mattis will discuss how the of changed and promoted the dod practices that result in more efficient and effective policies and coordination with respect to the joint operations as well as meeting the anticipated threats of the future. we are also interested in hearing about the role of u.s. joint forces command with respect to the drawdown of forces in iraq. specifically of interest would be your views on how the withdrawal of u.s. forces from iraq will have an impact on the ability to source the combatant commanders requirements of the future, how the services and other government agencies are preparing to execute the drawdown and how well the services are meetin

the details of the incident are these, a panama flag cargo ship off the coast of somalia was attacked by pirates. the pirates were armed with guns and rpgs. on a second pass against the ship, one of the pirates was hit and killed by an armed security guard on the ship that was being targeted by the pirates. the pirates, though, tough guys, a spanish navy ship in the area responded, they fired, too, against the pirates, this time warning shots. the pirates didn't stop. finally they were nabbed, six pirates and one corpse taken into custody by the spanish navy. the pirate boat's full of holes, a lot of fighting going on from both sides. uni ware -- unaware if anyone was hit on the panamanian ship. jon: there are some implications here, aren't there? >> reporter: yeah. there's a big debate going on in sort of the piracy security community whether it's a good thing or not to have private security guards on these ships. one expert told me it was deeply worrying, what happened this week. the international navies are piling on pressure, the pirates are taking on more extreme measures in the

terrorist capacity from yemen and somalia have become an increasing problem, but because of the scale of the plan and the region in afghanistan and in particular the border, our priority remains the border area, and we look forward to the conference and will gather in washington next month. we will discuss the fourth challenge of nuclear security and proliferation. direct threats have sharply declined since the end of the cold war. we cannot be confident such threats will not reemerge. it is important to you came maintains strong conventional forces treaty and we must live with our global partners to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons -- we must act with our global purchase to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons falling into rove state toward terrorist groups. that is why we are trying to obtain -- contain this. we will invite international atomic energy authority to carry out the security inspection. we will make funds available for similar areas of concern. we will also launch our nuclear center of excellence through which the u.k. can leave global efforts to secure, and we commi

that violent extremists are not just located in the afghanistan and pakistan region but in places like somalia and in nigeria. the committee is eager to hear how africa is looking to confront those threats. i hope the general will discuss how they have changed and promoted the practices that result in more efficient policies in coordination that affect the joint operations. we are interested in hearing about the role of the joint forces command specific interest will be how it affects the ability to shorten the command requirements, how the government will execute the job done and how will the services are meeting their readiness rates. as persisting conflicts continue to stress our forces, a committee is interested in hearing your assessment on the readiness of declaiming -- on deploying forces. we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you. thank you all the witnesses for being here today. i am grateful for your services. many of my colleagues and i have been strong supporters of our transatlantic partnerships. neda succeeded in promoting and protecting the freedom of democracy. today the

i saw an interview from somalia. we are finding all these bad people are showing up in the country. people have been in five in genocide in rwanda where 6000 people have been killed. we are finding charles taylor's son came in. can you commit that you are aggressively looking? can you have somebody come by and give me the real information of all these people who have been involved in genocide and crimes against humanity that are now living in the united states, that you are aggressively going after them to a police before them? >> i can arrange a briefing so i cannot share the exact numbers. one thing -- we're asking the they merge with counterparts, because we think if we put those two groups together in our criminal division, we can be more effective at getting to the people you mentioned. >> i will offer the motion. if your people can come up and give me the language, i will see if i can get that passed. i will also introduce the bill. i think we have an obligation to those people who have been persecuted to have these people they then see living in the united states to be prosec

you can find saudi money going to somalia to go to -- and to groups in iraq and afghanistan. does that make us safer? i know it makes the saudis safer. i am not convinced it makes us safer. in many ways, this comes back to the question of ideology, which need to factor into the analysis. look, there are many other factors as well. it is not just ideology. everybody agrees on that. but as much as -- if ever one can keep -- if everyone can keep that as a about crown question -- as a background question and not a forefront question, we will not have these programs function in the way that we would like to believe they will. >> ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming and please thank the panelists. we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . is -- a couple of points. number one, there's nobody on our side that doesn't want to extend the unemployment benefits. the difference is is we want to extend them without hurting her future. and so there's just -- whether you're a conserv

there are not authorities in somalia to deal with them. we have made arrangements with neighboring countries, but some of their facilities are starting to fill up. >> with respect to those authorities, and my time is up, is that something we should be looking at in terms of rules of engagement in those arenas? >> is sensitive. we have offered this to the policy arena. it has become an international arena, the u.n. has been given the authority that the international community is willing to provide. >> thank you, senator nelson. >> admiral, general, thank you very much for your extraordinary service in these dangerous times. general petraeus, the advanced weapons system denied to aerial levels is being proliferated throughout the world. iran is seeking to examine -- purchase one of the most advanced surface-to-air missile systems. i am interested in your views with regards to the activities by them to pursue these areas. >> with respect to the s 300, which has not been delivered, there is quite a bit of focus on that. on whether it will be d

major finance year of a terrorist organization throughout the world, you can find it of money going to somalia to go to insurgent groups in iraq and afghanistan and when someone goes the detention program does that make us safer? i know it makes the saudis safer. i'm not convinced it makes us safer and in many ways this comes back to the question of ideologies which needs to factor into the analysis and look there's other factors driving as well. this is not all of ideologies. everyone agrees upon that but as long as that is a backer of a question and not the front -- not a question that is much more of the forefront and until people are actually asking these questions with specific to terrorists groups believe and what they're teaching and the like we are going to have a lot of problems actually making sure that these programs function in a way that we like to believe they do. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming and please join me in thanking the panelists. [applause] we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudibleonversations] >>> throughout april see the winners of c-span's

it's certainly true in saddam, somalia, in the balkans area where it has to take place. one of the lessons we have to learn is that there are going to be interventions that are necessary in the future for humanity or or for other reasons that you will have failed states, you will of conflict ridden states that will break down. you will have stayed then need to change and we should have in place as we have known person we have 1000 people who are ready to help in reconstruction immediately if there is a need for it. we should have the united nations or international agency which is responsible for security and reconstruction. just as we military support, we need civilian supports we can do all the things that are necessary with a broken state has to be rebuilt. so that's my first estimate i've learned. i wayside, from june onwards, june 2002 onwards would be a problem. in my first meanings, i said that we had to plan properly for that. but we couldn't. let us be honest that the americans had to take the authority it deserved. and the course of action in iraq has been that

not only in afghanistan and iraq but also in cambodia, the balkan, somalia, haiti, and other venues. as these cases illustrate, interagency coordination and the s & r domain revolves around three critical areas. the first area is crisis management, which is conducted by senior diplomats and policymakers. and is aimed at mobilizing international action in the face of looming threats or disasters. a second area is contingency planning and operations orchestrated mainly by functional specialists who span all the relevant areas, it security relief, rule of law, economic development. that are deemed critical for a given response. the third area focuses upon the mobilization and effective targeting of resources. not just the funding and authorities but also human capital. specifically, our capability to deploy teams of expeditionary civilian experts and military professionals who can work together in permissive as well as nonpermissive settings. to re-enforce coordination we have supported the development of common operating structures, familiarization with each agency's culture and opport

can those bad guys just as well, if we do succeed in afghanistan, can they just as will operate in somalia or pakistan or somewhere else? and if we succeed, which i guess would mean stability or security is some kind of minimum acceptable level when you of something called a government of afghanistan that looks more or less like a government and can't control its territory more or less, and we can get out. what will we have accomplished? >> i'm happy to do with a, but this is a long question. i will try to do the short answer, -- i feel like i'm ignoring half the panel. the short -- i suspect to be some differences on this, but i think the short answer that probably doesn't concern the united states great is if we go out immediately, you will have every new of a civil war. the actors coming in from outside again. i think you will survey have al qaeda replanted, and i think you have this strategic rear than for extremism in pakistan, which probably makes a bad deal with its taliban fighting. out of that, once early gets instability in pakistan and afghanistan, central asia. there is a few t

not only in afghanistan and iraq but also in cambodia, the balkan, somalia, haiti, and other venues. as these cases illustrate, interagency coordination and the s & r domain revolves around three critical areas. the first area is crisis management, which is conducted by senior diplomats and policymakers. and is aimed at mobilizing international action in the face of looming threats or disasters. a second area is contingency planning and operations orchestrated mainly by functional specialists who span all the relevant areas, it security relief, rule of law, economic development. that are deemed critical for a given response. the third area focuses upon the mobilization and effective targeting of resources. not just the funding and authorities but also human capital. specifically, our capability to deploy teams of expeditionary civilian experts and military professionals who can work together in permissive as well as nonpermissive settings. to re-enforce coordination we have culture and opportunity to improve habits of cooperation. related to these efforts i understand you have had an

followed by a state department briefing on the situation in somalia. later, the growth of islamic radicalism in the united states. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . the >> premier robert gibbs said president obama is postponing a trip to indonesia. this briefing is about 50 minutes. >> nice to see you. let me get a few pictures over here. what was that groan for? come on. >> show us again, come one. >> you can't go yet, i'm not ready. >> don't worry, we'll do a couple of non-serious announcements in my -- >> what position did gibbs play, anyway? >> this is -- i am, first of all, as you can tell, not in my normal attire -- though it does signify friday here at the white house, casual friday as we newly instituted. [laughter] i am making good on my aspect of my wager with dimitri, my canadian counterpart, who is somewhere several hundred miles north laughing. >> are you itching yet? >> i am not. no, i'm a little warm. the number 39 is for ryan miller, who of course was the united states goalie and the tournament mvp. i have one

you can find saudi money going to somalia to go to -- and to groups in iraq and afghanistan. does that make us safer? i know it makes the saudis safer. i am not convinced it makes us safer. in many ways, this comes back to the question of ideology, which need to factor into the analysis. look, there are many other factors as well. it is not just ideology. everybody agrees on that. but as much as -- if ever one can keep -- if everyone can keep that as a about crown question -- as a background question and not a forefront question, we will not have these programs function in the way that we would like to believe they will. >> ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming and please thank the panelists. we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> taking a look at the economic stimulus program, which is more than a year old, $353 billion have been committed, while $202 billion has been paid out. a reminder, we have a web site dedicated to the economic stimulus program. you will f

terrorist activity coming out of the yemen and somalia has become an increasing problem. but because of the scale of the activity plan from the region in afghanistan and particularly the pakistan border our priority remains that border area. and we look for to the conference and we will gather in washington next month. in washington and new york to discuss the fourth challenge that of nuclear security and proliferation. now direct military threats to the u.k. both conventional and nuclear have sharply declined since the end of the cold war. cannot yet be confident that such threats will not revert so as read our objective remains multilateral disarmament and that we have a continuous nuclear determined. as well as strong balance conventional forces. but we must act now with our global partners to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons or nuclear material blown into the hands of rogue states or terrorist groups and that is why we're journey with president obama to secure all this out material across the globe over the next four years. it is why i consider today we will divid