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do u.s. congress evaluates the taliban's drug production to be worth one hundred fifty million dollars however it's not worth the whole of that again just production of this estimated sixty five billion dollars so we can see that the taliban sectors only zero point two percent obviously it's not the main producer whoever international forces say that they will eliminate only do drug production related to the taliban in other words all one hundred fifty thousand personnel will be directed to eliminating just zero point two percent of drug production the remaining ninety nine point nine percent is left to be destroyed by the afghan forces the official argument of nato and one of its key members the united states for not eradicating the poppy fields is that they don't want to destroy the only source of income for local populations russia says that argument doesn't work and his victory of almost said the only ones who benefit from it are the landlords or the drug lords and definitely not afghan p

the u.s. congress accuses china of under valuing its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage. it's expected to increase pressure on china to revalue the yuan. the widening trade deficit with china comes despite the obama administration's pledge to double exports and make them an engine of the u.s. economy. his economic policies are likely to come under increased criticism. >>> japan has canceled a planned visit by a squadron of maritime self-defense force training ships to the chinese port city after china requested a postponement. bilateral relations have been strained since the chinese trawler collided with two japanese patrol boats in september near the islands which are under japanese control but also claimed by china. japan's defense ministry and self-defense forces informed china of the decision on thursday after japan failed to persuade china to proceed as planned. in early october china asked japan to postpone the visit scheduled for friday as part of a bilateral defense exchange. the japan squadron was to include 730 members. the chief of staff of the maritime self-de

all congressional committees in the u.s. congress practically all of the action takes place on the committee level. and chairmanships are the key to the committee action. assuming all goes ed towns of new york. as chairman, isa will be able to hold investigation and issue subpoenas to the white house and its staff. cabinet officials and heads of government agencies to testify requested. >> question, as a group, how powerful and how tough are these republican chairman? eleanor clift. >> well, there are some like fred upton, who is going to take over is a moderate republican and i don't think democrats would have any great issue with him. they would probably applaud his chairmanship. darryl isa is primed to make obama's life miserable. i mean he will investigate everything that can be found whether it's there or not and he will be reminiscent of chairman dan burton during the clinton years. he is a disaster for the democrats and probably for the republicans, too. i think paul ryan is a smart guy. he has some budget plans that

congress. >>> and then this on this horrifically sad case out of rutgers university where two students taped a gay student having sex with another man and put the video on-line and the young man killed himself. but debra invasion of privacy is exactly what those young people are charged with. no, they did not kill that poor young man but what they did is plain mean and frankly illegal. if it was up to me i'd throw the book at them. it is up to you to keep mcginty's mail bag in business. that's our report. i will be back here tonight at 11:00 with anita. tonight, high school football a full slate of games across the area. highlights tonight on toyota high school sports.net report. log on anytime to wusa9.com. we'll see you later. bye-bye. now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. bolton breaks his silence on bruno gate. >> it was a fantastic experience until bruno. >> exclusive. is michael ready to bury the hatchet with bruno? >> he was mean. really mean. the dancing stars weigh in. >> he was harsh. >> he was such a great guy. >> inside the

the u.s. congress accuses china of undervaluing its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage. it is expected to increase pressure on china to revalue the yuan. the widening trade deficit with china comes despite the obama administration's pledge to double exports and make them an engine of the u.s. economy. his economic policies are likely to come under increased criticism. >>> japan has agreed to help indonesia to develop infrastructure for environmentally friendly urban developments. government officials of the two countries along with representatives of business groups met in tokyo on thursday. they agreed to work out concrete plans for large-scale infrastructure developments in indonesia. the two sides also agreed that japanese firms will assist with site surveys for ecofriendly urban such as so-called smart grids, a new generation of power networks that makes use of renewable energy sources. they will also work together to promote coal-fired therm al power plants and ways to cut emissions and will look into creating a new framework under which japan can purchase the resul

congress report nearly half the afghan police are doing drugs well. when i graduated as a policeman i was doing i kept quiet about for about two years all the other policemen he knew about it quite a few police my drug addicts are not telling anyone they're just saying i'm smoking something. paula talking afghanistan's biggest jail many of the five thousand prisoners here are doing time for drug smuggling and or drug use but the locks are not a sure safe way of keeping the drugs out. there. these are the different kinds of drugs we collected over the past years. this is a mix of all your contacts. but i don't know if this is opium but this is the kind of tricks drugs inside a calm family members coming to visit bring these with them we found drugs in shoes over the years prison guards have been charged with mending a hand. yes it's true when i joined a few years ago lots of dollars were involved in smuggling drugs into the jail they are not ready. enough and they are. joining the produce truth out of the world joined to produce. out of concert but the

is yet to approve what will be one of the largest deals in u.s. history it's set to include new fighter jets attack helicopters as well as upgrades for its existing aircraft the saudis also want a wide range of bombs and missiles washington hopes the deal will improve the defenses of saudi arabia which is one of the u.s. is biggest all supplies but let me come to david keyes who spoke to says it's not a likely partnership because of the gulf states patching human rights record. and classic dictatorial fashion the saudi regime does not rely on the consent of its people to be governed and therefore all the arms that it can acquire simply to maintain its presence in the region there has been unfortunately a lack of concern for human rights in saudi arabia there are elements within the u.s. government that believe that the leadership is moderate and therefore it is an ally of the united states i believe that the saudi regime is in fact quite extremist in its beliefs and in its policies saudi arabia is a country which. prevents women from leaving the t

congress. she explains the obstacles she surmounted and how she got there. >> one of the reasons i became the leader and one of the reasons i became the speaker is because i had a plan to win. i was really pretty tired of democrats losing at the polls. again, i wake up every morning thinking of the one in five children who live in poverty, the risk to the middle class of policies that are not in their interest. and so my appeal to my colleagues to elect me leader was that i believe that i have a plan to win the house. and it's gonea be a little bit different from what are you used to. and it's gone a be a focused disciplined plan, cold blooded to win the house. and that's why they elected me. and then when i won, then they elected me speaker. that's why they elected me leader, i think, and then we went from there. >> pelosi says she was ready to lead for other-s too. >> i had no intention of ever running for leadership. i spent my time on the appropriations committee, on the intelligence commit

the u.s. congress has backed a plan by president barack obama the country's space program the proposal includes using commercial carriers to take astronauts into orbit space entrepreneur jeff manber says it paves the way for the solar system to become earth's new play. but house voted to follow the senate and the white house got about seventy percent of what it wanted it means that it's now american policy that lower earth orbit will be commercial you'll have private companies ferrying people and cargo to space it means that nasa should work on a permanent presence of humans beyond low earth orbit and means we'll be going to an asteroid i find that incredibly exciting we have long argued finally breaking down the centralized government space program so it's going to be competition it's going to be hotels going to be games in space and it's just going to be a cool time so that we design for people to relax play and think sort of how big plate glass windows they'll have you know things to where

house of representatives and congress in general has failed to make the connections . the current economic crisis we're in is directly related to the war in afghanistan i mean we're spending a million dollars a year per soldier it costs four hundred dollars just to put a gallon of gas inside of a humvee four hundred dollars for one gallon of gas and largely the american people are kept under a canard or a blunder and not informed about what's going on because it only allows the pentagon to continue the war effort and only allows the u.s. congress to hide the reality of the issues to the american people i think i think what this is is this is pulling the curtain over reality just to keep americans in the dark when i you and i have definitely discussed this before about the fact that you know if if cutting our deficit cutting spending really is at the top priority for american citizens why don't we ever look at defense but you know tell me this i mean this war really in terms of who it is that's fighting it's being fought by really a tiny portion of the american populati

. >> something seems fundamentally wrong when 523% of the u.s.-- 52% of the u.s. population is women but only 17% of the u.s. congress are, especially considering that we go into other countries and encourage 25% gender quotas in their governments. this is a standard we've never come close to achieving ourselves. and that suggests to women that the political system is not open to them. >> anti-incumbent sentiment, an unpopular democratic president, and the advent of tea party candidates have all created an unfavourable political climate for female candidates. add the struggling economy which is expected to depress female voter turnout as well. historically, voters are less likely to elect women in tough economic times. historians say laws affecting women and families are more likely to pass when women are in office. >> the agenda looks different when we have more women in politic women are more likely to focus on issues like health care, education, pay equity, a woman's right to choose, than their male counterparts. party is still the best predictor of how a legis

cost by having hundreds of visitors go into space every year on the other side of the atlantic of the u.s. congress approves nasa is twenty eleven budget which also provides funds for the development of commercial space flights the legislative body wants private firms to keep up the pressure in orbit space entrepreneur jeff manber says competition in space is good for mankind but house voted two to follow the senate and the white house got about seventy percent of what it wanted it means that it's now american policy that lower earth orbit will be commercial you'll have private companies ferrying people in cargo to space it means that nasa should work on a permanent presence of humans beyond low earth orbit of each will be going to an asteroid i find that incredibly exciting we have long argued finally breaking down the centralized government space programs there's going to be competition it's going to be hotel it's going to be games in space and it's just going to be a cool time with who designed for people to relax play and frank sort of have a big plate glass windows they'll have you k

and last october, the u.s. congress came up with a retroactive thank you in the form of 500 bucks for every extra month they had to serve. >> i was getting about $2,200. >> not bad. >> not bad at all. >> reporter: and the average payout is $3,800. but there is a catch. you have to apply for the money by october 21st. and so far, about 87,000 troops have not yet put in for the cash. that despite the pentagon's best efforts says acting personnel management director. >> some individuals didn't believe they were eligible and they just assumed they weren't. we have other individuals who believe that it's a gimmick or it's something that is too good to be true. >> reporter: but for eric and melissa sharman. >> this place is just huge. >> yes, it is. compared to what we're in now. >> reporter: there are no doubts left. only gratitude. >> it's happening at the right time. we're trying to move into a larger apartment. we have a baby on the way. >> reporter: and the desire to spread the word. >> i was calling people that