health center and the native american aids project in celebrating american indian heritage month. we proudly celebrates the diversity out northern california by commemorating american indian heritage with more than 60 programs this year -- this month, in fact. these programs are highlighted in a guide along with listings of community resources and local events, and you can find that actkqed.org/ -- at kq ed.org/heritage. i wanted to point out a couple of films we have coming up on our films series. one is called "real injun" and it is an interesting trip through the history of north american native people as they have been portrayed in the history of movies from silent did today. the second explores the life and death of fred martina's and the spiritual nature and gender. two spirits is going to come on kqed television in june of 2011, but we are also sponsoring the american indian film festival this year, and that will be premiering at the festival i think next week. then, just this past month in october, helped dialogue with a special theory from kqed public radio did a report o

americans. we will continue to do that and we appreciate your support as we build our new clinic for the native american population. it is my pleasure to introduce the third honoree. they are enrolled member of the great nation of montana. she is a great wife, sister, mother. the teacher and practitioner of cultural traditional wellness and spirituality. she has worked in various roles at the native american health center in san francisco. some of these roles include hiv outrage, medical assistance, and prevention work. she has had critical roles in spirituality and practitioners. she helps the agency address complex needs. they are reaching, finding, and assisting those most vulnerable. the most essential healing element is developing and fostering positive relations with community building activities, cultural arts, spiritual practices, community gatherings, and many more. once a timber 4, 2010, she received an award and was recognized as a cultural preservationist. she is one of the five co-

americans. besides providing care and prevention services for our community, we also strive to create a home for the most disenfranchised members of our community. those who are struggling with hiv, those who are struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. one of the things that we share with the honorees tonight is that we strive to create a sustainable and of the community. -- healthy community. i would like to present our fourth honorinee. marvin grew up in a rural community in arizona and has been living in san francisco for nine years. he is a member of the navajo nation and has dedicated his life to serving the usyouth of the community. by creating a true partnership with them and their families, he honors the building programs with community that highlights the role of leaders today and the potential to give back as global citizens of this ever increasingly connected world. marvin has influenced the development of progressive and youth-driven projects for generations to come. i like to in

how well trained have your soul to spin by the americans. and how that ended up with the current iraqi soldier is different to the soldiers we had before two thousand and three today's iraqi soldiers were young during the two thousand and three war but they were also trained on the russian weaponry like for instance on the russian tank when iraqi soldiers were trained on american weapons they understood what they were trained on yet we still have the russian influence especially the iraqi pilots who were trained on russian planes and have done a great many flying hours we wish that the russians would help us in this regard to keep training our pilots and giving us new planes the americans are training our soldiers but whenever we get another expertise for more example france or russia we go to these countries and we get that help that we ask for. will the policy of the ministry of defense change when a new government is formed in the back. of the head of. the ministries policy will not change especially with regards to training and contracts

american indians have the highest rate of diabetes and other americans 195% higher. native americans have the highest rates of alcoholism. suicide is one of the highest health disparities that impact our community. access to treatment and care is the lowest for native americans in san francisco alone. they are clearly underserved populations, the city and county of public health. one of the key issues to really underscore is why we're here. we're healthy, but we're here. i think one of the other important things to point out, it is not all american and alaskan natives. we have a post-colonial stress disorder. we don't come to city funded programs and therefore we must not exist or we are very healthy. that is not the case when you look at all of the other statistics. in talking about all of these health disparities, one of the key things that we helped speak to that we demonstrate when asking for funding, what is that we have to show need -- one is that we have to show need. we have statistics and numbers that really impact whether we are going to get funding or not.

these are americans who are suffering. now, mcconnell wants to block unemployed americans from getting, think of it now, $3 hein week, can't allow that, but he thinks that giving millionaires $700 billion in tax breaks is going to be the answer to everybody's problems over the next ten years. where are the jobs? billionaire, warren buffett, he doesn't see it that way. this is what he said yesterday. >> the rich are always going to say that, you know, that -- just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and it'll all trickle down to the rest of you, but that has not worked the last ten years, and i hope the american public is catching on. >> buffett is spot on. some people are catching on a group of wealthy americans, they dhaumzs patriotic millionaires for fiscal strength they're calling an end to the bush tax cuts if the rich. put on out a statement. "we are writing to urge you, mr. president, to stand firm against those who would put politics ahead of their country for fiscal health and our nation and the well

creating some 437,000 american jobs. motorola and cell phones, tyson foods and chicken. $200 million worth of chicken shipped to china every year. and boeing? expected to make 3700 more planes for china in the next 20 years. but the hurdles are still big. just today, a panel on capitol hill adding to the chorus of anger on china's artificially low currency. >> the chinese make sure their currency is precisely what they want it to be against the dollar. >> reporter: and by doing that? >> this makes all the goods from china between 15% and 40% less costly than they would be otherwise. >> reporter: the umbrellas, the socks, the toys we found south of shanghai. all far less expensive than their american counterparts. and china's low currency makes factories less expensive to run, workers cheaper to pay, which is why it's so difficult to bring any of those jobs to america. take that chinese solar factory we visited south of beijing. now a top seller in the u.s., and debating whether to open a factory in the states. you're con

americans don't want to push american families whose breadwinners lost their jobs through no fault of their own into poverty during the holidays. i think we should end these debates and extend benefits longer and allow benefits to be scaled back on the economy as the economy improves. the reason we've had all these votes out here is because the senate is unable to do anything. we've tried to extend this for extended periods of time and over in the senate they can think, let's extend it for a month. see if we can starve them for a month. they let this program lapse for three months over there. and you're telling me that we're going to work together. i think we ought to work together. the short-term extension is an effort to see if our republican colleagues will support any kind of help for the unemployed. i'm told by the other side that there's no plans in the senate to take up this bill. well, they're waiting to see if we can get it out of here. if you don't help, maybe it won't get out of here. but the message to four million americans will be, the republican party doesn't care wheth

could i have all the native americans please remain standing? all native americans, stand up. how about a big round of applause for our native americans here for native american heritage month in november. all you non-indians, just look around. this is what custer saw at the little bighorn, and you know what he said to his men? where did all these indians come from? once again, welcome to the sixth annual nida american heritage month celebration here at city hall. -- annual native american heritage month cicelebration. i would like to thank our host for this month, native american aids project, the mayor's office, the san francisco native american health center, and kqed public broadcasting. how about a big round of applause for our host? thank you. at this time, when indian people -- when we gather, we throw on our regalia, our outfits. we do not call them costumes. if you are from oklahoma, we call them in being close -- clothes. it is good to see all these dancers and singers as well, their families. when we gather like this, we start out with prayer, so please stand if you

americans. [applause] and for the laughter that you guys give me. i would like to thank the youth and their families. thank you a lot. as the youth workeres, this is the hot -- workers, this is the highest compliment to say that your a local hero -- you are a local hero. the center for youth services does matter. it is a healthy identity for urban youth. this award makes me want to work that much harder to maintain the integrity of the program in a time of financial uncertainty. think you very much. -- thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> all right. getting ready to wrap up. you guys haven't heard a joke in awhile, have you? any comanches out there? it's a comanche joke. this man, he had lost his sight so he was walking around with a white cane. he came up to this committee restaurant, and it serves only comanches. comanche owned and operated. he has a seat and says, i would like some biscuits and gravy. the waiter took his order. he yells out, anybody want to hear a comanche joke? it g

american morning like you anyway. martin go ahead go ahead american have just on. the u.s. and the international force everyone would like to get out of afghanistan because there's no way they can win militarily so therefore they got to would draw the only question is when but that will leave a huge problem for russia because the taliban will then take over and come up to the border on the treasury borders a thousand kilometers long and then they will penetrate central asia and then they will penetrate russia and possibly china as well so therefore this will present russia with as a huge security problem. there is they see as to you know the c.i.s.c. is t.o. organization which looks after the security of those states where they didn't do very much what they came to. and asked for some aid and didn't get it so therefore if the americans who would dearly like to get out britain would veto like to get out canada has said it's going to get out and everyone else is saying they're going to get out they just leave a huge security problem for russia and russia with their needs nato

manifesto is not anti-american it's anti the american government or more specifically this american government we can do better and that's what we want to do what i want to do now you're a big critic of america's wars and occupations both in iraq and afghanistan a call to arms really seems like you know an aggressive way to respond to the aggression that the u.s. government is involved in the reason i oppose this particular regime is because it is so in aggressively violent. as the rest of the world knows the united states is always involved in some kind of war of aggression it rarely goes spends an entire year without invading some for some foreign country and that's only part of the story i mean there's the overall economic system that the united states provoked presides over that is incredibly violent and unjust so i'm talking about taking on this monolith this violent horrible disgusting system that is is brutal and is willing to do anything you're going up against them you can't fight these guys with one arm tied behind your your back. probably going to lose anyway but you you

troops left in this country is forty nine thousand seven hundred something it's important the americans are gone what's also important is the timing and the timing of implementing this phase of the agreement was put forward by the minister of defense why did he choose this time that each time he has a meaning there are steps that need to be taken so that the iraqi forces will be ready december the thirty first two thousand and eleven we believe that we will be ready enough to have full security control at that stage and for all the american forces to leave iraq as well you say that timeframe is given by the racoons and not motivated from the american side. what it can be about it so what if that's true if the recent departure of american troops was because washington wanted to improve obama's picture so what. if it was because of american pressure or desire it doesn't matter to me as an iraqi as an iraqi i welcome the american withdrawal and i wish that we will be ready by the thirty first of december two thousand and

american corporations are not acting as americans. they have been acting like greedy cowards reflecting the worst of human aspirations, not the best. we americans pride ourselves at being committed to noble higher ideals. we are not just a grasping horde seeking self-enrichment. we do believe in treating people decently and we do believe in people's individual rights given to them by god. well, we think of ourselves that way, and then we hear that google and other american companies have enabled economist chinese dictatorship to track down dissidents who are then jailed for daring to oppose tyranny or corruption or to worship god as they see fit. once they found themselves curtailing the free flow of information to millions of chinese citizens, turning the internet into a tool for repression rather than a facilitator for free expression and thus the vehicle of the advancement of human freedom. to google's credit, the role it was forced to being played, google decided not to go ahead with the heavy-handed plan that the chinese regime e

i am an american airman. my mission is to fly, fight, whein. how prelate would she be of a colonel who currently serves as a commander of the 89th airlift wing and pilot of the air force. i am thankful for a proud heritage, a tradition of honor and the legacy of valor. it is a traditional honor that extends all the way back to the revolutionary war up to the conflicts we are fighting in this very day. we salute the thousands of veterans who dedicated their lives to defend our freedom, a legacy of valor that is surrounded by eight women whose strength and commitment have allowed us to echoed the sentiments "we are one nation indivisible." i am and american airmen. my nation's sword and shield -- i defend my country with my life. thank you to the infinite number of veterans who served as guardians of our freedom and have extended our justice, making the ultimate sacrifice. i am an american airman. let us celebrate all veterans who were wingmen of yesterday and made it possible for us to serve as leaders in the

how well trained have your soldiers been by the americans. and how the current iraqi soldier is different to the soldiers we had before two thousand and three today's iraqi soldiers were young during the two thousand and three war but they were also trained on russian weaponry like for instance on the russian tank later iraqi soldiers were trained on american weapons which is different to mine but we still have a lot of russian made technology here and many pilots who were trained on russian planes so we need their help to keep training the americans maybe in charge of getting our soldiers ready whenever we get another expertise from for example france or russia we go to those countries and we get the help that we ask for. evidence that there have been tertius that security forces are now if well trained enough just two hours ago there was a bomb not far from that. do you think that you are convinced. back a safe and secure place. they are not untrained but the training they receive is not enough when the americans came in the borders were op