long stalled free trade agreements thursday. this follows a deal between republicans and democrats over an extension of a worker retraining program. the treaties with south korea, colombia and panama have been spending since the george w. bush administration. french finance minister christine lagarde is the new leader of the international monetary fund. she was chosen today not long after being endorsed by treasury secretary tim geithner. lagarde is the first woman to hold the job. she replaces dominique strauss-kahn who resigned after being charged with sexually assaulting a new york hotel housekeeper. a group of several republican senators has urged the administration to make sure taxpayer dollars are not used for a bail-out of the greek economy. lawmakers in athens are debating new austerity measures. while greeks are expressing their opposition in no uncertain terms. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot reports from athens. >> reporter: it started as an angry, but generally peaceful protest. an estimated 20,000 members of