Ballots sunday in a president ial election that should bring about the first democratic transfer of power in the nations history. Voters flocked to the polls defying nationwide threats of attacks by the taliban and. Reports of violence were relatively few. Eight candidates were on the ballot, hoping to take over from outgoing President Hamid karzai. He has been in 2001. Vote counting is underway and election workers are busy. That was contrary to analyst protections. Some Polling Centers stayed open longer because so many people were still in line. Millions of afghans to find the threats of terrorist attacks. Eager to do their part in choosing the next president. And men voted separately, everyone turning out expressed their longing for a democratic and secure afghanistan. I voted to guarantee the future of my country. The ballot box is a way to build our nation and show participation in these elections. We have come here to vote for an honest president who will work for this country.
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming. Welcome to the chairmans forum. Were delight to have you. Please join me in welcoming ambassador debra jones, our ambassador to libya. Ambassador jones gets special credit for coming to todays event. Shes in great demand right now in washington. Mad to spending time with her daughters and with College Graduation and all those things, thank you so much for coming. Extra credit. Its a particular pleasure to welcome a respected colleague and a great friend, ambassador debra jones, who is our u. S. Ambassador to libya since march of last year. She has previously served as the u. S. Ambassador to kuwait. She is a true expert on middle east diplomacy and actually Global Affairs having served not only in the middle east, but in ethiopia, in argentina. She has searched in iraq, tunisia, syria, and united arab emirates. Shes held important positions in the department of state headquarters. Shes been a role model and mentor to up and coming male an
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It is worrying investors. Peter barnes will have more of that in just a moment. Concern over gridlock in washington and a potential failure to pass a new budget has raised the debt ceiling and starts to grow. The house just passing a bill that would keep the government open until mid december, but it would eliminate the president S Health Care law. Some Health Care Stocks popping as a result. Names like at unanimous religion, halogen, and cigna are up on an otherwise mostly down day. In just a moment we are going to be joined by a Top Health Care executive, the chairman and ceo of universal Health Services, alan miller. Shares of tesla are zooming to the record highs for the second day in a row. We want to go to Nicole Petallides at the new york stock exchange. My brother just got one and he loves it, but the design of the stock. Someone else says. Reporter he got a great car. It certainly has gotten rave reviews from consumer reports. In near perfect store. 18583. The yeartodate charg
Church in northern pakistan at least 78 are dead. Well have the latest on the progress on typhoon usagi as it bears down on southern china. Hello. In the last few hours there has been increased military activity at a Shopping Center near kenya. Its been more than 30 hours since attackers claiming to be from alshabab stormed the westgate mall. 59 have been killed and dozens of hostages are thought to be inside. Military reinforcements are sent in. They say their priority is to rescue the civilians still inside the mall. The attackers have several hostages. President uhuru kenyetta and his political opponents the former Prime Minister raila odinga and others addressed the nation and called for calm. They asked the International Community not to issue travel warnings for kenya, and had their own warning for the attackers in the mall. They shall not get away with their despicable and beastly acts. The cowardly perpetrators now cornered in the building, we will punish the master minds swift