to say but it doesn t mean what debris disclosed is not true. what is the current status of any discussions or negotiations you ve had with the senate judiciary committee? because as recently as a few hours ago chairman grassley said that ms. ramirez s legal team was just referring the committee to the new yorker article and giving no other comment. he also said and i m quoting, if ms. ramirez submits evidence and testimony to the senate judiciary committee which committee investigators have requested we can decide how to proceed. yeah, i don t know where the senator is getting that information from. we ve had a number of e-mail communications with the committee so far, but the difficulty is he every time we try to set up a phone call the majority party either changes the rules of the phone call or they want additional information as a condition of even having a phone call with us. we finally had a phone call scheduled for 7:00 eastern this evening. we got on the phone and only
a contract to do all sorts - of things from mineral i exploitation and to keep their tax systems working and so on, and there is. a little bit of game playing. but i think in the end, i the future of afghanistan will very much depend on how important afghanistan - will be in world politics, - and i think western countries, and in the way that - international politics work, afghanistan is not extremely important, and this- is essentially the drama of afghanistan. - eunice, thank you very much there. we ve just got a couple of minutes at the end, a chance for each of you to, as i say, mark people s cards about the story you think they should be aware of, either one we may have reported or perhaps could do with reporting more on. steve, you first. big story of interest in british politics, of interest, i think, elsewhere as well.
much because they have china. that china is to essentially with open arms, opening l their cheque books and offer a contract to do all sorts - of things from mineral i exploitation and to keep their tax systems working and so on, and there is. a little bit of game playing. but i think in the end, i the future of afghanistan will very much depend on how important afghanistan - will be in world politics, - and i think western countries, and in the way that - international politics work, afghanistan is not extremely important, and this- is essentially the drama of afghanistan. - eunice, thank you very much there. we ve just got a couple of minutes at the end, a chance for each of you to,
they will essentially be - meeting their responsibilities as aid agencies. what the afghan government, i the taliban have been doing very cleverly these past ten days, i has been to say that they are, they don t need the west. or they don t need the west so much because they have china. and that china is to essentially- with open arms, opening their cheque books and offer contracts to do all sorts of things from mineral exploitation to keep their tax systems working and so on, i and there is a little i bit of game playing. but i think in the end, the future of afghanistan will very much depend on how important afghanistan will be in world - politics, and i think western i countries, and in the way that international politics work, l afghanistan is not extremely important, and this is essentially
what the uk government has promised to give afghanistan is, will only cover a fraction of afghan needs. - so the question of- leverage can be used. then we also have un agencies who will not be leveraging, - they will essentially be - meeting their responsibilities as aid agencies. what the afghan government, the taliban have been doing . very cleverly these past ten days, has been to say - that they are, they . don t need the west. or they don t need the west so much because they have china. l that china is to essentially with l open arms, opening their checkbox that china is to essentially with open arms, opening l their cheque books |and offer a contract to do all sorts| of things from mineral exploitation and to keep their tax- systems working and so on, and there is a little i bit of game playing. but i think in the end, the future of afghanistan will very