Its one of the wildcards ahead of the septembers elections in germany a row over a failed project to develop Surveillance Drones that wasted hundreds of millions of euros. Today, the man at the center of it all had to appear before a Parliamentary Committee to explain himself, but he stuck to his guns and said he will not resign over the matter. The opposition says he knew more about problems at an earlier state than he is letting on, and they say that should cost him his job. The stakes are high because he is a close ally of chancellor merkel, and she is standing by him. He has denied the accusations against him. He says he knew about problems regarding the euro hop drums, but his aides told him they were not insurmountable. When that group wrong, he put an end to the project. I think it is important to note that at the time i took Office Around 85 of the total sum had already been paid or had to be paid under the terms of the contract. When i was first informed of the problems in ear
That has seen its share of ups and downs. Our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Hosni mubarak served two years of a life sentence in prison before he was released today. The former egyptian president was flown by helicopter out of jail. To the hospital he is held under house arrest. He still faces charges of complicity in the killing of Tahrir Square protesters. Supporters celebrate the turning back of the clock. Many celebrated his removal but two years of turmoil have made many egyptians nostalgic. Hosni mubarak was the best. And weere the best days will never see good times like those again. He is the old repressive order personified. As he was chartered away, he was still a symbol of what went wrong in the revolution. He left his two sons behind at the prison and most of the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, including his successor elected as president , all arrested since the military coup at the beginning of july. Was part ofe the first protest. It
With people rushing home this was forlorn. Ousted,e night he was this place shook with joy as millions of egyptians believed they would get a fresh start and they would build a new egypt. That seems like a long time ago. For those same egyptians this is depressingly symbolic that at a time when his Security State seems to be reborn, the man who presided over it has now been released from prison. Close by, demonstrators lay in the gutter, at the bridge where the protesters were killed. President , the old more than any other event, kick started the arab uprising. Raisedstrator in a mask a hollow laugh at what had become of them. Reporting there from cairo. For more on todays release in the future of egypt, i spoke with the u. S. Ambassador to bahrain. There are two schools of thought about what america should do on egypt. One of them is to stand up and back these protests, and the other is to hold our cards close to our chest because we dont know what will happen. The United States shou