level playing field so we can win on our own merits. at the same time your competition is in airbus, in effect a state-run company and the other big trade competitor is china, which is effectively a state-run economy. how much of a disadvantage do you have in that context, or advantage? it still comes down to providing the best products, safest, most reliability and most cost-efficient in the world. if we stay close on price, we tend to win those games. a headline on the dreamliner specifically, and incredible advancement, and a stack of headaches trying to make that happen, as you know better than i, but they characterize the dream liner, executives admit the aggressive outsourcing put them in partnership with employers that weren t up to the job. they didn t recognize spending so much work abroad would have more intense management from the home plant than less.
now, this is really interesting, ali. because what i m hearing from the experts, look, which the number of options and the range of results, economically and businesswise, i m not talking politically now. i m talking about the sort of thing that you and i and christine deal with on a daily basis. it is highly unlikely that whatever scenario comes out of egypt it will be either a far left wing or far right wing state-run economy. anyone who s been to egypt knows it s a trading nation, give them something and they ll sell it somewhere in the world. that is not going to change. a deal to be done, a bargain to be had, a product to be sold. so do not this is one of the reasons, just one of them. for example, let s take israel just off the coast. the israelis, for example, are slightly of course, they re concerned about what s going to happen, the complexion of government, the peace process, but if you take it in terms of are they worried with economically, perhaps not so.
the experts, which the number of options and the range of results, economically and business wise, i m not talking politically now. i m talking about the sort of thing that you and i and christine view on a daily basis. it is highly unlikely that whatever scenario comes out of egypt it will be either a far left wing or far right wing state-run economy. anyone who s been to egypt knows it s a trading nation, give them something and they ll sell it somewhere in the world. that is not going to change. a deal to be done, a bargain to be had, a product to be sold. so do not this is one of the reasons, just one of them. for example, let s take israel just off the coast. the israelis, for example, are slightly of course they re concerned about what s going to happen, the complexion of government, the peace process, but if you take it in terms of are they worried with economically, perhaps not so. because they know the egyptians
states wanting to sell off their stores? reporter: well, harris, when you have a political fight, it s typically a fight about money. as you mentioned right there, the state of virginia and proponents of the proposal to sell off these state-run liquor stores say you could make up to a half billion dollars right up front from selling the state inventory, handing over control, selling those state liquor licenses. there s also the fundamental issue here. virginia considers themself free marketers, yet you have a segment of the economy where there s a state-run economy. you re going to walk out from underneath one of those signs, the virginia abc store. it s the only place you can legally buy hard alcohol in the state of virginia, and the state has cornered a part of the market. free marketers would say, hey, i want more competition when it comes to where i can buy this alcohol, harris. harris: so, you know, why don t they just turn it over to private companies? that way you could at lea
operations there. at least 12 people were killed. there were no u.s. casualties. fighting happened after militants charged an iraqi military compound where u.s. troops were training forces. under an agreement, u.s. troops can continue to open fire if iraqis ask for their help. high unemployment is not just a problem in the u.s. it s also a problem in iraq where job creation could be the key to stablizing the country. malini wilkes is live in baghdad where more on how the u.s. government is pumping millions into iraq to create jobs. good morning. good morning, courtney. the u.s. officials say that the estimated unemployment here is 18%. unofficial estimates are up to 30%. now, there are u.s. programs to encourage banks to lend to small businesses and create jobs. that should sound familiar. this used a state-run economy and part of the goal is to