and continents. all to tell the most amazing story. yours. discover your story. start searching for free now at ancestry.com time now for the hits and misses. and this week our panel s picks for the people to watch in 2015. dan, start us off. well, paul, the world was horrified this december when the taliban murdered 130 schoolchildren in pakistan. i think someone to watch, people to watch is the leadership of pakistan including prime minister shari talking about getting together to finally root out the taliban in northern
out the taliban in northern pakistan. this is where 9/11 began. it would be a very hopeful thing if they could actually go in there and start to root out and eliminate the taliban. joe? my person to watch is paul ryan who continues to be one of the most consequential politicians in washington. one area in particular this year he s taking other the tax writing, ways and means committee. i think there might be more consensus on tax reform than the media let s on corporate tax reform. corporate tax reform in particular. i think the white house wants the economy to grow. they ll find a willing partner in mr. ryan. mary? i m watching supreme court justice ruth badder ginsburg she s 81, will be 82 in march and very left wing. i think it s possible she ll step down this year because if she does that gives president obama a chance to nominate someone with similar politics for her seat.
release this photo. there is apparently a photo taken of bin laden when he was pulled out of the compound and it is described as a gruesome photo, because as we know that bin laden was shot point blank twice in the head, and one apparently through his left eye. so that is part of the consideration by officials. thomas? norah o donnell at the white house for us. norah, thank you so much, appreciate it. residents of the abottabad, pakistan, where bin laden lived until commandos made a daring assault on the compound are expressing shock today after learning that the terror chief lived among them. they had no idea that their quiet city where thousands of pakistani soldiers are based is the hiding place for the world s most wanted man. ta zene asooen tazeen ahmad has more. reporter: we have been driving around and seeing check point after checkpoint, and a
we do have to admit that they have aided us in some critical moments. sir, let s get down to the money, because reuters said that we have spent tens of billions sending aid to pakistan since the 9/11 attacks, and a lot of new numbers that want to talk about the numbers, new members that is, on the hill looking to cut spending, so could there be a real problem when it comes to this and how important that money is with the ongoing relationship with the u.s. and pakistan? well, we have spent billions of dollars, and the pakistanis and the major route for material going to afghanistan to support our forces, so there is a need to provide support and provide actually the highways literally to afghanistan. however, there s a real issue here about the capacity of the pakistan government to spend the money, their corruption, and also, we have been trying to help them develop their own infrastructure in terms of roads and other aspects that will
cooperation and partnership between the united states and pakistan led up to the elimination of osama bin laden, and the war on terrorism is as much pakistan s war as it is america s, and pakistan has never been the hotbed of fana c fanatics. how can we trust them to be our ally? well, it is a difficult situation, and i thought that secretary albright s remarks were very right-on. they are a important country and have nuclear weapons and at times they have provided significant support, and at other times they have worked against our interest. it is unclear to many observers and i have been in pakistan more than a dozen times whether the government, itself, has full control over its military and its intelligence services. so this is an issue where president zardari is putting the best possible face of it, but the reality is a much more complicated and much less complimentary to pakistan, but