This is a significant achievement. In the uk, we recognize the serious challenges still ahead for afghanistan, but we strongly believe that there is room for optimism about the countries longterm future. This is a crucial time for afghan men, women and children as a prepare for elections in 2014, which must be credible, transparent and inclusive. Is ofesident, poverty course a greater threat to stability and freedom as our conflict ands are oppression. United kingdom has met our spend money on national assistance. We are the only country in the g 20 to do so. Following the Global Economic crisis, we said we would not allens our books on the backs of the worlds poorest. We have held true to our word. On monday we announced that we would provide 1. 6 billion in global fund to fight aids, tb and malaria. That is 10 of the funds replenishment, so long as others join. Women and girls remain at the heart of our development agenda. They are the key to economic growth. Investing in Girls Educa
The average cost to educate a child in school per year is 52 sals and dollars. Almost four times what the rest of Public Education costs. And the vast majority of our basis we just Public Schools. We could take the money were spending today, pay every Public School system 14,000 a child, and save billions of dollars per year. And with the same or better outcomes. This weekend you can talk with oklahoma senator tom coburn about the fiscal cliff, Affordable Care act and the future of the Republican Party on booktvs in depth. He has written several books and reports including his latest, the debt mama. Join our conversation, your calls, emails and tweets and Facebook Comments for medical doctor, author and senator coburn on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good morning. If i could ask are going to take their seats. Welcome to the Arms Control Association the National American council titled iran 2013, making diplomacy work. Im the president of the National American council and welcome to
The next 30, 40 years, so maybe that helps. This is a very complex issue. It has to be resolved. There has to be a happy medium there. Whether or not it is because these ceos are boring abroad for certain things or not, that is up for debate. Im certainly not one who will take a position on that because i dont know enough about it to make that call. There are a lot of very smart people out there, who we should respect, they are very good at what they do and they are still debating about what the Proper Solutions to this is. All right now, this is why were seeing such a huge amount of debate going on in d. C. And in board rooms across the country. Washington, d. C. Host there have been reports that secretary geithner will play a role in these talks. Guest the Economic Team is in place right now. This is obviously a very Critical Role for the administration and for the American People as a whole. With tim geithner, a lot of people have said he is one of the reasons why things are as shak
Good to have you with us. We begin in colorado, where rescue teams have been working around the clock to save thousands from recordbreaking floods. Hundreds are unaccounted for. Heavy rains grounded rescue helicopters. Sunday president obama signed an emergency declaration. Fima is asking for more counties to be added to the list. How many people are unacted for. We are joined by tamara banks. Several hundred. You can see behind me the helicopters. They are not going anywhere. Its been raining off and on all day. Emotions are running high all the way from the residents to the sheriff. This place looks like a war zone. Theyve gone through a tough time and have a tough road ahead. Four are dead, one dead in alpaso county and two missing presumed dead in larama. There are 500 unaccounted for in larama county. 16 chopers are standing by waiting to help, but the rain is too bad to fly. Some have been trapped for days with no food and water. The good news is 7,000 people have been evacuated