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>>well, it is but part of the problem with these types of aid programs is that when you provide assistance you are providing assistance mostly in programs youre not going it see the impact in the long run. i thought of the pert innocent question should mexicos aid be curtailed based on what happens with these students? i think the aid should be curtailed if it is perceived that the mexican government is not taking the necessary steps not only to investigate the case but to make sure that those w...

On saturday and that could have a big impact on aid programs. with the u.s. troops withdrawing at the end of the year, the parring down of u.s. aid, what is the future going to look like for afghanistan. richard engel has been reporting on a school in kandahar directly affected by the u.s. aid. richard, what is happening to this program for girls? >> reporter: well, this program, its the kandahar institute for modern studies and has about 1600 students, its a vocational school and has young men ...

All around the world, usaid does life saving humanitarian and development work and some of the most important faces america presents to the world. i know i worked on american aid programs for two years and in hot spots all over the world. those workers face constant accusations that they are american spies. those are charges they deny throughout the world. and a revolution like this one puts all of them and those critical life saving programs at work. joining me now, one of the senates big voice...

Clearance if they end up with bad credit? >> yes. and their commands are get involved. we heard from the soldiers this is the reason they went to these places. it starts out as a small problem and ends in a much larger problem when you lose your car because you get one of these loans. >> what are lawmakers doing about it? if youre getting to the point where superior officers are getting involved, people are losing their security clearance, obviously this is a serious problem. are there proposals...

Aid programs. you should apply for as many as you can, as many scholarships as you can, as many schools as you can that are within the kind of the realm of what you want to do. the money aspect, i think, is always a big issue. >> nnamdi, we really appreciate you joining us and hopefully we can talk to you closer to football time when youre now with the san francisco 49ers. so now we used to say you were our favorite philadelphia eagles player and now youre our favorite 49ers fan. >> you have no ...

Speech and property rights. >> make them fight for it and if they win they get the whole bill of goods. >> that is hysterical. >> something else we are not talking about. corruption. a lot of the aid programs. a lot of them do have corruption built in . the money ends up not going to the poor farmers but the rich folks in the top of the food chain. >> and ultimately the checks and balances are with us the voters. we put people in politics while we give aid to africa and have trade restrictions o...

>> you have a child in the prescription that costs almost $300 a month and thats paid for through medicaid. if there were medicaid cuts that started after the new congress that conceivably that would impact you quite directly? >> yep. most definitely. that is a very scary experience. when youre sitting at a doctors office and you find out that your child needs this expensive medication, and you think well if i put my child on this medication will i be able to afford it if something happens to th...

And this proposes to create a constitution for the high seas, with a legislature, an executive, a judicial body. and give away to undeveloped country, developing country, land-locked countries what looks to be in the neighborhood of certainly billions, probably tens of bill ron, possibly hundreds of bill whereons of dollars over time, from royalties that companies that go out and mine these nodules in the high seas, valid to pay into the -- would have to pay inab orwelian way, the international ...

And this proposes to create a constitution for the high seas, with a legislature, an executive, a judicial body. and give away to undeveloped country, developing country, land-locked countries what looks to be in the neighborhood of certainly billions, probably tens of bill ron, possibly hundreds of bill whereons of dollars over time, from royalties that companies that go out and mine these nodules in the high seas, valid to pay into the -- would have to pay inab orwelian way, the international ...

Some people just give up. >> i was astounded to see there is no inspector general for four years in the department of state with mammoth programs. i saw some of the waste and incredible spending when i visited afghanistan last year. now, im wondering who is responsible for not having someone responsible. that kind of outrageous spending on overseas aid programs is going unchecked. >> president obama is showing that he does it. want any internal people looking around. he doesnt want an internal a...