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>> in the case of joseph in u gab da uganda, hes a militia leader surrounded by armed men. we need the support of the operational support of countries like the u.s. to the drc to uganda to the central african republic to assist them in mounting an operation to arrest him. they have the will. so its a totally legitimate operation politically, legally. but they need this kind of assistance. and the u.s. has to be the leader. the europeans will follow but we need the u.s. in the lead. >> beyond the...

The u.s. and afghanistan? we know that the president had committed 30,000 more u.s. troops. we heard that there were many people in afghanistan who were feeling a little uneasy about that. hoping that they would get moral in terms of jobs, more stability in their country and less of the u.s. presence. >> thats right. they do want that stability and you heard that coming from the recent offensive in mar jau where the focus was on rooting out the taliban. and theres been concern there on the groun...

Commander in chief there in afghanistan. and visiting face to face with the u.s. troops. were going to continue to watch this image here out of bagram as they await the presidents arrival and as soon as he does enter the room, we will be taking that live. and momentarily, we are also hoping that once we see these images out of bagram in terms of the president emerging, were also hoping to be able to bring you some taped comments that came from presidents karzai and obama around the time of their...

Set up over the past two decades. after speaking with stephen rapp, i asked beatrice le fraper the special adviser to the icc about how the shift in u.s. policy would help the court. >> thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. >> first and foremost, how big a shift and how big a support is the united states new policy of engagement with the icc? >> its essential for us. were really excited about the announcement by the obama administration yesterday. we have our shopping list ready of reque...

From washington. he was at camp david over the weekend and then in the middle of the night, took the plane to afghanistan where he made this surprise visit. he has already had a one-on-one meeting with president hamid karzai in kabul. and apparently, cabinet members of both the obama administration and karzais administration have also met and now we understand after that meeting, hes made his way over to bagram there where he will be meeting with u.s. troops there. always an exciting visit when ...

Heard others here in washington as well who have been critical of the karzai government, a lot of questions about the elections there. concerns that he was not really doing enough as i pointed out earlier to really go at the root of the financial backing for these insurgency that is going after the poppy growers. and so yes, there has been from this administration a clear admission that more needs to be done over there, and in fact, in some of those briefings that officials here at the white hou...

International criminal court against president bashir. the actions by the icc sent a clear message that the behavior of bashir and his government were outside the bounds of accepted standards. >> will you support that indictment and the arrest of bashir or the prosecution and particularly i ask you because the united states is obviously in engagement with sudan. >> keep in mind the policy on darfur has changed very little between the last administration and this administration. >> not really. >>...

Where were going. the bottom line again is that its a war zone that theyre going into. always a dangerous situation. and particular if anyone finds out that the president of the united states or the vice president will be making that trip. so they want to make sure that they keep it very low key so that anyone who might be trying to do something doesnt get a heads-up. >> the president has been very outspoken about his commitment to afghanistan from the very start and then very quick committing t...

Come to baugh and that date has been set for may 12th. so the discussions that have begun today will continue during that meeting and going forward as well. >> live pictures now there at bagram air ba base as u.s. troops await the presidents rival. dan, can i ask you about the timing of this? clear lit president has been very committed -- now weve lost the signal again. the president has been very committed toward health care and other domestic issues especially in the last couple of weeks. is t...

Looking for such a big commitment in afghanistan. so theres been criticism all around, but clearly as you pointed out, this is something that the president telegraphed early on when he was running for president. he said that he wanted to bring an end to the conflict in iraq and that he really wanted to shift the focus to afghanistan because that is where the attack on the united states was launched from. he felt that the former administration had dropped the ball and so he wanted to put not only...