Not be rebuilt after the end of the war. Such a statement was made by the head of the progovernment party servant of the people, olena shulyak, who is also the head of the committee of the Supreme Councils on issues of state power, selfgovernment, Regional Development and urban planning. The largest number of settlements were destroyed in the donetsk and luhansk regions. However , iconic cities, those that entered the history of the struggle for independence, such as bahmud, she said, will be rebuilt. Olena shulyak said that in donbas, many cities and villages were built around enterprises that have now been destroyed or destroyed, the reconstruction of settlements will depend on the restart of those enterprises, but the reconstruction of the south of ukraine can happen faster, because it it is mainly an agrarian region , where the work of the population is related to agriculture, however, the issue of mining remains open, according to shulyak, the reconstruction process will also be a
Years after the meltdown at fukushima, contaminated water is still licking from the plant. Is the crisis till out of control . We will speak with David Mcneill , author of, strong in the rain surving japans earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Nuclear disaster. And we will also speak with astsushi funahashi, director of, Nuclear Nation the fukushima refugees story. But first, as tensions rise between japan and china, we look at the japanese government increasingly proNuclear Nationalistic stance, even as its citizens become bracingly antinuclear. We will speak with professor naoto kan of Sophia University. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. From tokyo,casting japan. Members of the White House Panel reviewing government surveillance have publicly rejected some of the nsas key claims in justifying warrantless, mass buying. Appearing before a senate hearing, former cia Deputy Director Michael Morell and former
Next, in this encore booknotes for 2001 historian herbert bix discusses his biography hirohito and the making of modern japan. Professor bix portrays hirohito hirohito asher japan into the modern world. This is about an hour. Cspan herbert p. Bix, author of hirohito and the making of modern japan, could somebody who is japanese write this book and publish it through a japanese publisher in japan today . Guest i think so. I think today there has been a number of breakthroughs that have occurred over the past 20 years, and hirohito has died, died 10 years ago, so enough time has elapsed. Its possible a jaand i would expect and, in fact, i would hope that japanese historians will surpass this biography and uncover new material and that we will get critical accounts of the emperor and the role he played, both before, during and after the war. Because that man is absolutely crucial for understanding the dilemmas of 20th century japan. Cspan theres a picture in here, and you write about it i
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] the committee will come to order. Let me begin by welcoming the new members to the committee. Since the full senate has not passed the Committee Resolution officially, i want to ask unanimous consent to returning members to allow prospective members to protest pay into des hearing. If there is no objection, so ordered. Let me welcome you and thank you to come before the committee. You had an intervening challenge and we are thrilled to see you here today doing well and to take time out of your schedule in these final days to discuss the tragic events that occurred in benghazi on september 11. , and the lessons we need to learn from that event to make sure all of our personnel is protected. In your tenure as secretary of state, you have always been up front, forthright, and energetic. I commend you for it. The tragic events in benghazi are a tragic reminder of the inherent risks. It they the very real courage of the men and women
Hatic facilities, that covers, we are the umbrella for so many other agencies in our government. If we were not there, many of those agencies representatives agencies representatives would have a difficult time being there. We are the diplomatic presence that permits us to pursue Law Enforcement objectives, intelligence objectives, military objectives, and so much more. So its not just about us sitting around and say, you know, do we really want our diplomats at risk . Its ok, what are the equities of the rest of the government that would be effective if we decided we had to close shop because the risk was too great . I want to stress that because i dont think you can understand, at least from my perspective, how difficult the calculation is without knowing that its not just about the state department and usaid. Secondly, i dont think we can retreat from these hard places. We have to harden our security presence but we cant retreat. Weve got to be there. Weve got to be picking up intel