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April was Genocide Awareness Month and it is crucial that we learn from history because violent conflict does not have to be a foregone conclusion.

Despite the clear humanitarian and fiscal benefits of peacebuilding, our federal budget is still severely lopsided in favor of military response.

Our nation’s budget should reflect the concerns of its citizens. We believe peacebuilding and reconciliation programs represent an important means to facilitate non-violent conflict resolution. These programs effectively create cultures of peace by bringing together adversarial groups in safe spaces to address divisions and work toward common goals.

Rampant. >> thats right. i think what hes talking about the priesthood, keep in mind, in a way its easier for him to take that position on gay men in the priesthood because they have to be celibate anyway, whether gay or straight, as opposed to some of these issues of acts which the church will continue to struggle with. he also talks about the importance of not forgetting because you have this pain in the church of these scandals that have happened where the church papered over it and not wanti...

Also when he says the abuse of minors is a crime and distinguishing the abuse of minors from a relationship between gay adults, it was a distinction that much of the church missed during the period in which abuse of minors was rampant. >> thats right. i think what hes talking about the priesthood, keep in mind, in a way its easier for him to take that position on gay men in the priesthood because they have to be celibate anyway, whether gay or straight, as opposed to some of these issues of acts...

Reconciliation still sounds too much like surrender to some of the low-level fighters. he says their honor and dignity is the fighting men of their communities and just isnt ready to take it quite yet. he also says that theres still -- they are worried about joining the reconciliation programs publicly because they are worried that the taliban leadership that is based in pakistan still has a reach into an afghanistan to hurt them or their families. so they normally are trying to do this reconcil...

this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. >> reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path th...

Becomes a huge issue and we focused on that. and president karzai has agreed and he has upgraded the office against corruption in the government. they want to feel this is not a war without end just like americans. hence, the enormously important addition of the reintegration and reconciliation programs. they want to feel that they will get their lives back and that means emphasizing agriculture. its an agricultural country that used to export ag products until the soviet invasion. we made agric...

That is just and so corruption becomes a huge issue and we focused on that. and president karzai has agreed and he has upgraded the office against corruption in the government. they want to feel this is not a war without end just like americans. hence, the enormously important addition of the reintegration and reconciliation programs. they want to feel that they will get their lives back and that means emphasizing agriculture. its an agricultural country that used to export ag products until the...