I want to make sure that the people in south korea know that as one of our close allies in the region we do stand with them and their right to defend themselves and to make sure that those listening to north korea understand that we stand with the south koreas. Thats job one for us. Absolutely. The gentlemans time has expired. I think that is the end of the questionnaire this afternoon. We want to greatly thank our panel. Ambassador davies and ambassador king for your temperature this afterno, testimony this afternoon. Members will have five days to submit questions in writing. If theres no further business to come before the committee, were adjourned. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Tomorrow on washington journal, a review of the past week in congress as members depart for your five week summer recess. Also congressman todd aken on his new book firing back. The executive director of the American ImmigrationLawyers Association with the latest in the debate over immigration reform. 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My name is faith, im a broadca broadcaster, business woman and world changer. But that is who i am. This morning, lets talk a little bit about who you are. Who are you with the narrative has depicted you as dark . Who are you when the shadow of corruption as well as the shadow of instability has cast a shadow of your own ingrowth greatness. Who are you when hunger has been given a face and that face is you. Who are you when the mentales m shark shackles refuse to calm down. I say you are the ones. Africa, you are the ones who will testify of the greatness and the light of our african continent. By your works, all the world will know that africa is no longer a Sleeping Giant but indeed it is awake and it is open for business. [ applause ] we would like to thank president o obamas Washington Fellowship for Young African leaders which has really opened our eyes about the endless abilities that may occur when we no longsee oursel nations, citizens who are interlinked who draw strength from collaboration. Once we learn and engage with one another, let us remain resolved in this fact, we are the ones who are africans best solution. [ applause ] so Young Leaders of africa, join me in this to welcome the president of the United States. Hes the son of a kenyan. [ applause ] he is the leader. Hes the believer of young peop people. Hello everybody. Thank you. Have a seat. Were just Getting Started here. Hello everybody. Welcome to washington. I know most of you are visiting our country for the first time so on behalf of the American People welcome to the United States of america. [ applause ] we are thrilled to have you here and to everybody whose watching online across africa or at watch parties or social media, you are apart of this too. Were very glad to have you. Can everybody give faith a major round of applause for the great introduction. [ applause ] i had to say faith didnt seem very indtimidated by the settin. She seemed not lacking in confidence. Shes doing great work in south africa to empower young entrepreneurs especially women. First i want to speak briefly about why i believe so strongly in all of you being here today. Next week i will host a truly historic event. The u. S. Africa leader summit where nearly 50 president s and prime ministers attend from just about all of your countries. It will be the largest gathering any american president has ever hosted with african heads of state and government. The summit reflects a principle that has guided my approach to africa that the security and prosperity and justice that we seek in the world cannot be achieved without a strong and prosperous selfreliance. Even as we deal with challenges and crises in other parts of the world that dominate our headlines, we have to make sure were seizing the potential of todays africa which is the youngest and Fastest Growing of the continents. So next weeks summit will focus on how we can continue to build a new model of partnership between america and africa. A partnership of equals that focuses on your capacity to expand opportunity and strengthen democracy and promote security and peace. This cannot be achieved by government alone. It demands the active engagement of citizens especially young people. Thats why four years ago i launched the Young AfricanLeaders Initiative to make that were tapping into the incredible talent and creativity of Young Africans like you. [ applause ] since then weve partnered with thousands of young people across the continent empowering them with the skills and training in technology they need to start new businesses to spark change in their communities. To promote education and health care and good governance. Last year in south africa, some of you were there, i announced the next step which was the Washington Fellowship for Young African leaders. The objective was to give Young Africans the opportunity to come to the United States and develop their skills as the next generation of leaders in Civil Society and business and government and the response was overwhelmi overwhelming. Across the continent young men and women set out on a journey in remote villages with no phones and internet. They navigated the back roads and travelled by bus and train just to get the apriplication f the program. One woman took a five hour bus ride and then a six and seven hour bus ride. A two ride journey just to get our interview. Ultimately some 50,000 ordinary Young Africans applied and today were at the heart of what were calling our network. The Online Community across africa that is sharing ideas and forging new alliances. I want everybody to know that youre the foundation of our far n partnership. Today were proud to welcome you our fellows among our ranks is that young woman who endured all of those bus rides. We want to welcome abigail. Where is she . There she is. [ applause ] thats a lot of bus rides. I do have a first item of business. I launched the scholarship not far from the original home of Nelson Mandela. The spirit of this program respects his optimism, his idealism, his belief in what he called the endless heroism of youth. So today with the blessing of the Mandela Family to whom were so grateful, were proud to announce that the new name of this program is the mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African leaders. [ applause ] youre the first class of mandela Washington Fellows. Thats right. I know all of you have been busy. All of you have been busy at some of americas top colleges and universities. Youve been learning how to run a business or manage a institution. As one ever you said my brain has been bubbling with all sorts of ideas. I want you to know that ive read some of the recommendations that were produced at each university and college and i thought they were outstanding pieces of work. Thats what i want you to hear today. Your ideas, your su summit you engage with some of our leading voices including some which i know you cant wait to see, michelle obama. But many members of congress who are strong supporters of this program who are here. Where are the members . Some outstanding members of congress are here. Youll get a chance to meet some of them. I know some of you are headed off to internships in some of our nations leading companies and organizations. One of you said i will take what ive learned here and put it into practice back home. Thats the whole idea. I want to say by the way i took some pictures with some of the University Officials who hosted all you have. Uniformliall uniformlially, they could not have been more impressed with the job you did. I know some of you have been experiences america as well. The places who make us who we are, including my hometown of chicago. Youve experienced some of our traditions like a block party. Youve experienced some of our food, fay said she ate a lot of texas barbecue when she was in austin. You really like that barbecue, huh . You got the whole long horn thing going on and all of that. Americans have been learning from you as well because every interaction is a chance for america to see the africa that is so often overlooked in the media. The africa that is innovative and growing an dynamic and a new generation all of you on facebook and twitter and creating new ways to connect. I see some of you tweeting this town hall. Mostly i see these guys shifting into the seat over and over again so everybody can get a picture. Dont think i didnt notice. You all just you need stay in your chairs. Everybody thinks they are slick. So the point is our Young Leaders our young afric you sha it is an investment in you given the extraordinary demand for this Fellows Program we will double it so that in two years we will welcome a thousand mandela Washington Fellows here every year. Second we will do even more to support young entrepreneurs with new grants to start a business or nonprofit. Given the success for our annual Global Entrepreneurship summit, i can announce that next years summit will be hosted for the first time in subsaharan africa. [ applause ] third, were launching a whole new set of tools to impoer yoem africans with new online courses and mentoring. New ways to meet up and Network Across africa and around the world. New training sessions and meetings with experts on how to launch start ups. It all begins today and to get started all of you all you have to do is to go to yall yallai. State. Gof and that will give you information how you can access all of this information going forward. We are joining with american universities, african institutions and private sector partners like microsoft and master card. We want to thank the two of them. They are really helping to finance that. Give them a round of applause. [ applause ] starting next year, Young Africans can come to these centers to network and access the latest technology and get training and management and entrepreneurship. Were starting in ghana, south africa and kenya. We aim to help 10s of thousands of Young Africans access the skills they need to put their ideas into action. The point is we believe in you. I believe in you. I believe in everyone of you who are doing just extraordinary things. In nigeria there he she is. She now trains birth attendants and delivers kits with sterile supplies and helping to save the lives of countless mothers and their babies. We want to thank you. We want her to save even more lives. So give you another example. Robert from uganda. Theres robert. So robert is deaf. But even though he cant hear you can see the stigma and discrimination against people are disabilities must end. Hes been their champion. Hes standing up for the rights in schools and on the job. So thank you robert. We want to be your partner in standing up for the universal rights of all people. Right . So in senegal shes taking a stance against the Human Trafficking which condemns too many girls to forced labor and sexual slavery. She runs an academy that gives them education to find a job and start new lives. Thank you. Help these young women and girls to the kind of future and dignity that we want for every woman all across the continent and around the world. I belie wheres hastings . In rural town, he saw them without electricity. Now he builds jep raet generato. Puts them down the stream for power. Thank you. We want to help you power africa. Everybody here has a story. We believe in all of you. We see whats possible. We see the vision that all of you have. Not because of what youve seen here in america but because of what youve already done back home. What you see in each other and what you see in yourself. Haze wonderful quote. Said here i have met africa. The africa i have always believed in. Shes beautiful, young, full of talent and motivation and ambition. Thats a good description. Being here with all of you and working together and dreaming together has only strengthened his determination he says to realize my aspirations for my country and my continent. From everyone across everiafric joins our young leader initiative, i want to thank you for inspiring us with your talent and motivation. You got great aspirations for your countries and continent. As you build that bright future, i want to make sure that the United States of america will be your friend and partner every step of the way. Thank you very much. Lets get a few questions and kple comments and in this town hall. [ applause ] i know this is kind of a rowdy crowd. First of all i want everybody to sit down. Sit down. Now, im not going to be able to call on everybody but just a couple of rules. Number one, dont start standing up and waving or shouting. Just raise your hand and i will try to select from the audience and take as many questions as possible. So lets keep the questions or comments relatively brief and i will try to give a brief answer. Although if you ask me what are we going to do about ending war then that may require a longer answer so we will see how it goes. Thats rule number one. Rule number two, we should have microphones in the audience. When i call on you wait until the microphone comes. Attendant will hold it in front of you. You can answer it. Please introduce yourself. Tell us what country youre from and ask your question or make your remark. Number two, just to make sure its fair, we will go boy girl, boy girl. In fact we will go girl boy, girl boy. Because one of the things we want to teach about africa is how strong the women are and how we got to [ applause ] empower women. All right . Lets see who were going to call on first. This young lady right here. Right here. So wait until the mic is there. Here theres somebody right behind you who has the microphone. Introduce yourself and welcome. Thank you mr. President. Im from south africa. My question is previously Nelson Mandela has inspired the foundation of the Southern African fund for enterprises. It has run for two decades. It has since been stopped. Is there any chance to develop another fund for enterprises in africa . Well, its a great question. One of the things thats interesting in not only some of the platforms that you developed at your universities but also during my trips to africa, is the degree to which Young Africans are less interested in aid and more interested in how can they create opportunity through business and entrepreneurship and trade not to say that we do not need deal with very serious challenges in terms of poverty. We need to make sure that were continuing to work on behalf of the least of these but i think everybody recognizes is that if you want sustained development and sustained opportunity and sustained selfdetermination than the key is to own what is produced and to be able to create jobs and opportunity organically and indigenously and then be able to meet the world on equal terms. Part of the challenge in entrepreneurship is financing. For so many individuals across the continent, its just very difficult to get that initial start up money. The truth is that in many communities around africa, its not that you need so much, but you need something, that little seed capital. What wed like to do is to work with programs that are already existing to find out where are the gaps in terms of financing and then to make sure that were utilizing the resourc