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Negotiation that has to take place. And it needs to involve people who represent several different points of view, both from within the ruling party and outside. And that observation brings me to mr. Pendergast. After the Security Councils approval of additional peacekeeping troops for south sudan last month, you commented that the political and diplomatic elements of International Responses to most african conflicts have been slow and ineffective. Which have put more pressure on peacekeeping missions than they have the wherewithal to fully adept, to which theyre totally unprepared. Can you ta...

A day for diplomacy. U. N. General secretary ban kimoon is in kiev. This is pro russian protesters storming the air base in ukraine and rallies to the east. Meanwhile, theyre told to clear out or else. Phil ittner joins us now from kiev. Phil, while the Monitoring Team makes its way there, you had a chance to speak with u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon. What did he have to say . Reporter well, morgan, youre right, we did have exclusive access to ban kimoon as he took a tour of the memorials on maidan square and independent square where many of the clashes too took place to oust president vik...

Year. At this time theyre recognizing. I would like to thank the witnesses for sharing their insights today. 2011 i led a resolution welcoming the independence of south sudan, and urging that its leaders address some of of the long standing challenges in order to put them on a path towards longterm stability. And just three years down from the date of the referendum, as you mentioned. Secretary, deeply dispinted by the senseless violence, by the rapidly expanding political challenge in south sudan. A thorough engagement. Ambassador booth is showing and for our ability to step up to the plate q...

But they do not have the full delegation that it wants. So are you sensing that without that full delegation and yet having participants from both sides that can speak, are you sensing that these talks are going to yield any breakthroughs . Not at the moment. We got agreement, i understand, from ambassador booth from sesation of hostilities. But the other side is still insisting that the 11 detainees be released before they sign off on anything. And we are working here in washington to pressure the government to release the detainees. The two negotiators, the kenyan and ethiopian negotiators w...

Sanctions fit in with what the white house has done over the past week . They anticipate adding some names. The thinking here is to go after the people who are financing putin and you are really the moneybags in the eyes of the congress. It would add on to what the administration has already done. There were a couple of rounds of sanctions this past week and the russians retaliated, slapping sanctions on members of congress and white house officials. Congress is getting in the game along with white house. We heard from the majority leader before they left, thisll be the first thing to take up ...