Clinton Praises Newly Elected Honduran President

In remarks made at the U.S. State Department Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that Honduran "President-elect Lobo has launched a nation dialogue, he's called for the formation of a nation unity government and a truth commission, as set forth in the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord. That is an agreement that the Hondurans themselves reached. We helped to facilitate it, but the Hondurans decided they wanted a local resolution." (0:43)
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Clinton Gives Account Of Zelaya Expulsion

In remarks given Friday at the State Department, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton briefly details the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya earlier this year. (0:25)
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Clinton: U.S. Condemned Honduran President's Expulsion

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the coup in Honduras involving ousted President Manuel Zelaya, saying that "since the coup, the United States has been committed both to our democratic principles and to providing help to the Hondurans to find a way back to a democratic and constitutional order. We condemned President Zelaya's expulsion, we've taken concrete steps to demonstrate unequivocally our opposition. But we've continued to try to reach out and work with diverse sectors in Honduras." (0:27)
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Sen. McCain Asks What Civilian Strategy For Afghanistan Is

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) asked what the U.S. civilian strategy in Afghanistan is during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday.

"What is our strategy for helping the Afghans build economic and political order after we clear a whole ground? What is our strategy for supporting Afghan leaders in reforming and strengthening their government? What is our strategy for working with President Karzai and getting the best performance possible from him and his government?" McCain asked. (0:36)
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Sen. Levin: Shortage Of Afghan Troops Is Our Achilles Heel

Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) quotes a Marine company commander during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing, saying, "our Achilles' heel in Afghanistan, in the words of one Marine company commander, is not a shortage of troops- it's a shortage of Afghan troops." (0:26)
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Bloomberg Blasts NY State Law On Teacher Evaluations

Says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, "The [New York] State Legislature passed a law last year that tells principals that they can evaluate teachers on any criteria they want, just not on student achievement data. That's like saying to hospitals 'You can evaluate heart surgeons on any criteria you want, just not patient survival rates.' You really can't make this up!" (0:39)
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Duncan: Americans Hungry For Education Reform

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says "there's an appetite, there's a willingness now, a sense of urgency around the country that hasn't existed before. And our goal is to capture that to build upon the courage, the great leaderships of the local level and fundamentally transform education." (0:21)
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Education Secretary: "When Adults Fight, Children Lose"

Speaking on Wednesday about the need for drastic education reform, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says that say that "when adults fight, children lose."(0:50)
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New Program Is Not A "Competition Between States" Says Education Secretary

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he doesn't see the "Race to the Top" program as "a competition between states," but more of "a test of two things: the courage and the capacity within states to deliver dramatically better results for children." (0:38)
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Education Secretary Says New Initiative Isn't About The Money

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says the current administration's "Race to the Top" education program "isn't about the money." (0:39)
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Napolitano Says Human Trafficking Is A Global Problem

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says "human trafficking affects hundreds of thousands of victims a year, many of whom are forced into prostitution, domestic servitude, or other labor. This is a global problem, this is a problem of the utmost importance, and that all countries must work together to combat it." (0:26)
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Napolitano Says U.S. Is Joining Biometric Sharing Program

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. will soon "join a biometric sharing initiative involving Canada, Australia and the U.K. to strengthen the integrity of our immigration systems." Adds Napolitano, "Biometrics continues to be a powerful tool to prevent terrorists and criminals from crossing our shared border and preventing identity theft and asylum fraud." (0:43)
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Napolitano Lists New Shared Security Initiatives Between U.S., Canada

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that she and Public Safety Canada Minister Peter Van Loan "outlined a set of shared goals to help us further our common security and economic objectives." The initiatives include "developing a better understanding of the threats we face, improving information sharing, expanding joint law enforcement operations, discussing how we manage risk while we simultaneously facilitate trade and travel, and how we improve coordination during emergencies." (0:42)
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Wanted To Meet With Obama, Was Interrogated Instead

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) says that Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, wanted to meet with President Obama during his trip to China, but "instead got a harsh interrogation with the Chinese police." (0:35)
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Republican Smith Recants Chinese Attorney's Testimony On Forced Abortion

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) re-tells Chinese human rights attorney Jiang Tianyong's testimony from a November 10 hearing in Washington D.C., where he describes a forced abortion in China, under the one-child policy. Tianyong had requested to meet with President Obama during his recent trip to China, but was turned down by officials. (0:45)
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Labor Secretary Recalls Helping Undocumented Students Go To College

Speaking at the sixth annual Latino Luncheon Series in Washington, D.C. on Friday, U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis recalls legislation she put forth while a member of the California statehouse in support of giving undocumented students the right to have access to attend public colleges and universities. (:44)
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Kansas Republican Invokes "Cool Hand Luke" Over Air Force Tanker Contract

Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) says the issue involving the WTO, the EU, Airbus and the U.S. military was like the movie "Cool Hand Luke. Says Roberts, "what we have here is a failure to communicate." (0:38)
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Pentagon Should Keep Air Force Contracts In U.S. Says Republican Bond

Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.) says he doesn't "think our European friends should be rewarded with U.S. contracts for products they illegally subsidized. It's time the Pentagon starts looking out for maintaining our own defense industrial base." (0:28)
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EU, Airbus Are Benefitted At Expense Of U.S. Workers Says Democrat Murray

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says Wednesday that "Now that WTO has ruled that what the EU and Airbus are doing is illegal, we don't think they should be allowed to continue benefitting at the expense of our workers." (0:46)
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Sen. Murray Blasts Airbus-European Union Alliance

Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says "unfortunately, Airbus and the European Union have refused to allow fair competition. They use the aerospace industry as a jobs program and they use billions of dollars in illegal launch aid to fund it. They don't even require Airbus to repay the subsidies if the aircraft is unsuccessful. So it's no risk, all reward for the company."(0:43)
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