Referendum Is Key To CPA And Peace, Claims US Official

US Agency for International Development Sudan Mission Director William Hammink discusses what the 2011 Sudanese referendum means for citizens in the north and south of Sudan and what the United States is doing to help keep this process peaceful.  (0:29)

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White House Encouraged By Serious Attitude At Peace Talks

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs talks about President Obama’s reaction to yesterday’s meetings with the Middle Eastern leaders.  
He said that the President was encouraged by the serious attitude that each of the leaders brought about a long-term lasting peace. Gibbs describes the meetings as an important opportunity. However, he also reminds that there is still deep divisions and years of mistrust to overcome. (:53)

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U.N. Talk Radio Day: Interview with the U.N. Millennium Campaign

TRNS Managing Editor Victoria Jones speaks with Anita Sharma with the United Nations Millennium Campaign about what her organization is doing to combat world poverty. (11:31)
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"That was not a war"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a public hearing on current U.S. Military Aid to the Middle East, retired Ambassador Edward Peck said that the fighting in Gaza is not a war. He said, "That wasn't a war. There are not two armies fighting there. There was a huge powerful army, armed, financed and equipped by us, kicking the crappe, that's a French word, c-r-a-p-p-e, kicking the crappe out of a helpless, defenseless people, who had nothing to fight back with."
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Inaugural Radio Row: Dr. Harlan Ullman

International Affairs Correspondent Blanquita Cullum talks to Dr. Harlan Ullman Senior Adviser Center for Strategic and International Studies about the Bush administration and Obama as the new president. (5:33)
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Bush says freedom will again prevail in Iraq

President George W. Bush speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters today. Bush speaks about the ideological struggle against violent extremism, which the USIP is playing an important role. USIP is working in Iraq to improve the government and promoting peaceful engagement. (0:43)
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Peace is a nonpartisan issue

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters today. Reid said that the building will life forever as a symbol of hope that the United States will continue to build monuments to peace not to war. USIP has served America well in its work in Iraq, Iran, Korea, Columbia, Pakistan and other places around the world. (1:00)


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Securing peace is just as important as winning wars

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters today. Reid said that there is no military power like the United States, but winning the peace is much more difficult and it can’t be done by the military alone. He said that was called America’s smart power - that securing peace is just as important as winning wars. (0:52)


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Peace is the hope for humanity

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters. Pelosi speaks of a world worth living for a all men and women for all time. The USIP helps the United States move toward a more respectful, generous and peaceful world. (0:42)
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Pelosi believe in a world where weak are safe and the strong are just

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters. Speaking about former President John F. Kennedy’s commencement remarks at American University, that the United States will never start a war, we will do our best to build a world of peace. Kennedy’s words summarized his foreign policy, to build a world where the weak are safe and the strong are just which carries over to the USIP. (0:48)


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