land of the red man but then came the white man and the black man and the yellow man and i thought about this, and i thought about nature. aren't there white horses, black horses, riding horses, horses of many colors? and i thought about birds and there are white birds and black birds and brown birds and redbirds, but all one bird, all one horse koln all one man. the great spirit wanted this to become the land of all the people and so it shall be forever more. ..

the most remarkable part of the america of, actually the most diverse part of america. at each and every person and here is a member of the tribe intends to remain true uart and to retain and pass on that identity, your culture, your traditions, the guests are unique political status within the const petition at the united states. each generation of american indians usually has to educate

the rest of the country about what that status is. who we are and who we intend to be. our navajo breath and have a real story, a phrase they use going to take a little liberty with it. but the long walk, one of the great tragedies that are as a people. we have to remember what we think about the long walk up a little bit different than a lot of traditions in oklahoma, which aired he is coming true tears, chickasaw. for so many of our tribes, the long walk we know the history and of course most everybody in this room does is a two-way walk. so i bought walk away is a long walk back home, too. warren gates native american in on what he is the longest walk in native history. much of it is a walk away from who we were. and sometimes force relocation,,

forced assimilation, sometimes force efforts to literally eliminate tribal governments altogether. but for now i think at the turning point we are in the long lot back. the long walk.com, the long walk back to retaining our sovereignty, retaining their identity and retaining and celebrating the unique contribution that each and every indian nation makes to this wonderful nation that we all call the united states of america. thank you very much. [applause] >> and i yuan know why we are so proud of our emerald chickasaw member of congress and his profound words that he shared with us today. today we also are on the to be able to be joined by two other

members of congress. it gives us a good example of this bipartisan effort to really come together. so i want to introduce them to recognize today with chairman akaka who is that chairman of the senate committee and indian affairs on a native hawaiian. he has brought the spirit of cultural protection, the importance of some of the values of our language program and of course the hope and opportunities to come forward as part of his championship in the senate committee. he is joined today by vice chairman, senator barrasso from wyoming, who is among any and has support for any country is really championing the energy bill in moving forward with the energy bill that we think is going to be another great economic opportunity for all indian countries. if either one if you like to say a few words, we'd be glad to be both come come up here by standing together like you do in the committee.

[applause] >> hello hot. it's a pleasure to be with you today and to hear mci's friends and kills assessment of the state of the indian nation and tribe of priorities for the coming year. it is important for our native american communities to be the american indians, alaska natives or even native hawaiian to take stock of where they are in fact

achievable goals for the coming year. and this time, when all government are having to do more with less, we must endeavor to strengthen the ability of tribal governments to develop their local economies, spur job creation and meet the needs of their people. as chairman of the senate committee on indian affairs, i am committed to reminding my colleagues about our trust responsibility on the promise made to tribal nations and working to protect the federal program and services that are mandatory to meeting that responsibility.

vice chairman for us to and i continue to lead the committee in a bipartisan manner to resolve ambiguity to native communities and the jurisdiction of their government. we look to advance native solution for native concerns. and this congress, the committee has held numerous hearings, roundtables and listening session because i believe in hearing from the stakeholders as we do important work impact in indian country. native communities are innovative in their approaches to self-sufficiency, particularly in energy, economic

development and education. they are demonstrating the capacity to me that means that the communities and we must remove barriers to their work. in keeping with the federal policy of self-determination and self-governance, the committee will continue to build the record on issues vital to native peoples. the unique identities and the importance of the homeland will work with you to build the foundation for a new era in the government to government relationship. you also have a strong partner in the obama administration in the assistant secretary and we

have had good cooperation with them in relationship and also with the secretary salazar is the as many of you know, my priorities are the two fix legislation and the native hawaiian government reorganization act, both are vital to ensuring parity in federal law to and resolving ambiguities in america's relationship with this first peoples. the contrary six bill clarifies the secretary of the interior's ability to take land into trust for all tribes, an authority that the secretary has exercised for more than 75 years.

in natives in rural communities across the country and in legislative fixed rates over 100,000 jobs for american workers and significantly improves law enforcement on and near reservations. we are seeing new legal challenges to the status of indian land. these kinds of lawsuits cost money. and that is better spent meeting the needs of native peoples. this issue is bipartisan and bicameral support. and i extend my hello hot tonight good friend, tom cole for his leadership on this issue. almost 120 years ago, the united

states aided in the illegal overthrow of hawaii. depriving native hawaiians of the traditional government. shortly thereafter. the congress began exercising its indian affairs powers. to address native hawaiian condition has done so in over $150 to 100 years later an apology to the native hawaiian people for the united states will overthrow the kingdom and expression of their right to self-determination was enacted. native hawaiians have waited too long for just those. it is time to make things right and pass my bill. under my direction, committee will continue to it then several

other important bills. the native class that of powers, native communities to implement strategies that produce strong educational outcomes for their children. to save native women act ensures that tribes have the authority and resources to address issues of violence against women. these bills go to the heart of a community's ability to thrive. as the native hawaiian working with others, doing things and right and just as the cornerstone of who i am. my career is proof that being who we are as native peoples is

the fact that in washington d.c. [applause] i do encourage tribal nations to participate in the process. meet with my committee staff to share your concerns and solutions and continue to move forward together. we are part of a great nation and we must continue to keep it great. i'm a coming together and working together, we can bring it about. i look forward to working with you all on your priorities.

i want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to make these remarks. god bless you, god bless your families. god lets the indians and nci and the alaskans and god loves the united states of america. [applause] >> i wanted to stand here today with our chairman to show how we want to continue to work together in a bipartisan way and we will continue to do that on behalf of the indian people. thank you, mr. chairman.

[applause] i wanted to be here to express to president keel my appreciation, my admiration and my respect. and so grateful to be here with you and representative cole's statement is absolutely right. flexibility and authority. i like to thank you for sharing this wonderful stories in the history of venice was your great aunt story. those are lessons that we should and can never forget. they are critical for all of us. listen very closely to the remark. enter me in all comes down to what is the headline? tear down the barriers to success and you continue to face this barriers to success. this was the obstacles that you have set a modest but we are going to continue to do as we

work to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of economic success, jobs, health care, education and a better way of life. so i just am i to be here to share with you chairman and with representatives whole oliver concerns as well as their good wishes. thank you so much for letting me be with you today. [applause] >> thank you again to members of congress for joining us today. we know you're busy schedules, but we are honored by your presence. at this time as i took been up for questions. we will start by opening up the question to her prize and that we will go open it up to questions of other folks. we do have people online. we have over 500 nights watching life right now. as well as the taping that would

have been an c-span and others are taping throughout the radio stations. we will be taking questions online via the ipaq. so any questions or press, could you please state who you are and who you represent. we do have microphones. thank you. [inaudible] >> do you think that allows tribes and especially some of these bills that have lingered in the senate, do you think that kind of opens the door for is that these notes because there is such bipartisan agreement on them to become top priority for this congress click >> i state my hopes up. to think as you mention the price and good luck, i think the partisan gridlock is not because of the bills that affect indian people. as we said earlier, congress has found common ground on this issues that affect indian

country. on the indian policy, i think he's the across both idols support for those programs. i don't know what the outcome will be in some of these bills getting them past, but certainly we are encouraged by the bipartisan support for office bills in the thank you for that question. >> good morning. i'm levi record with the native peace network. yesterday the u.s. census bureau released the figures. 70% of american indians lived off her away from tribal lands. what can be done to make sure our indians who are living in urban against rural setting can get benefit to so much of the money that goes directly to tribes? >> that is an interesting question. and thank you for that. we do realize that the urban

indian population, the populations of indian people in the urban areas are growing. many of our people have left in the two urban areas because of the lack of job opportunities, lack of programs and access to those opportunities in and around our local communities. the travel governments themselves are looking at opportunities to assist those tribal members. it is very difficult particularly in those areas where the dollars are limited and because federal dollars are appropriated or utilize by those that are benefited within the local community. and so, i know that in ca i and some other partner organizations have looked at how we can help those people and those urban areas. particularly in health care rainout, we have ever been health care centers that provide hope care and access to health care for those that reside in

those areas. but those are limited. we don't have this and all the areas we need. we simply have a few, a handful of those health care centers. we need her. but it is a very difficult question and one that we continue to work on. jacky cao july 2 at their? >> i went to that one thing. yesterday was a great day when they release that report at the museum on the native american museum and we are pleased whensoever staff also be part of that. but look at the map that is in a press release on the poor. if you look at the maps, the concentration of natives is really close and adjacent to native communities. so even though we do have a large spread above you would call urban indian, the highest concentrations are really adjacent to the tribal key communities. >> next question. any other press with questions? yes.

>> alex reece, contract news service. as just wondering the president said of the union on this the other day did mention a try for try for a thousand native americans in the armed forces. however, he failed to mention more about the native american communities. what is your response to that because as you said you are the first american? >> thank you. obviously, would like a lot more exposure. a lumbar comments from the president about the native communities and the policies that affect our citizens. but i think the state of the nation addressed by the president was correct it more to congress. i think his priorities for looking further and was more broad in the context of the nation as a whole and madness fairly focused on native american. a few months ago -- a month or so ago there were tribal leaders at the tribal nation summit that

was held here in washington d.c. in december. tribal leaders -- 12 tribal leaders scripters sicken me up meet with the president one-on-one one afternoon. many of those tribal leaders, in fact all the tribal leaders that were there i happened to be honored to be be part of that. we did direct questions to the president. and we asked him for specific areas of support. and obviously, the time is an escape. we do expect in the future, we asked for additional meetings with the president. not just a one-time meeting once a year, but these meetings with the cabinet secretaries. those are the people who really affect the indian programs and the services that are provided to native americans. we asked for that and i asked for support. we asked for meetings at the out

of management and budget and other high-level agent needs. that is where really we need to be concentrated. so you would love to the president address and talk about native americans, but is set to tribal leaders to continue to ask for access to the white house and access to him. i have to say this president, president obama made some commitments to indian country during his campaign when he was running for president. he has kept his word. he has placed people in strategic important positions within his administration and they are doing a tremendous job. but it limited. again, access is limited and we need to expand in many routers support. thank you. >> and the president's message, lack he talked about was trying to address the economic security of this country. but above program flexibility,

we are asking for the same thing the president was speaking about in his address today's ago. we actually have developed a report that we shared with the white house to defend meetings at the white house to talk about some specific areas of programs like ability. we are hoping we will be part of -- part of the work he's doing within the administration, targeting those areas where without a lot of new money, but a little more government flexibility or program will be more efficient. >> anybody else? >> dennis bowtie, national museum of the american indian. also in yesterday's release of the census figures, a very high percentage of american indians are under the age of 24. what would your suggestion to all of indian country and how we can mobilize the indian vote between 18 and 24?

>> well, i'll ask jackie to talk about the native vote and get out the native vote because we do have a concentrated effort to get out the native vote this coming year. it is important that we mobilize their young people, not just the first time voters, but that is an important segment, but all of our native citizen and all the communities to get out, get registered and vote. when we look at how many were not even registered four years ago to the presidential election, almost a million people were not registered to vote. that is a significant piece of leverage to use in his native election. it is important that we not only talk about getting out the native vote, but we concentrate our efforts and how to do that. jackie has worked extremely hard and our staff and our sister agencies and partners in indian country have worked hard to do that. i'm going to ask her to address what we are doing specifically

in particularly these large indian population areas. >> gray. we have a plan. go to nativevote.org and you'll see our plan. we have a campaign for the year, just targeting our tribal leaders. we will after he tried to adding native vote coordinator. monthly trainings for the coordinators, would it be for the tribe a mistake by region, organization. we met with all the native nonprofits on monday and had to them about what they can do and what they can do regarding supporting our native vote efforts. we met with the regional tribal associations last friday and talked to them about what we can do is first training in their communities. we partnered with rock the vote and other areas to build in their civic curriculum. we will have a neato curriculum that will supplement tears for schools with high populations of native student. and we have a whole native youth

vote campaign that is going on in addition to the regular. nativevote.org you learn about it. thanks. the mac i want to add one area and that is i wanted to bang the members of congress that have come here today and a congressman cole for his remarks. senator akaka, senate bracero, another time is critical. but we talk about people who support indian issues, who are supportive. not just because they are required to. not because they have constituents that within their legislative districts, but because they understand what it really means. that is what we need in indian country. we need to native vote to get out in activist candidate, i not who and what they are, where they come from. do they support our programs? and if they do, let's support them. let's help them. that's what we need to do. but it is more than just talking

about it. way to organize and mobilize them. thank you. >> i got busy they are. >> i'm going to take a question from one of the reporters online. this is from mark drew upon her and drew upon reports. question for president keel. can this bipartisan group to seek tribes especially for medicaid and other entitlement programs? >> i think he is referring to the bipartisan cooperation. i would be great. [laughter] i would love to see that. i think that indian country would love to see this entitlement as the 51st state. there has been a lot of talk about that in the past and we talk about particularly at the centers for cms, i know they've talked about some of these regulations and how we can expand those.

another type to read the dose is leading at hhs to get indian people in indian programs involved in how we can expand the services to all native americans. i want to thank her for that support and not help. [applause] that is a great topic for us discussing something they need to continue on. thank you for the question. i know i didn't answer, but i thank you for the question. >> maryjane boatman with the national education association, opposite minority outreach. i want to commend ncai for bridging the divide and bring this form to indian country is typically a cost of our children. are we going to have any kind of a pool on how any native youth across the country in public schools had access an opportunity to participate? as a follow-up comment may be a challenge to engage her native

youth through twitter feed because i really want to know what our native youths beat back from this phenomenal event is. >> great, thank you. we did extensive outreach and i will tell you we have a tweet here or from a youth who wants to know, or be -- i think this is your name, terminator burnaby. so maybe i should say that. but how do we connect are used -- how do we connect our youth to the leaders who spoke during the national congress of american indians and where the mentor program? ds, you have a mentor program. we have fellas and interns to come to ncai. a good share of first half, fellas and interns and we also have a youth commission. we have a number of these partners we collaborate together

with, including ncai and nie. are these hmr website weekend connect to use in many ways and will continue to connect with you. we have a great agenda for this year. one last question here. can i have a question from the audience? >> jay myers. you speak of the bipartisan approach is sometimes in congress is on different pieces of legislation. but that doesn't always translate into success. can you identify two pieces of legislation that you believe must be passed by the upcoming session of congress before it can be viewed as a success by the ending country? >> i think the most pressing need do we have is the legislation -- that has been a priority for indian country for the past several years and it

almost was passed last year. we almost got there. we ran into a whole i believe, but that is the number one priority. the other goodby is a much earlier, the violence began chairwomen and they save native women at. all of those have bipartisan support. the number one would either criteria six. we absolutely need that fixed today. thank you. >> i apologize. we ran out of time for questions. every understand does not like china question him i will answer those questions to you. if you have other questions, would be glad to answer them. get a hold of our press office or go to ncai.org and the questions will forward to s. thank you for listening and being part of our annual state of the indian nations address in on behalf of the national congress of american indians, i'd like to think the span,

native was one of the tribal public radio stations across the nation and all the online viewers at ncai.org for realizing the portends of this event today. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the director of national intelligence, james clapper said today in washington, the cloud computing will play a large role as the nation's intelligence agencies work to share more and more data securely.

>> by the end of my second term -- [cheers and applause] we will have the first on the moon and it will be american. by the end of 20 to 18, we will have the first continuous propulsion system and space capable of getting to mars in a remarkably short time because i'm sick of being told we have to be timid and sick of being told we had to be limited to technologies that are fit years old. the mac and when the founders said that the creator has endowed us with certain unalienable rights among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, they laid out a path

for america that was not temporary, but enduring. a path that says in america we can pursue happiness as we choose if we do not need a government to tell us what kind of cartagena. we don't need the government to toss what label they cannot you do not need to tell us what tenet healthcare were going to have. >> director of national intelligence, james clapper discusses information sharing in the intelligence community. he spoke at the center persecuted and international studies for about 50 minutes. >> okay, folks. [inaudible conversations] grade. thank you all for coming. i am delighted you're here. my name is john hamre, president

of the sis. i have no role here, but an ornamental one that you say welcome to all of you. i am delighted you're here. i did warn general clapper this is one of the most dangerous audiences have ever seen because they look laziness and pain. think tanks don't always have people come to know something. this is a knowledgeable group that is here. we are delighted you're here. thank you very much. this would be an interesting session. i will turn to dance prieto to introduce things. i did want to say a word of thanks to my friend, general clapper. i had nothing to do with inviting him, so i feel completely liberty to say what i think about him, which is he is one of my real heroes. this is a man who is dedicated his life to something much bigger than himself and that is serving his country.

he's done a spectacular job in virtually every position that the government has in the area of intelligence and national security. the only thing he failed at honestly was try to be a civilian for the period of time. he never liked that very much. and when called to come back into service after a very distinguished military career, callback to come into service, what to nga, transform and gave it the most complicated name in history for an agency. but then that not of course to him being pulled in -- and to the defense department as the under-secretary for intelligence and that of course led to his current role as director of national intelligence, where he is doing a spectacular job. we've had, ever since the dni was established, it has been an area of additional resources and

now we have this pivot point. that's become a new favorite washington word. pivot point. we're pivoting to an era where there is some authority unfortunately, general has such a broad base and doubts in the understanding that he knows how to guide it through this perilous time and i think he is doing a terrific job. now this is -- this is a very awkward time for general because the budget is not formally release. so i am just going to give him position up front to refuse to answer some of your questions if he decides to. as has always been the case, he's willing to put at risk his own career, but i'm not willing to do it for him. so i'll give him permission to say i can't answer that because the president's budget is not. it's up to him to decide what he wants to do. a very famous american once said he wanted to judge people by the content of their care are coming

at the color of their skin. i know the content of this man's character and molecular having this service. dan, i want to thank our friends at ibm that are giving us the possibility to bring this public forum to this audience today we are glad you are all here. when we turn to you? >> thank you. my name is dan prieto, vice president for public sector strategy at ibm. we are pleased to be trained to strategic industry partner for this important conference in the hearing that's gone on for information sharing. today's conference again is an important step to continue this dialogue and conflict is focused on information sharing, adapting and improving the environment. in the years since the information sharing environment was established by terrorism prevention act of 2004, with come a long way in terms of predict and in preventing

incidents, not simply responding after the fact your by better sharing come anticipating in real-time. today's program lines of ibm's long-standing commitment to support our nation's effort to strengthen information sharing and improve global security. many members of the ibm team are participating in events throughout the course of the day and we appreciate the opportunity to engage in these discussions. now it is my honor to tell you a little more than what dr. kay hamre date. director of national intelligence, james clapper was sworn in as. director of national intelligence, james clapper was sworn in as. director of national intelligence, james clapper was sworn in as community and serves as the, james clapper was sworn in as community and serves as the pretense of old advisor for the president. he is long and distinguished career in the u.s. armed forces beginning of the rifleman in the u.s. marine corps reserve and culminating with lieutenant general in the u.s. air force and director of the defense intelligence agency. over 32 years in uniform service

company also helped the russian chief of staff or intelligence to the u.s. air force headquarters during operation desert shield and desert storm and director of intelligence for three were fighting command, u.s. forces in korea. i've know, he also served two combat tours during the stage of conflict and core mission over laos and cambodia. he first retired in 1995 and worked in industry for 16 years as an executive on three companies with business focus on intelligence community. jirgas consultant and adviser to congress the department of defense and has a wide variety of government panel sports commissions and advisory groups. he was a member of the downy assessment task force that investigated the bombings in 1996 and is vice chairman of the commission chaired by former governor gilmore of virginia on the subject, purity. he returned to government in 2001 and the first civilian to tour the national imagery and

mapping the served as direct or for five years, transforming that work in patient. he then served for over three years into administration says the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, where he served as staff assistant adviser to deputy secretary of defense on counterintelligence and security matters for the department. he was also added as director of intelligence for the dni. he and his bashers screamed government and politics from the university of maryland and masters degree in legal signs for st. mary's university, san antonio, texas an honorary doctorate in strategic intelligence from the joint military intelligence college. he's won numerous awards. national intelligence, to defense distinguished service medals. the air force distinguished service medal, postcard public service award on the department of defense, distinguished civilian service award and host of other awards and decorations. he was named as one of the top 100 i.t. executives by federal computer week in 2001 and has

been singled out in the form of its national distinguished service award and has been awarded the presidential he can for national security metal. i have the honor of meeting general clapper in 2007 was served on account of foreign relations task force and i had the honor working with the intelligence and national security alliance, supporting direct or clapper's thinking about civil liberties and keeping the country safe. in both experiences the general, i know is commanded to keep safe and to information sharing and i know his commitment to civil liberties. but that i would like to introduce stricter and we look forward to a good day. [applause] >> it would be nice if i just quit while i was ahead. i appreciate the very generous, very kind introduction. i certainly appreciate csis for

this opportunity to kick off a very important dialogue. obviously, i don't need to tell discard information sharing has any use to me in a forest all since 9/11. you know, the notion of sharing is an interesting concept that can be phenomenal. it can be dangerous. it depends on what is shared and with whom it is shared. there is an old eastern spain that thousands of candles can be lighted in the kindle will not be shortened. happiness never decreases by being shared. that is a little too warm and fuzzy for you, i also found some words written by a noted harvard professor who is collecting data is only first step towards this end. sharing data is the first step towards community. that applies within the

intelligence community. at the same time, as you know we have the dilemma of protect team information. and so, there is this dilemma that we are wrestled with, particularly those in this group and not you balance the two. we are here today to talk about the sharing of information and so we might define that as a national responsibility to ensure that any person with the perp reignition needs can discover and access actionable information at the right time. to successfully prevent harm to the american people and at the same time protect national security. we believe, i certainly do, they sharing must done responsibly, seamlessly purely.

with regard to -- the safeguards in place to protect the privacy, civil rights and civil liberties as well as to prevent unauthorized disclosure. in short, the right data anytime, anyplace come the authorized by any recipient are preventable by lower policy and not technology protected by a comprehensive regimen of accountability. that is our vision or in a nutshell, sharing and safeguarding all information exquisitely imperfectly. that is the course that nirvana of information sharing, one we may not always achieve, but that certainly is the goal. and as we all know, particularly in the last 10 years, it is not an easy. and information sharing goes far beyond the college's community.

where i work, they can get a little bit using. so i won it by way of explaining his son a good futures are explaining relationships of faith event. so this morning you will be hearing from six other old from my office, office of direct or of national intelligence. so the panel first -- the first panel will be dashed on it will be what is called the program manager for the information sharing environment. and although shim under his tethered to the dni, he is the national lead for all u.s. government information sharing. and in that context reports directly to the white house. so he cuts across the entire fabric of the u.s. government, straddling the other domains

besides intelligence, which means law enforcement, public safety, homeland security, defense and foreign affairs. so he has a broader mission, including synergizing and aligning the field with the white house. so intel, sort of my domain is just one area that he touches it influences. i'd also like to recognize david shedd, now director of the intelligence agency on that first panel. david isn't odeon i plan colder. he was there at the beginning in 2005. on the second panel, which deals with the culture of information sharing is horrendous stone. she is the lead on my staff for information sharing within nic, the position that i established when i came on in this job. so devoted to this project as

she came off maternity leave just to be here. so this is her idea of fun. get a babysitter and come to a conference sponsored by csis. she will be talking to you about how to change a culture to increase information sharing, which is the worst one of the challenges we have in the intelligence community. and in a way we are doing a, somewhat accelerated i suppose by wikileaks is increasing the confidence that the information is secure. there are often times, although it's probably a mischaracterization that there is a zero-sum relationship between the need to share in the need protect. maybe it's better and more accurate to coordinate how do we increase the. so corrine makes sure we have

policies, procedures and technologies only place that sharing our nation, protect the information and safeguards civil liberties and privacy. and at this sort of those three pillars of those three factors that we have to reconcile and synchronize. the third panel today on efficiency, scope and privacy has on it. mike kyl and wes wilson for the national counterterrorism were an ctc, another new feature of the entire landscape that was part of the intelligence reform act terrorism prevention act. at vtc also housed in go dni, with again a special relationship with the president. the fourth in math panel has civil liberties and privacy officer, alex jewell. i think there is a message just in the fact that i law on this

staff is a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer, who alex i think is a national asset, is a very, very trusted adviser on many of our most important issues. he will be with others who focus on how we have policy and the cooperation of remarks. so just all to say we heavily represent to this conference because the importance on the subjects. let me just touch on a few points and nine although it's dangerous, i'll take questions. one of the things that is sort of a new thing for me in this job is of course engaged in the domestic arena, particularly with the law enforcement

community. i've had occasion to engage quite a bit, particularly through the auspices of the international association of chiefs of police and many subordinate task forces and organizations. and as was alluded to, retired military, but i've grown to have great respect for what the law enforcement community does to protect our security in this country as well. and found them to be a gold mine up with demand and tight when it comes to what i call street intelligence. like the military intelligence community overseas committee to put their lives on the line here at home. many years ago, i remember i was president of the community association i lived in, something i will never do it again. and i've set up -- helped set up one of the first neighborhood watch programs in fairfax county

way back in the 70s. in the practice of doing that, had the opportunity to do some ride along with fairfax county police and later on but that virginia's the police. it is quite an education to sit inside a police cruiser and look out and see what our police and law enforcement deal with day in and day out. he pulled somebody over in idea what you're getting into and of course the scariest call the law enforcement officials don't like to get and they always go in pairs as a domestic disturbance. anyway, it was sensitivity training for me having that experience in knowing what time for some people do day in and day out. i think he will bring an initiative sharing that is working with law enforcement.

so, let me just briefly addressed the six key points about the sharing of intelligence. the first of course is integration, which you may have heard is kind of my emphasis, my shtick, my mantra in this job as focusing on intelligence integration. absolutely mission-critical for intelligence community. our vision if you will is simply a nation made morris to cure because of a fully integrated and intelligent community. for all u.s. government, threats require rest to share information. second night, doing this requires some standardization and we are pursuing some efficient these, as all of sire, in our business. i met yesterday with her

colleagues and one of them offered at the turn that has become popular in this country is australia efficiency dividend, which is an orwellian euphemism for cut. anyway, we are doing that as well. one of the things in the big i.t. department, somewhat influenced by budget pressure and type is for the first time ever, an integrated i.t. enterprise across the major intelligence agencies and the community. this is something we've talked about for years. we just never were impelled to do it and now we are. i always loved the line of the new zealand does it say, robert rutherford in 1927, teetering with the new zealand gadget

crazed as is a paraphrase running out of money so he must begin the game. so we are kind of in that mode now. anyway, one of those is cloud computing, which i think has huge potential for achieving savings in providing integration of course attended to that will be a requisite for security as well. but like i.t. is an enabler, not a panacea. a third keep point isn't protect them privacies, civil rights and civil liberties is paramount. again in this job, i have become particularly sensitive to this issue and this is a big deal in this country is that not the. i think there is a maturity and sophistication today's committee about his tight thing or credit

with the public doesn't appreciate oversea. the protecting the rights of americans is core to our information sharing efforts. amnesty requires enterprise white approach. for it, sharing it safe guarding information must be done in tandem. i guess this would be the opportunity to bring up wikileaks, which of course is then a terrible event for us that is caused to two make some changes in our community, in terms of auditing, monitoring, controlling the media. we have to do more to just tag data and ensure that we can properly identify people so that we are sharing information. we are assured that they have the bona fides and they are

actually authorize to receive the information. it is sort of counterintuitive, but by having greater activity management and improved labeling, tagging and cataloging data, that actually both ensures security and also enhance says sharing. if you can be sure that the information that you are sharing is actually going to nonserious recipient, that actually is an inducement to do more sharing. now, we will of course as we always do instill all of the appropriate i.t. mousetraps to prevent recurrence of wikileaks. but in the end, our system is based on personal trust. we had an egregious violation of personal trust in the case. we've had them before and will probably have them again.

.. >> we have varying degrees of capability now in the intelligence community, and weaver going to do investing to bring that into balance. we need to develop a national insider threat policy. as i said, establish the feeds

with sharers. the goal, of course, as i said, is to find that that sweet spot between the responsibility share and the need to protect. the fifth key point is, and this is something the pnic is working hard on is embracing modeled and shared services. what that implies for me is a greater integration horizontally and vertically with tribal and private sector. they are helping to transform justice and public safety and information getting them into the information sharing business model. working to promote common

operating models and shared services. the sixth and final point is, of course, that in all of this, the challenges aren't technical as much as they are just ensuring the right policies and governance. we, in the intelligence community, developed and coordinated a strategic plan for managing i.t. information sharing activities, and the pmise working to the with us established a government mechanism for managing and overplying compliance and safeguarding standard among our partners. with that, i think i'll stop and we'll be happy to take some questions. so, are you going to moderate? okay. >> well, thank you very much, general clapper, for that. we really appreciate the remarks

and you taking time out of your extraordinary busy schedule to address this. >> i'm director of the homeland security and counterterrorism program here. i want to clarify one thing that my boss gave me the top cover to moderate the question and answer section, and i run a tight ship. this is the informs sharing conversation. this is not the iran conference or the pirate hostage rescue conference or the president's budget conference. it's the information sharing conference. don't want put me on the spot and make me hold a tight spot on what we're talking about. i'll use my prerogative as a moderator to address the first question to general clapper and his extraordinary information in this feel. particularly on the culture of information sharing, how have you seen the community, and not just the intelligence community, but the u.s. government, embrace information sharing over particularly the last ten years,

some has to be forced on them by legislation, and what, perhaps, do you think was the biggest factor that caused the increase of information sharing, and do you think it's got enough traction now where it's self-sustaining? >> well, first asked away -- i just won't answer, that's all. [laughter] the biggest event which was an epiphany for all of us was 9/11, and having been around intelligence community, you know, a long time, i think that event and what ensued after it was a small thing for us, certainly in the intelligence community, and i think, you know, the larger government. you know, classically, historically, it was -- yeah, there was this fire wall that having grown up in the intelligence business between foreign and domestic. i was a young pup at nsa in the

1970s and watch churchpipe hearings which were, you know, addressed a lot of abuses, frankly, that went on under the montra of foreign intelligence, but was done, you know, illegally, really, in the united states, maybe well intended, but bad for the country. that led to the first version of the executive order 12333 leading out specifically and reaffirmed that fire wall between foreign and domestic. well, all of that came, of course, to a halt, dramatic halt with 9/11, and so that has what has caused us, you know >> and

securely, but protect civil liberties, and that to answer your question, will it stick, is there enough momentum and traction, absolutely -- i don't think there's any question about that, and now that said, because of the history where we have been doing the foreign intelligence a lot longer than our engagement in the domestic

arena which is not as mature, there are still sort of disperties this which accrue largely from the history, and from what i have seen and several capacities with the three jobs i've had in the last ten years, i think we made great strides, that's not to say there's not more to do. >> thank you for that. okay. we do have questions. we have microphones going around. please, state your name and your afghanistan if you have one -- affiliation if you have one, please. we'll start here. >> dave, what's your best assessment of unintended information sharing, the effect on military programs in particular, the f-35 program, which was successfully hacked and is it your police belief tht brief of information resulted in

new cause in programs to reach out to compensate for those breaches 1234 >> well, i'll just say in general that this is, you know, the internet age and all of that given this, and it's led to egregious pilfering of intellectual property, and, you know, the f-35 was clearly a target, and i really can't draw any empirical conclusions for it because i don't know the impact that may have had in terms of the program stretch out or program management challenges. i just don't know, but clearly, the attacks on the property across the board, whether from individuals or nation states is a serious challenge as a country, and, you know, we need

to do something about it. >> okay. next, we'll go ahead and go over here -- the front. mike. >> thanks. kim dose with the "associated press," and you mentioned you're working hard to do things like tag the information and also put in a system where you're monitoring your own people. how far along are you on that? >> well, without getting too specific, it's a work in progress, and this will be part of our, as we go to the new architecture if you will, speaking within the intelligence community, part and parcel to this, which will certainly promote the thing i'm pushing which is integration, not to mention efficiency, will be the ability to share more broadly within the intelligence community data which is still a

challenge for us, and in doing so, when we can tag the data so we can label it, account for it, and catalog it, and then when it comes time to establish a community of interest, you know what data is in question, and if you have the information from those who need to have access to it, you can do that, you know, much more quickly and more first timely than we're able to do it -- efficiently than we're able to do it now, and that's part of what i hope will ensue with the transformation of our i.t. enterprise just within the intelligence community, so that, then, serves to emphasize the point i tried to make in the remarks, that serves to both enhance security and promote sharing. if you know what the data is in question, you know where it is and with whom it can be sharedded, and then you can account for it when it is,

you're in a much better posture both from a security as well as a sharing stand point. >> well, our plan is over the next say five years, i think we'll make -- we'll have made some serious and noticeable changes. >> okay, great, thanks. gentleman in the blue shirt. morning, sir colin clark, daily defense. there's been discussion about the continuing size of the commercial imagery by the white house, and there's a study group. what are the study group, and is the role of the commercial imagery going to change substantially? >> well, going back to before anybody heard of it and when i

first took over in 2001, we were -- i became a big believer in commercial imagery. it has the benefit, of course, of being unclassified so that is great for sharing both with coalitions overseas and domestically, and i think there's always going to be a need, a substantial need for commercial imagery within the community and for many other purposes. i don't know where we are in the study, but it should be in the next couple months, i would guess we'll have that done, and, of course, that's just a relook at the utility and the apublic the of commercial -- applicable of the commercial

imagery, but in this budget cutting, it's not considered to be in that situation as well. >> thanks. >> john, csis, formally of the cia and direct administration chief. despite what the reputation of what my former organization has in terms of sharing, i'm not, and i don't think most knowledgeable people are, i mean, you don't spend hours in a safe house in baghdad with a source if you wanted to keep it to yourself. you want people to know. you're right with the need to share and the need to protect. when you get into the terms you used bona fides and the authorities, there's a confusion on what that means? it's a distinct con straes of need to know --

contrast of need to know which was for awhile a bad term, and cui6 is a need to know, and help us understand the difference of the notion of need to know and bone bone feed with the need to know? >> there is, of course, you know, as john well knows, the need to protect and the particular sources of methods, and at the same time, you know, there's whole intelligence is cool, reported intelligence is really cool. you have this dilemma there between protecting sources of methods and the information that is then gleaned and how that information is used. what i was trying to get at is if you're able to tag and label data to break those segments, if you will, the sources and

methods opposed to the substance of the information, which is really what you need, and then you also can determine routinely and systematically so it's not a big huge deal and do it with automa tisty to establish communities of interest and this sort of thing based on a need that if the data is labeled and you know the people who need to have access to the data and we can do that on an automated basis, which we can't do very well now, but i think you promote the interest of both sharing and security. >> okay. next question here. microphone's coming. >> john paris information security oversight office. does the current system aid or

hinder information sharing, and if not, what recommendations would you have to help enhance information system in the digital age? >> well, there's nothing wrong with the system. it's how it's used, and making classification of determination, so i guess one way you could remove the hindrances is not classify anything. it would be information sharing. you know, we're tuning this a little bit, but take it to the extreme. of course, this gets to the issue of over classifying which is an allegation that is often made and there's probably some substance to those accusations. my experience in the intelligence community that a lot of what drives or motivated classification decisions and given, you know, the volume of

data we deal with is actually affected by contemporaneous circumstances, so something that we classify today would -- might make a different determination if you look at it year from now or five years from now. i do think, you know, we're very, very conservative. frankly, as a personal opinion, company position about declassifying material, but, and, again, this is another one of these nivanas, holy grail for the sweet spot of classifying, can't under classify or over classify, it has to be in the middle, but it's a difficult thing to do perfectly day in and day out. >> thank you so much. gentleman in the red tie over here. sorry, i can't see you because of the light. >> david, line systems, sir, to

your mind, which agency has the lead responsibility for sharing information about suspicious activity that has a specific attack and making sure regional stake holders are away of that? is this a structure data problem, or is this an operational problem, and who is making sure there's no problematic scene between those two perspectives? >> i'm sorry. the question is what agency -- >> [inaudible] responsibility for making sure the procedures and protocols are in place, that if you see a terrorist emitting smoke from the bag on a train, that one has data base and analyze it someone, but after --

[inaudible] the region thal level -- >> well, if i were to say there's one single agency that has a legal obligation to do that is a collective responsibility that we all have. i mean, under the scenario you sight, it's, you know, state and local officials, whoever -- starting with the citizenry for that matter and witnesses in an event like that and gets it to the appropriate authorities, i think he can speak more to the specific activity reporting, process, and the training modules set up for doing that, but i really can't, i mean, i think it would be -- well, it's not just set up that way that one element is exclusively responsible for legally accountable for ensuring that

mornings pass quickly. it's my responsibility to particularly ensure -- and that's what i've been placing so much emphasis on integration before, as i said horizontally and vertically, federal, state, local, and private sector and not implying hierarchy, but it's two ways. the next at the state level are the 72 fusion centers which is, again, there's 72 of them, not just one, that sort of are what i look upon as the organizational nexus for either bringing information up from the local level or bringing it down from the federal level. >> great. we'll did over here.

>> from bloomberg news. you talked about the insider threat policy, can you talk a little bit more about what that involves and where that is in the process and it has been a year and a half since wikileaks so where is that and what's taking so long, and can you talk, also, a little about the insider threat -- >> i didn't hear the first -- >> insider threat policy that you mentioned -- need to develop and insider threat policy if unyou correctly. >> yeah. >> what does that involve, and where is that in the process. >> well, i don't know exactly where the written document is if that's what you referred to, but i think frankly inharemly, we've always had a responsibility for detecting insider threats within the intelligence community. i just think what wikileaks has

done is heightened our sensitivity about that, so of course for an i.t. context, an insider threat is profound, and that's why i think everybody's more sensitized about being alert to detecting insider threats, and there's not a silver bullet here. you have to have that, auditing and monitoring, and we've done a lot over the last three or four years to enhance and improve and streamline the clearance process which is another dimension of this which sort of gets at the issue of personal trust. >> let's go ahead with the last question. right over here, gentleman in the glasses. >> peter bishop at wwn software.

point six, can you expand a little on that where you say that you're not looking primarily for new technology, but being more in the way of regulation policies and government. presumably, that means you're not waiting for new technology to move forward, but that you are, on the other hand, you are still open if new technology is available to help with a more perfect and exquisite sharing of information if open to it. can you expand on that? >> well, i think you said it. you answered your own question. [laughter] that's right. this has been about governance and oversight, leadership if you will, but as we're able to acquire the technology and sub -- so stanuate it where there's confidence and assurance about the data, it's content, and with

whom it's going to be shared, that serves, as i said earlier, to enhance sharing, so to the extent we bring to bear technology to facilitate that and even our big ideas aside, absolutely. >> what a brilliant last question. the question answered itself, so thank you for that. well, we have a great agenda today. i encourage you to stay behind and listen to the rest of the agenda. i thank our sponsor, ibm, for this, and i thank director clapper for taking time out of his busy schedule to share his thoughts on this important topic. thank you, sir. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

>> he spoke about the health of the global economy and the need for more trade agreements. prime minister cameron is attending the world economic forum in switzerland, an annual event held for world leaders, philanthropists, and economists. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. it gives me great pleasure to

introduce the prime minister of the united kingdom, mr. cameron. i think we are very privileged after having listened yesterday to chancellor and to hear now the prime minister talking about his vision for the future of the world, for the future of europe, and i should add, the euro, so prime minister of the united kingdom, please, welcome. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, klaus, for that introduction, and it's great to be back at this economic forum, but we meet today at a perilous moment for companies right across europe. growth has stalled.

unemployment is rising. the prospect of europe getting left behind is all too apparent. while china grows at 8%, india at 7%, and africa at 5.5%, the european commission forecasts that the e.u. will grow by just 1.6% in the whole of 2012. even that is assuming that the problems in the eurozone get better, not worse. yesterday in britain, we had the official figures for the final quarter of last calendar year, and they were negative. other large economy of europe are forecast at a similar outcome or worse. in just four years, government debt on the e.u. citizen has risen by 4,000 euros. direct investment fell by more

than two-thirds, and a fifth of all young people are out of work. this is not a moment to try to pretend there is not a problem; nor is it a moment to allow the fear of failure to hold us back. this is a time to show the leadership that our people are quite rightly demanding. tinkering here and there hoping we'll come to a solution simply is not going to cut it anymore. this is a time for boldness, not precaution. boldness in what we do nationally, but boldness also in what we do together as a country. now, in britain, we have been bold. we were faced as we came into government with a biggest budget deficit in our peacetime history, more than 10% of our gdp. we had the most leveraged banks, worse indebted households, and the biggest housing booms. to be cautious would have been catastrophic. instead, we were bold and decisive. we formed the first coalition

government for 70 years. we legislated for a fixed term 5-year parliament to help to give people the confidence, stability, and credibility and put forth an aggressive set of plans to get the economy back on an even keel. 5 billion pounds saves in the first financial year, ones already underway, the cost of government cut, public sector pay, frozen, pension age increased. let me give you one example for a form of public sector pensions. this is a difficult issue for any government. we want public servants to have good pensions. we've ensured that is the case, but at the same time, we have actually cut the long term cost in half. by taking bold decisions to get to grips with the debt, britain has shown it is possible to earn celt and get ahead of the

markets. borrowing costs fell to the lowest in a generation, and we'll be equally bold in meeting key ambitions which is to support enterprise and to make britain the best place in the world in which to start or grow a business. we are pursuing a probusiness agenda, scrapping red tape, simplifying planning, reviewing planning, developing the tax regime with the tax coming down to 23%, making bold investments in new infrastructure including high speed rail, and while we are fiscal conservative, we are monetary radicals injecting cash into the banking system introducing credit easing measures to make it easier for small businesses to access finance. my message to you and this special olympic year for britain is that we are a country that is absolutely committed to enterprise and to openness, come to britain, invest in britain,

be part of this special year in a truly great country, so, yes, in britain, we're taking bold steps necessary to get our economy back on track, but my argument today is that the need for bold action at the european level is equally great. europe's lack of competitiveness is its achilles heal. of all the talk, the lisbon strategy failed to deliver the reforms we need. the statistics are staggering. as measured by the world economic forum, more than half the e.u. states are less competitive than they were at this time less year while five e.u. states are less competitive than a country that's iran. five times as much is invested in the u.s.. our single market, one of our greatest strengths, remains

incomplete, and there's still a colossal 4,000 professionals across the european union in which access is regulated by government. that is not all. in spite of the economic challenge, in spite of the unemployment challenge, we are still doing things through the e.u. to make life even harder. in the name of social protection, the e.u. promoted unnecessary measures posing burdens on businesses and governments and can destroy jobs. the agency worker's director, the pregnant worker's director, the working time director, and, nsk, there's the proposal for a financial transaction tax. now, of course, it is right that the financial sector should pay their share and in the united kingdom we're making sure that's the case with a bank levy and the fact we charge on shares. these options other countries can adopt. if you look at the european

commission's own original analysis, that shows that a financial transaction tax could cost the gdp of the european union and could reduce it by 200 billion euros and could cost almost 500,000 jobs, a fourth of much as 90% of markets away from the union. when we struggle to get our economies growing is madness. it shouldn't go on like this. that is why britain is arguing for a pro-business agenda in europe. this is not just a british agenda. over the last year, we have spearheaded work with 15 other member states across the e.u. inside and outside the euro zone. we called for deregulation and liberalization policies, and ideas known at the heart of what the european commission is promoting too. together, we're pushing for the

completion of the single market in services and in digital. they could add alone 800 billion euros and lead the drive for microbusinesses with regulation, both new and existing. we have to be bolder still. here is the checklist. bold e.u. measures should be tested for impact on growth. we need a target to reduce the overall level of e.u. regular larks and we need a new portionalty test to slash the number of regulated professions in europe. together with our international partners, we have to take action to get trade moving. now, i'm not going to give you the expanded speech. last year at this forum, leaders called for the effort to conclude this in 2011. it was a make or break year.

it was. we have to be frank about it. it didn't work, but we must not give up on free trade. let us step forward with a new ambitious set of ideas to take trade forward. first, rather than trying to involve everyone at once, let's get bilateral deals done, e.u. trade agreements with india, canada, and singapore finalized by the end of this year completing all the deals now on the table can add 20 # billion euros to the e.u.. this could have a bigger impact than all other agreements put together. next, let's be more credittive in the way we use the multilateral system. far from turning our back on multilateralism, we need the continued work of the wto to prevent any collapse back to protectionism, to take account of the interests of the poorest

countries in the world, and to ensure that the wto framework is fit for the 21st century. i also believe it means going forwards, action coalition of the willing to countries who want to and forge ahead with more ambitious trade deals of their own consistent within the wto framework. there's proposals out there already like the transpacific partnership, but why not an ambitious deal between europe or africa or a planned africa free trade area. it's a bold move on trade that can deliver tangible results this year. i propose we start working on it immediately. now, of course, the most urgent question facing all of europe right now is how do deal with the eurozone crisis, and this is where i believe europe needs to be boldest of all. the bank provided extensive additional support to europe's banks, many eurozone countries

are taking painful and difficult steps to address their deficits and to give up the degree of sorch -- sovereignty over the degree of governance of the countries in the future. that was the agreement to set up the fire wall. all of these are welcomed and necessary steps, and i don't underestimate for a moment the leadership and the courage that's got us this far. we need to be honest about the overall situation. the crisis is still weighing down on business competence and weighing down on investment. a year ago, bond rates were 5% in spain, nearly 5% in italy, and more than 7% in portugal. today, they are still 5% in spain, up to 6% in italy, and 14% in portugal. we still need those urgent short term measures to be properly put into effect. the october agreement needs to be fully implemented.

uncertainty in greece has to be brought to an en. europe's banks must be properly recapitalized, and the european fire wall needs to be big enough to deal with a full scale of the crisis and the potential con they on, and chance leer america -- chancellor merkel is right we have to get to grips with our debts. we have to be serious about the long term consequences of a single currency. i'm not one of those people who think single currencies will never work. look at america and the united kingdom, but there's a number of features common to all successful currency unions. central bank can comprehensively stand behind the currency and the financial system. deepest possible economic integration with the flexibility to deal with economic shocks and a system of fiscal transfers and collective debt issues to deal

with the tensions and imbalances between different countries and regions within the union. currently, it's not that the eurozone do you want have all of these, but it doesn't really have any of these. clearly, the countries are close enough in their economic structure than tensions are less likely to arise. when your balances are sustained, and some countries do better than others and year after year, you can face real problems. that is what the current crisis is demonstrating. of course, private capital loans can hide problems for awhile. in the eurozone, that is what happened. the markets lose confidence and dry up, and you're left in an unsustainable position. yes, tough fiscal discipline is essential, but this is a problem of trade deficits, not just budget deficits. it means countries with those deficits making painful decisions to raise productivity, to drive down costs year after

year to remain their competitiveness. that doesn't happen overnight, and it can have painful economic and even political consequences. nor, in fact, is it sufficient. you need the support of single currency partners, and as christine set out, the system of fiscal integration and risk sharing absolutely in the creation of euroarea bonds made that support work. as one suggested, the flip side of austerity and the deficit countries with the action to put the weight of the surplus countries behind the euro. i'm not pretending this is easy. they are radical, difficult steps for any country to take. knowing how necessary and how hard they are is why britain didn't join the eurozone, but they are of what's needed of the single currency as now constituted are to work.

some say it's britain making the point. you're not in the euro and vetoed adding a new treaty to the european union. i'll answer that directly. i understand why the eurozone members want a treaty inside the european union. if they do, there have to be safeguards for those countries in the european union who have no intention of joining the single currency. i didn't get those safeguards, so the treaty is not going ahead inside the european union. let me be clear, to those who think not signing the treaty and somehow britain is walking away from europe, let me tell you, nothing could be further from the truth. britain is part of the european union, not by default, but choice. it fundamentally reflects our interest to be part of the market on our doorstep and have

no intention of walking from it. let me be clear. we want europe to be a success, and all the measures we'll proposing for the european com -- counsel can propose those successes, but we want to succeed as an economic and political force, as an association of countries with a political will, the values, and the voice to make a difference in the world, and we can make a decisive difference, and together with president sarkozy, there was the new sanctions with the world's exports that the world doesn't have to confront a nuclear armed iran. in syria, we've taken the lead against the repressive violence, and we won't let up until he steps aside. in libya, we secured the u.n. resolution and put together the multicoalition faster than any time in our history. british and french pilots led the way together in the early hours when the fate of ben bengi

was at stake, and we saw it through helping the libyan people see it through. i'm proud to work with our european partners and what we can achieve. i stood on the platform and say we can recover dinism, and i believe we still can, but only if we are fold, fite for prosperity, get to grips with debt, take bold regulations on market, on trade, and address the fundamental issues at the heart of the eurozone crisis. all of these decisions, a lie in our own hands, they are the test of europe's leaders in the months ahead. yes, the stakes are high. they are incredibly high, but there's nothing about the current crisis that we don't understand. the problems we face are manmade, and with bold action and real political will, we can fix them. thank you.

[applause] >> we'll take some questions. we have some moving microphones, so fire away. you can say who you are and where you are from. >> hi, question over there. >> rob -- [inaudible] prime minister, in your view, it's the single most important thing the eurozone could do to see a way through the crisis? >> i think the single most important thing is deal with the short term issues. there's short term and long term. short term has to the to be greece, banks, and fire wall, and if you do those three things quickly and efficiently, you'd ease the sense of crisis there is accompanied by what the

european central bank is already doing and could do more. by 2012, there's a sense that the eurozone leaders want to take the steps that will ease the short term problems. as i said in the speech, it doesn't address the longer term tensions at the heart of the currency. we jar about competitiveness and trade deficits as much as they are about budget deficit, and i think it's that part of the piece that needs further work and attention and that's what chancellor was talking about yesterday and christine as well. >> banks are thinking the eurozone is the worst of the crisis, and do you think that's wishful thinking? >> i think what's happening still at the moment in the term of the high bond deals in country that are effective, hold back the growth and their participation in the european economy. that still, as i said in my speech, it's a little bit better than it was at the end of last

year, but it still is not fixed. you've got to fix, in my view, the short term issues before you can go on and then deal with a longer term problem. look, why wasn't this problem -- why didn't it manifest earlier? ask you're, there's many years of successful eurozone operations, but, of course, in those years, private sector financial players in ways were covering up for the deeper competitiveness problems, and as they dried up, and unless they return, you have to address the fundmental problems at the heart of the eurozone. as i said, every other currency has those feature, and it seems to me logical with a successful single currency to adopt some of those if it's going to succeed in the long term. gentleman here. >> from the united kingdom. prime minister, a lot of

discussion in the eurozone this week about redefining and remodeling capitalism, and you recently made a speech on the subject. are we on an up evidentble path towards -- inevitable path towards state capitalism? >> i don't think we are. those who believe in market capitalism have to make the defense against state capitalism, and at the heart of it is the root of all. it's a hard thing to advertise to international investors, but it's a good tip to see how many times the government is in the court case. we lose them all the time, but it's a good test of are you living in a free country where you enforce your rights and property rights and everything else. i think the genuine open free market economy is the european economies have to stand up and shout about values of freedom and democracy in the rule of law for those who are the things that make us safe and great

economies in investments. i don't think we should give up in the battle. the challenge in a way is simple. we have the two faces of europe. at the face of europe that people from the outside look at that they admire still which is the great values, the great dmak, the great right, the fantastic culture, they are great strengths for europe, but the second face at the moment is the economic stagnation, low growth, rising unemployment, and lack of competitiveness. we can change that. we shouldn't be negative about it. if we deregulate the economies, make them competitive, tax rates down, pay for the long term health care and social needs, change the way our economies work, we can be a success story in the future, but we have to demonstrate the political will to do it; then we can share both faces with the world and take on anybody because we have the culture, the rights, history, and brilliant values, but the strong economy and prospects for

the future, but we have to deal with the second face this year. gentleman over here. >> governor of bulgaria -- new treaty to return to negotiating table, and how are we going to deal with -- [inaudible] >> right. on the issue of the treaty, as i said in my speech, it's great clear to me that the year zone countries need to come together, do more things together, cooperate more together in order to make the single currency work, and my view is they can obviously do that inside the european union if they want to, or they can do it outside the european union. it doesn't matter the country outside the eurozone if there's a proper safeguard, but if no safeguards, the treaties are on the outside.

people overdo what happened in november. the real change came when countries decided to form a eurozone and give up their countries. that was going to mean they had to sit together, talk together, work together, because they have one currency between them. i didn't think for one minute this process disadvantages britain, and in the many ways, we have the best both worlds. we have a say about the work, but we're in the in the eurozone giving us the ability to have our own interest rates, run our on monetary policy and right now we can combine the top fiscal discipline that we need and come firmed by the imf there's no space for a further stimulus, combine that tight fiscal style with a tight radical policy with low interest rates, work on credit easing, getting credit to

banks and businesses to get the economy moving. i don't think this disadvantaging britain at all. i think it's the right w5eu to engage in europe and where we have strong markets and competitiveness, we fight hard, have a lot of allies, and on some occasions we don't want to be in part of what europe is doing. many countries in europe want to head down their borders have company freedom movement. that's their decision. britain think it's important to keep borders to deal with drugs and guns and other issues. that's to our advantage, not disadvantage. who is next? need a bit of gender balance here. there we are, over here. thank you. >> hi, i'm from egypt. my question is about the u.k.'s leadership in foreign policy. what, if anything, is the u.k. doing to ensure a smooth

transition to democracy in egypt? >> right. well, i think this is a huge challenge. i'm still an optimist about the arab spring. i still think that region of our world having the chance to throw up a corrupt regime and have the chance of democracy and have a say in their government is still a net positive for that part of the world and for us as well which is why i'm proud of what we did in libya and also the help we've begin in egypt. i think the issue in egypt is trying 20 get the transition right. i think that the military powers to be have to do more to show people that they want a functioning democracy, and i think they need to take further steps in that direction. i think in europe, we have a responsibility where major trading partners and up vesters in -- investors in egypt, and the neighborhood program in europe was not conditional or active,

not very robust, and we're changing that to ensure the way europe engages with egypt and tunisia and morocco is more positive in promoting the building blocks of democracy to give people in egypt that chance of success. egypt is absolutely key because of its size and scale. if the egyptian people can demonstrate they're on a path towards a form of successful democracy as we have in turkey, for instance, i think they'll do enormous amounts for that region, so we shouldn't look away from what's happening in tunisia and libya, both smaller countries, potentially both quite wealthy countries. i think they can also show a guideline to other countries who want to make the move to democracy. i think we've got room for one more, and then we've got a special treat for everybody. gentleman here. >> hello, mr. prime minister,

what's your message for the people in palestine and israel. >> my message is please keep talking. we had the talkings in jordon at the start of the year, and the truth of the matter is it doesn't matter what happens at the united nations or what resolutions we pass in the house of commons or here at the world economic forum, this is only happen, a two-state solution, of a secure israel next to a new state of palestine, only happens through a negotiation of those two parties sitting around the table. as president obama said, we can't want it more than they want it. it's clearly in both their interests. there's talks to go ahead and succeed, and i would say as i did say to benjamin netanyahu this week, you know, you got to show confidence building measures to show the palestinians you're cease -- serious to get a deal, and i said don't add too many preconditions before you go into talks because you got to do the

negotiation around the table rather than before you get there. now, both sides can give up a little and actually show they want to deal, they want to agree, i think we'll all know roughly what most of the end state solutions are. as one put it many times and i think here in davos, sometimes there's a light, but there's no tunnel. we need to get the tum right in terms of the talks process to get to the end point we all want to achieve. i thank the professor for inviting me to address you here today. >> more from the world economic forum in davos switzerland. palestinian authority and ministers talk the prospects for peace in the middle east. this is about 50 minutes.

>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you two gentlemen with whom you are very familiar with in davos. president, i think we should nominate you senior citizen of the meeting because you're first participation dates back to over 20 years ago. prim minister, i think over ten years we had the pleasure to welcome you here, and, of course, it's very significant since those two leaders are sitting together as they are this afternoon. if i introduce, which principle is not necessary, president paris, you know, he was the

longest serving member of the israeli, his efforts in the peace process earned him the respect of his nation and the respect of the world. i, as a personal experience, i had the pleasure to sit with you yesterday, and i never, and you would be surprised, i never have learned so much in my life about brain research as that discussion with you. prime minister, you are, of course, the prime minister of the palestinian authority. your courage and conviction has created a new legacy for the palestinian people, and you are very much recognized for your enduring commitment, and i

repeat, your enduring commitment to building a strong -- to build strong palestinian institutions as well as for your efforts to secure the peaceful future for both palestinians and israelis. the extra special conversation today, and i would like to ask immediately after all of what we hear with impressions that people are just annoyed if i may say so, the world population still to listen to what's happening and to see a lack of progress, so let me ask you, is there still reason for hope that we will have a recop silluation in this way for the world for world peace?

>> thank you very much. he said i was senior citizen of the post, and this conference is different than any other the conference i participate. usually, the congress were unknown to these questions, but this time, the questions are up known. it's a conference to decide what are the questions of our time for the first time. we can want cure, and in this, if you don't know the nature of it, and we're in a situation of not just the middle east, but the middle east is more in a question than all others. there's an absolute question. i'm convinced there will be peace between the palestinians and us based on the two-state solution. i don't have the slightest doubt.

i won't give it up. i'm not in december -- desperation, and i have reasons why. things are not outstanding still as people are thinking. i believe the palestinians did a good job -- both president abbas and prime minister benjamin netanyahu in two ways. in addition to the diplomatic gorks, they -- negotiations, they started to believe as a state, and so the time was not wasted. we have to distinguish between building a state and running negotiations. ..

to create oppression and then then instead of negotiations at t-bill. it is an addition two. now we have to negotiate. i think even on the negotiation is certainly enabled and into the path to enhance or the flaky have been a serious alternative to the peer the uprising of whatever you call it in the dream the air of me is not about the conflict. it does not include what is happening in syria, what happened in other countries, in egypt is not part of the conflict. yet the extreme people are using

the conflict as a justification for their own self. we don't want to serve anymore as an excuse. we think the best thing we can do to enable the arab people to go their way is really to take out this conflict in the contest and to take it out by having an agreement between the two of us. now let me say about israel. for a teammate peace with the palestinians is not justice. it is an historic commitment. we are trying to make this not to achieve a political or strategic concept, but to be true to our tradition the jewish tradition does not permit us to all other.

we have to remain true to our history into our tradition. so we are committed in the death to make this. not a long time, how to translate into reality is finally most of the world has agreed. there is just one solution and that is a solution of two states. they palestinians day, israeli state. the arabs will have a palestinian state. living side by side. in the negotiations, they remain some problems. and people are extremely nervous. a little bit diet does dates the shroud is the times of negotiations. i mean, the date of the 26th of this month is supposed to

take some odd bits. i am afraid that under plans and pleasure we shall commit mistakes because the middle east has changed already the different middle east. egypt is no longer the same egypt it used to be. it's an entirely new country. i don't want to criticize or nis, but the position of egypt and said the conflict is not the same as it used to be. i believe that with a little bit of patience and by the way, the remaining problems in my judgment are more psychological than realistic. i don't say that if it's psychological it's easier to sell. but we can solve it. and from my experience, i note that when you come to the end of

the world and you think this is end, it be relaxed. there is enough ground on both sides and understanding on both sides and to have the highest respect for a boss and fortran to a think it is the best thing that could have been for the palestinians. the best thing that could happen for us. we respect him. we want to talk with them. we have domestic problems. you know, peace is a very serious problem domestically. as you have to convince your people to make concessions. now people say we are ready to pay the price, but why are you paying so much click you don't know how to negotiate. naomi and there is that peace is

like love. unless you close a little bit -- he must be a little bit forgiving and a little bit elegans and construct to and even ambiguous because negotiations is a very hard experience. so to answer your question, i do believe that it will happen. i hope it will happen soon. i think postponing is damaging and i think we have to continue and to walk on two legs on the construct is one in the diplomatic one, negotiating. in spite of all the disappointments, we shall finally come out with peace between the two of us and let the arab world deal with its own real problems.

[applause] do you feel we are close? can we do a? >> thank you very much, professor schwab. i would like it take advantage of of the introduction and answer the question. but not before i thank you for giving me the opportunity and also for this statement of goodwill. the answer i can get the question of course would not be satisfactory in this sense the preventing an objective reason or reasoning leading to the conclusion that there is hope. the answer i gave is that there must be hope. and if you are palestinian, hope

is something that has to be a concept of decision-making. the question is can we do what is necessary in order to provide an object does for this commitment to continue to be hopeful and so we indeed are able to bring this conflict resolution. and here's where it's like to take advantage of the out line with the introduction. building the state in negotiating peace. both are necessary. both are equally necessary in both reinforce each other when they are working well and would work to reprimand of the outcome that we are all pursuing if either is not working out, both have to work well.

right now, i think was one would have to really work hard to be hopeful at this age and so far as what the political process is concerned, and my own assessment, the political process since inception if we take insentient tuning since the beginning of the puzzle process has never been this lacking in focus in my own assessment. that's my objective assessment. we have a process that is driven by the strong desire to get something to go i refer you to what has been name since november 23rd. and putting the partners in a position of having to respond to that desire when i do not believe that conditions are actually right for the meaningful presumption of political process. some might argue that this is a

worse timeless. why not try a? that would be okay if in fact coincidently while pursuing the attempt to get the political process to move again, the court said was making adequate efforts to really watch all of this other flack mentions by president peres. putting the state has a lot of requirements and so far asleep palestinians of concern to ensure that we have all the elements necessary for that state to emerge and come to the institutions of the state. it also requires a lot of attention but international communities and adequate support to sustain this effort, it also requires our cooperation by the state of islam in order to make

it possible for a senate palestinian authority to begin to be effectively able to project that which we have been doing over the past two years on the path of getting rid of statehood as a state in the making. this is political events where he began to have that interference between the building and the political process. so what i would argue must happen in order for us to find an object is reason and to be convinced inside that there is process that is going to be taken semi-politically, i believe these issues they require a lot more attention than they have been getting. but the authority, which is a key instrument of the process, given the key outcome that we are looking for at this political process them in the most important one is the emergence the emergence of that independent substantive.

that being the case, the palestinian authority itself cannot but be viewed but a key instrument to the palestinian authority that finds itself right now in a position of having to manage with very little resources. there's not enough attention being paid to this issue. they understand the position because of its own failures? or is it because it's something that's completely exogenous and nothing in this instance being given to the palestinian authority to commitment. and the palestinian authority must be enabled adequately to operate in the entire economic phase that will present from which palestinians want to emerge. and talking about the west bank, where the palestinian authority cannot test development in orderly fashion.

the institution also requires close attention with disease still be in there that was before. and there is finally the issue of what do we do in order to be able to put our country back together? because that too is an acquired mac for us to be able to have the state. in order to validate our shared commitment to continue to be hopeful, something which i believe we should work on. >> thank you,.or fayyad. [applause] president peres, would you be ready to make some comments come in to to it dr. fayyad said? >> i think right now the major dramatic effort should be done

directly between the dual class because the quartet tested dunn street, because there are collections both in america and europe. and i think we are mature to conduct the negotiations. we need the help of the united states. we need to support other people. i don't underrated. but there is a danger that if things could be done under pressure, we have ourselves a situation. if you ask me, what is the greatest problem to make this in the middle east? financers durand. iran is to agent these that don't permit to make this. one agency is. we left gaza, made it a base of markets to israel.

now, ayn rand and finally cnn, standing armed that endanger training, passing should be even more extreme than they are. and this i can agency is in lebanon, hezbollah. they almost put an end to lebanon as an independent come integrated country. they are known because of the situation in the middle east. but what i is the international community will take upon itself to bring an end to the management of the renamed domestication of the middle east. what do they want commend the iranian? they want to be the hegemon. they don't want peace. they want to have a nation under patrimony. i believe the problem is not

just the nuclear issue. iran today is the only conflict in the world, which took more corruption as a way of governing. they hang people without trial. they encourage every terroristic acts. they don't have any expression, respect for human rights. it's the only country, mind you, the only country that threatens openly to destroy another of the middle east israel. and i think the steps that are taken by europe and america are not enough and i believe that we have to put the pleasure on the human rights. i believe that values are strong at economics. and i believe that we have to make the people in iran hopeful that they can find this

government that suggests adding to the iranians, nothing to the rest of the world is the first that i can think of that doesn't have a message of any positive progress. and i am glad that steps were taken and we shall be free. hamas wouldn't exist without iran's support. the palestinians should be united it would be easier for them and for us to make peace. we should continue in spite of this if we will leave lebanon for being under pressure. so i believe if they are is an intimation of support, it should be expressed in two ways. to support the peace process including the construction of the palestinians they as fayyad as mentioned in that the conflict between the two of us

to let us settle the problems. there is nothing concerning the arab future hanging upon the conflict with the palestinians and us. but it is being used as an excuse. the body is small, michelle and it large. we would like to get out of that. we would like to be an excuse for the extremists to say the conflict to the palestinians and israelis the major issue. it is not. it's a major issue between the two of us, but it shouldn't disturb the generation of the arabs to go ahead. the little problem in the middle east is poverty, not politics. the real problem in the middle east is the social and economic situation that area's unemployment. there is a terrible level -- a line of poverty of which one

belongs to. the young people are unemployed. there is a great deal of corruption. nobody can save this occasion the middle east but the people themselves. there's not enough money. so i think we can now the palestinians country and the new age because we live in a new age that the old governments in a new road became the because the most important instrument to govern was taken away from there. usually governments are governing by controlling the economy. since the economy is no longer a nation of global, it affects every country in no country alike and the economy as some predict above because it is as much as you want. but all of a sudden a young boy of 27 years old who doesn't live in police introduces a facebook

and shares to the world. look what's happening. so it is in your world and making it the only way to kick down to growth, to overcome poverty and hunger and starvation is to adopt the modern means the growth, which is on one hand on one hand been at the other enact the other hand, scientific. i am convinced that if the arab world will have a better condition, israel will have a better chance to live in peace. it is our interest to be successful. to think it has been a pleasure to see anybody suffering. what poorer? and i think it is a great occasion for the world because if we want peace in the middle

east and enough growth in africa, the whole global structure comes together in small contribution, which we can do to bring an end to the conflict unless handled the issues for the betterment of the middle east, of its people, arabs and christians because the economy is no longer. i would like to make my america can't. people are criticizing globalization. let's not forget that the globalization process hope as well. i think globalization on intentionally became the greatest force against racism, since economic global companies wants to sell all over the world, they cannot discriminate

anybody because that scholar or religion or anything else. in an under x-ray, it is for the palestine that we have a strong boost anti-racist economy the world. the second point is it opened up the world. nobody can control it. don't envy any date tator anymore in the middle east because they cannot love. they cannot blame the people. it is opening up in that permits the young generation to become modern and saved their lives in their future. so globalization is not only negative in this arrived in the middle east. i think next time his don't have a future because we don't have a message. they may think it's the new government that are like to not

into the issues, which are economic and social. in a new age, which is global and open, there won't be peace. >> i would like to come back to three-pointpresident peres mentioned. the first one is the question, can the palestinians and the israelis solve the issues through direct negotiations? the second point is related to the external fat tears, which has to be taken into consideration. president schwab mentioned herein. the third point is the impact of the great transformation. i refer to the young generation. i refer to face the, arab spring generation. how does it change the situation

and possibly the cost in the middle east? >> thank you. the first question is yes. but the context in which we have been talking about the need for those negotiations actually to be based on a set of principles that are consistent also with what is required under international law and order to bring this conflict resolution on a sustainable basis. for the outcome to be not only viable, the sustainably viable. and that is why both tracks are identified were necessary. he said the political process and negotiations. both unnecessary in order to bring about this conflict.

but it seems to me that we and it has been there all along that we need some handfuls. direct negotiations are a requirement in order for us to be able to wrap things up, and sought them under definition so so far as i can turn because if you look at the nature of the conflict, the nature of the issues, the partners agreed to negotiate in a language actually of their agreement. how else is it going to be done? obviously we need to sit down and negotiate. but all along we need significant amounts of international hop and champion in order for us to be able to do this. and what i argue is needed in the light of nearly experience to do this is that there is really time to take a look at the fact of the weakness. why is that this process does not deliver to the fullest extent it could have?

and after our, that palestine should have have been by 1999. here we are more than 12 years later. i think it is time for the president to send back the direction of that which is acquired by financial and international legitimacy. they continue to be decided on the basis of that which is to be acceptable. why? because here we are still struggling. this is actually getting back together to negotiate, to do what is necessary by definition. i'm not really here suggesting that what is required is a resolution, but i am suggesting that the process is in bad need of serious reaction. it cannot be left alone.

time is of the essence. we believe it is inevitable for this conflict to come to an end, doesn't mean it's a sense of inevitability is going to happen. it is time to recognize the feelings of this process and it is filled. the context is important that takes me to the second positive question. and i believe both elements of the two questions you asked where the regional context. although the next context is absolutely important to make free with what the president said about the united states given where it is now in the political cycle. also where the european union is in terms of its understandable preoccupation. and these considerations add to, i believe, reasons why i believe conditions are not likely right for a meaningful, affect it workable presumption that those sides.

regional context is most challenging. i myself have although some argue there's too many small countries that the world is palestinians tried desperately to see yet another small states added to an already long list of twos more countries. i believe given that disposition we cannot really eat too enthralled by regional powers trying to throw their weight around regardless of who they are. i think one of the consequences, i hope anyways that the arab spring you talked about transformation and the point of inquiry would be a reawakening of who we are is very and to

actually begin to find our way on the basis of a much better understanding of what the rule of government should be, what government does about. i did much better understanding for deep understanding of what it is that actually cause the thing to happen. the arab spring happened as a direct consequence of decades of people in the region governed, not an effective or confident manner so far as citizens rates of turn. there's much better understanding of how important it is to have the kind of government, both responsible and responsive government. how do we take advantage of that? on some level it seems to me this movement should help us because it score it very much fundamentally can just end up

with the nature of palestinians are looking for. we are looking for being able to be in that country alone. these are the higher meanings. that is why from the beginning going back to last year i said that this movement should he respected and honored. here we are on the other side of things. but there is another side to this, which is important. as a practical matter of the rule analysis seems to me and need a consequence of the arab spring, ira cussler we are fundamentally consistent and very much with the cause of the arab spring, our cause has been marginalized in a substantial way. and yet it do not recall the

palestinians have been marginalized to the extent it is pretty much for decades. palestine actually became -- there is obviously the understandable preoccupation with the ramifications how to deal with it and the natural consequences of it. trying to find their way around. economically speaking. what you do? elections, there are important questions. and quite a number of years before they were up and down and abettors stated state of equilibrium. so there's that and there is of course the other dimension of the preoccupations we talked about in terms of where the united states is and what the

european union is. then is therefore a key challenge facing a period trying to translate the hope we are looking for into something that can be invested in is to begin to answer the question, how do we do with this marginalization? is to begin to answer the question, how do we do with this marginalization? is to begin to answer the question, how do we do with this marginalization? i would just like since 94, in the aftermath of oslo conference, we were sitting tickly every here on this stage. i remember the great hope, which people have in casablanca conference. you definitely remember i recalled when we were sitting together it was such a great hope in 2001.

and now we are sitting again together and i think the audience can only share my impression to such a reasonable enlightened people, full of goodwill. so, my last question to each of you is what is the single most important factor now, finally to conflate the soap into reality. and i don't want to hear which you will too, but as you want to hear what you said just to force to the prime minister and what she would do that is the most important fact here is an we can go one step finally forward and afterwards if you would conclude. >> my dear friend, you know, listening to you and i hear it time and again when things

didn't happen as we had hoped for. let me make a remark. 20 years is a long time for historically not a very long period. usually this process takes time to be impeachment. but amnesty is can we talk about their amazing disagreement circuiting agreements do not mention the most important one. that's what i agree with dr. ziad that we have to work on the two, on the dramatic in that building. it will not make us walk as fast as we shape. talk too much and want to let go. but what happened in those 20 years, let's not forget. we have a government today that has agreed to a two state solution. it's a major ideological change.

don't forget it. the president prime minister doesn't come from the left side or from the right side, but the government decreed to a two state solution, but didn't this be for. then again, the government decreed to which you call the construction and maybe now we call it economic peace. it doesn't matter. but the construction is done in a great man he. it takes time to build a country, to build the land is not a simple proposition . you know, israel is 64 years old. an you know, we're also in the 64 years we have go through seven wars. i'm not jim what that is on the young people on this stage, we never gave up hope.

so we have agreed to a two state solution that wasn't 20 years ago and wasn't 10 years ago. that is a basic agreement. we have agreed that she would build the state can do it in full agreement. and then we also understand that we have to negotiate directly between the two of us. i believe what we have to do right now we cannot solve the remaining problems that are complicated. you know, jerusalem. jerusalem -- this is the whole story. they were already 20 wires about these two numbers. there are 100 site and these two

minus. it's very complicated. it is beneficial, but it's also complicated. now what we have to do is move into steps. step number one is to open the negotiations. we need agreements, which will cover of the issues, to enable the palestinians in israel to reopen the negotiations. this should be done soon. once we showed reopen the negotiations should be good because otherwise it could be an ongoing press conference. and i believe that should really a family shall negotiate family shall negotiate family shall negotiate family shall negotiate pain. but it is not like he used to be.

i am sorry if it takes time. it's costly to you to ask all of us, but i wish it would've been done. and what i believe, my hope is that the young arab people will bring their peoples and nations to a modern economy to escape poverty. only they can do it and they can do it. i believe its sincerity. i believe in their future. i don't consider that neither strangers are enemies. may take a year, two years to have a transitional transition extremely difficult to overcome. we have to where it and not to become the sons because something was disappointing.

not any nice that you can achieve just by jumping the sport i like this job and. jumping to conclusions. don't jump to conclusions. it takes time. but we are nearer than most of our thinking. it is more complicated that most of us would like to have a, that we are at the final at times to complete a very long war and complicated that carries with it. and now, in ireland to convert the years. hundreds. europe was for thousands years it consonant with civil wars, with the stress and so i am hopeful. i don't think we have to wait a hundred years.

i think i will calm sooner than we do. we have to negotiate with restrained and put the mobile judgments on top of every thing. i learned from handset with a that were sent old. never cheat, always there. be careful not to bus. and the second thing i learned from him, and at the highest level of waste time, the top of wisdom is the moral preference. there is nothing wiser than to respect values. it's very powerful. and i'm sure this piece will rest on more foundations, not

just on economic cooperation and not just on diplomatic understanding. so let's have a sense of repulsion and that's look at what is achieved and not only with an angry mood because we didn't receive everything as soon as we would like to. thank you ramage. >> thank you. your reaction, prime minister? >> at two levels, the macrolevel at first as an assurance as to what it is exactly that the government means when he says a two state solution. what kind of state does he have in mind? it was about two and a half years ago that prime minister

netanyahu for the first time was in a formal way to set up a two state resolution. i believe who is too long, but we should not let backward. looking forward at the macrolevel is an assurance as to what it is exactly this meant by that. that may be clear in terms of what we are looking for. we're looking for an end and it is a viable path time. that's a definition of it. it's in fact we begin to know what is meant by it as a two state solution. i think it is high time for that to be defined with much greater specificity and description to this field. the list is long, but it only relates to the check to the

tilting to the statehood. it should not be a surprising list of terms of its composition. and then for example of the palestinian authority this group to develop and indeed just live in that area, where the state of palestine is going to emerge. i made the reference in my earlier remarks, where they are severely constrained. the value in the area is about 26% in that area of the west bank. yet inhabited at only 50,000 palestinians. what is it that could be done to make it short. the tanker aegean center areaa, cities of us bank. measures like this actually would be suggested as the state in the making, which to use your own frayed on schwab is also the

israelis. to that majority in both sides but still subscribe to the two state resolution. the majority still does not been taken have been. what must begin to happen incredibly in order to begin that assets of transformation. i just gave you a few items in the ink attention to this would be a very good weakening. thank you. >> thank you, president. thank you, prime minister. we all hope the pope which was expressed here is what you call just and peace, which family to people together. so when we are here, and the prime minister towards the next

year, let's hope to receive focus. that is my plea, thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> i do believe that to work for all of its historical short copy and an landscaping mcguckin discussing the shortcomings because they have to be

admitted. for the shortcomings, the west still today represent the most except the bold unworkable universe simply worked the bold political culture.

>> by the end of my second term -- [laughter] we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be

american. and by the end of 2020, we will have the first continuous propulsion system in space capable at a remarkably short time because i am sick of being told we have to be timid and i'm sick of being told we eliminate two technologies that are 50 years old. >> when the founders said the creator has endowed us a certain and analytical rights among life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, they laid out a path for america that is not temporary, but enduring. a path that says in america we can pursue happiness as we choose. we do not need a government to tell us what kind of car to get or what kind of like what we can have. we do not any government to tell us what kind of health care were going to have.

>> the president of the national congress of american indians delivers the annual state of the indian nations address. u.s. congressman tom cole of oklahoma is also an enrolled member of the chickasaw nation provided the congressional response. we will see a remarks from senate indian affairs committee chairman and vice chairman, senator akaka and burris. i am the executive director of the congress of american indians and mike to welcome you here to our state of the indian nations event. and cai is the largest, the old list organization in washington to date, representing the tribal governments across the country. i like to welcome our distinguished guest to washington d.c. we have many folks listening to us across country.

to this tonic hosts data -- the state has indian nations address. to watch the event to gather among the events across the country, we are pleased that mr. starr's history class in santa fe, new mexico is joining a. we at the university of oklahoma college in the senate for native american youth in washington to the. the mashpee wampanoag tribal office in the monotony tribe of wisconsin, leaders of tomorrow and today's event header watching. there are many other more watching events across the country. and we are glad and happy they are all joining us. we have an incredible turnout today and would like to acknowledge that the gas in the audience. a month especially guess we have today, we have our board members

of ncai. chairman ron allen, president of thomas, president bednarz, president tom arnold, a win now and david got. we're also joined a tribal leaders across the country and some of those are chairman gary hayes and councilman eddie toles. among our federal part is, of course we have the esteemed in on their akaka and representative tom cole. assistant secretary letter echo hot from the white house. loretta toole and david moments in the senate committee. you separate the dough from ihs and aaron kline from treasury. we also have our native organization partners, chairman of nicad, request from the housing council and finally i want to thank native voice one of many tribe on public radio stations across the country for airing today's address in

bringing the state of indian nations to hundreds of thousands of people in indian country and beyond. this year we have asked an american indian active-duty military service member to begin to introduce president keel. it is my distinct are to introduce the tenet colonel t.j. hunting for is that the u.s. marine corps, who is a u.s. navy judge advocate at the pentagon. botanic colonel hunting twice as hunting weiss has participated in deployments in iraq and afghanistan. please join me in thanking him for his continued seriousness and welcoming here today. lieutenant colonel hunting weiss. [applause]

>> president jefferson k-kilo. president killers currently lieutenant governor of the chickasaw nation of oklahoma and was recently unanimously reelect it to a second term as president of ncai. i'm here to represent the american and alaskan native servicemembers and veterans and it is an honor to serve and protect all citizens of the night to come including members of america's first nations. today there are tens of thousands of active-duty service members and over 300,000 native americans who know the great sacrifice to protect our freedom and our tea. one of these great veterans four. he is a retired u.s. army officer with over 20 years of active duty service. he has translated the offensive jihad to serving the indian country and building a stronger america. ladies and gentlemen, the president of american indians, jefferson keel.

[applause] >> thank you. thank you for that warm introduction. i want to thank the native servicemembers and veterans who have joined us today. many know the story of indian country, the challenges we have a semblance we face today. there are a few americans who know the story of the hundreds of thousands of tribal members who served in the united states military as far back as the revolutionary work. as a veteran myself, and the 24,000 alaskan native servicemembers. today to protect the sovereignty of the united states senate cable nations of north america. thank you. [applause] tribal citizens on american it is then in the national congress

of american indians, members of the administration, members of the 112 congress in those listening and watching today, i am honored to speak to you all, but especially to address representatives of the more than 5 million native people in the 500 xt six tribal nations of indian country. [applause] the state of indian nation is strong. our nation is strong. our people are strong. like our sovereignty, strength of our nation is our inheritance . the state of indiana should be confined by what we commit to write out to write out to make the sake of indian nations even stronger in the years to come. we on all know tribes to face a difficult history. we are resting from current economic conditions to contribute to a wire prosperous tomorrow. tribes have been doing more with

less generations and i'm here today to outline a path to overcome our shared challenges potentially a specific economic changes and improvements for a tribal nations. said these changes require legislative action, but many others can come from direct action by the administration. ultimately though, it will be the actions of native people that can change their nations in our community. native people are the first americans. tribal nations and the first government in this country. one of the three sovereigns recognized in the united gates constitution and our america is the place where each member of the american family of government contributes to a prosperous future. to achieve that vision, we need leaders to understand that in the in country matters, especially in a presidential election year. we are all aware of the impact

of election can have on the country in recent years many of him to learn that the door swings both ways. indian country can have a significant impact on elections and can be game changing. as the grandmas on the navajo reservation and they aren't people and alaska native villages go to the ballot box this november, they are standing on the shoulders of those who file cards was a great. as students at arizona state d. and veterans in foreign lands cast their vote, they are 19 america that we matter. in the 1940s, as in the native veterans return home to a shocking reality. america had expected them on the battlefield but had no place for them in the ballot box. our hayes, a member of the gila river indian community who

raised the flag at iwo jima have returned home to the homeland he had defended and was denied the right to vote. trujillo from the side of pueblo who is listed as a marine in the days following pearl harbor return home to new mexico and was denied the right to vote. these american heroes inspired to fight all the way to the federal courts for the right to participate and in 1948 elections. they express the power of the native vote for the first time. the first time they cast their ballots with a network every sense. stories like these that show native people and when it comes to the native though, we can mess things big. simply put, we will work tirelessly and 2012 to see the highest native vote turnout at her. [applause] we know that it can be done.