is a country that has come through extraordinary difficulties and is still standing and progressing. thank you very much. [applause] who is heading the bush institute in dallas, thank you for your leadership. this global help some of its is a very important and -- held segment is very important and it is important that we meet here in washington. the united states of america has always been at its best in international affairs, always been at its best in the world. the view that no man, woman, or child to doubt to live in tyranny caught in poverty, or

disease is a moral case. it is a case that we who are fortunate enough to live on the right side of history must make for those still trapped in tyranny, poverty, disease. it is a moral case, but i want to say to you that it is also a practical case. it is a practical case because places where government and leaders will not or cannot provide for their people are ultimately dangerous places. we have just come through the 10th anniversary of september 11. we learned the hard way on that bright september day that the danger to us, the greatest danger to us, came not from the marching armies of large states

but from a stateless group of terrorists, a network that plotted and plans in the world fifth poorest country, afghanistan, and launched a devastating attack costing about $300,000. we learned the hard way that where there is hopelessness and despair, there is danger. were there are unstable states, there is danger. where people cannot to exercise their rights to their voice and to their well-being, and there is danger. we learned on that terrible day that our interests and our values are linked to inexplicably. we cannot allow poverty and disease and tyranny to continue to exist in this world or we

will pay a price for it. that is the national security case for our compassion. indeed, in the national security strategy of 2002, we talked about the three d's. defense, democracy, and development. they had to go together to build a more secure and prosperous world. where despair lingers, we are not safe. that practical case, of course, is undergirded by the moro case. the proposition that every life is precious. that every individual has potential and that any person left with out the access to education, health care, and the freedom is a world that we as americans cannot tolerate.

as secretary of state, i dealt every day it with the world as it is. i knew that i had to work in the world as it is. the great thing about america is that we have always been able to imagine and to work for the world as it ought to be. not just the world as it is. that shows in our history, a history in which the germans of a certain age remember food packets. the american relief efforts that was literally the difference between life and death for so many german citizens. american soldiers are still remembered for handing out candy to children. that picture emerges were victims of earthquakes and victims of tsunami is

remembered american relief boxes that stood between despair and hope. thanks to the leadership of president and mrs. bush, and 8 years of the bush administration, and the commitment of the obama administration to those same goals, aids orphans in africa sing "america the beautiful." we went to uganda and i would never forget that moment when literally these orphans saying one of our great national hymns. it was a moment that affirmed what it means to intervene in the lives of people who would otherwise only no hopelessness. in saudi arabia, and throughout the middle east, thanks to the work of the first lady, now

continued in the current circumstances, when are no longer ashamed to talk about a breast cancer diagnosis. i know firsthand the scourge of breast cancer. when i was 15 years old, i will never forget the day at st. mary's academy, my father was a little late picking me up from school. in the day before cell phones, i got very worried. when he finally got to me, he said that he had taken my mother to the doctor and she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. fortunately, my mother lived for 15 years beyond that diagnosis. but i cannot imagine what would have been liked to be unable to express our concern, our despair, to pray our prayers for the terrible disease.

in places in the middle east, that has been the fate of women. thanks to programs by the united states of america, we are encouraging them to speak about the disease, to get treatment, to be whole again. throughout africa and other parts of the developing world, nets protect children from the totally preventable disease of malaria caused by a mosquito bite. yes, the united states is doing good things. in the same tradition of those german -- of the soldiers in germany who gave a candy to a child, and those boxes between life and death that. the american flag. during my time in government, i had many extraordinary

experiences. perhaps the ones that i will remember most are those where you see the faces of those children and those people the weapon helped. in my memory -- the people who have been helped. in my memory, the decisions that led us to make that difference, sitting in the oval office with president bush on that last day that we were trying to determine, the present during all the arguments about budgets. -- the president hearing all the arguments about budgets. listening to questions about whether or not it was good enough to be able to extend life if you could not deliver a cure. again, my mother came to mind. since she lived that 15 years lager, thanks to good treatment

in the benighted states, she got to see her 15-year-old daughter become a 30-year-old woman, a professor at stanford, a person who would serve in government. she got to see me grow up and that meant a world of difference to her and to me. [applause] i said to the president, you may not be able to cure people, but extending their lives matters. we have extended many lives. mothers and fathers who will be there for their children. [applause] i remember the decisions about crawford children's hospital. a hospital that opened in iraq despite the troubles, is hospital that was dedicated to the treatment of children with cancer.

a private-public partnership with project hope that brings hope to the children of that region. the many clinics of throughout afghanistan, that finally give health care to those people to work so despised by the taliban that they executed for challenging the regime. those women executed in a stadium that had been built by the u.n. to play soccer. it is a very tough world out there for anyone, but it is a really tough world if you are poor, living in tyranny, if you do not have access to health care, you do not have access to education. this is work that must continue. it must continue in the private sector. prue corporations, non-

governmental institutions, through the angels of mercy of those relief organizations that do extraordinary work in the hardest places. i am so grateful that i've had a chance to get to know barbara bush, your daughter's work, through the global health corp. i got to meet with some of the kids around the world were going to be involved in helping to bring health care around the world. it is great because the younger generation is now devoted to and committed to this great cause. the private sector has a lot to do. the united states government also has a lot to do. this work has got to continue. i know that we face a lot of challenges. we faced challenges of joblessness, and education system that is not quite working, if immigration policies and not quite working, we face deficits and debts and

uncertainty about economic future. but let us never forgets the premise that our own security is linked to the well-being of others. and let us never forget, too, that out of chaos comes danger. the united states of america must lead. we must lead because it is important that the most compassionate and the most generous and the freest company -- country on the face of the earth would be the most powerful. we do not have an option to retire to take a sabbatical from leadership in the international community and in the world. if we do, one of two things will happen. there will be chaos. without leadership, there will be chaos.

that is dangerous. it is quite possible that if we do not lead, somebody else will. perhaps it will be someone who does not share our values of compassion, the rights of the individual, of liberty and freedom. if someone leaves and is not sure values, the balance of power that favors freedom so carefully constructed over the last year's, a balance of power that has favored freedom and brought millions out of the tyranny of communism, millions of the tyranny of authoritarianism, that balance of power will be in danger. i can assure you that if the balance of power that favors freedom is replaced by a balance of power that favor something else, not only our values, but our interest will be at risk.

the united states of america has no choice but to lead. thank you for this gathering. it recognizes not only the moral case, but the practical case for involvement in making the lives better of those less fortunate than ourselves. thank you very much. [applause] >> which parts of the u.s. constitution is important to you? make a video documentary five to a minutes long and tell us the parts of the constitution that is important to you, and why. be sure to include more than one

point of view. injuries are due by january 20, 2012 -- interest -- entries are due by january 20. >> a discussion -- how it got here and its impact on apple growers. this is just under 10 minutes.

>> since about the mid-1990's. it has built up a population in the mid-atlantic area that caused devastating losses to quite a number of folks in the mid-atlantic food production. that is one thing that galvanized our efforts. the insect seems to be on like anything else we have had to deal with. the scope of the plans that it attacked, the inability to kill it effectively with pesticides and its unique ways of living and destroying the crops. all those combined to make this thing a huge tract that last

year, we estimated losses of about 18% of the apple crop. that is a huge loss. host: talk to us about it in terms of money and what kind of assistance you're looking for from the federal government. guest coat the actual monetary loss,. -- guest: the actual monetary loss. you could probably multiplied that by size because of the relationship in terms of the retail chain. what we did immediately at u.s. apple because our growers were so concerned, we immediately looked to the usda research service. it is a scientific base that

provides research support to many areas of agriculture. without the infrastructure, we would have been in a very bad condition. we had an incomplete knowledge base, there was some knowledge base at which to start. host: we will be talking with her in just a few seconds. what are apple growers doing to combat this stink bug in terms of pesticides? what is going to be the cost to consumers? guest: we have a great dent that we owed to the researchers in the area.

under the gun and having this past attacking -- pest, they looked at pesticides that were effective and the ways that growers had to apply them. and providing information in terms of how they have to deal with that. as a result of that, this year, growers were aware of it, they took action and a solid recommendations developed by the researchers. we have seen some pretty significant results. the harvest is still 45 days away from completion, it looks like the new techniques -- it does not reside in the orchard. you have to be vigilant in terms of looking for damage because you have to deal with the bug

when it is present. the vigilance and the technology and the information gained from the researchers has been incredibly helpful. host: is the apple association calling on congress to act? what is it that you hope they can do? guest: the most important thing that we do is that we saw the allocation of funding resources. so that scientists have the resources to address it. we still believe that is a very significant national threat to a cross-section of agricultural production. it is not just apples. this about tax -- bug attacks almost anything. the budget is very tight right now.

there was a second mechanism called the specialty crop research initiative. that was created by congress to provide funding for specialty crops. all lots of times a week well dug getting short shrift when it came to research. we could receive funding allocation to grow their research to address that. tracey and her team, she will talk about this i am sure, they put together probably the largest efforts in history.

over 50 scientist gathered together under the initiative to attack the pest on a broader array of fronts. he is the industry affairs director. thank you for being on the program this morning and helping us to get an understanding of the problems. guest: thank you very much. i want to emphasize my gratitude to tracy. the state university researchers who have pulled it together. if we had not had backed research infrastructure, our losses would have been into the billions of dollars. host: thank you for being on the phone with us. >> next, a discussion of some of the significant case is

scheduled to be argued in front of the supreme court. then the medal of honor ceremony. later, former president george w. bush and former secretary of state condoleezza rice discuss global health issues. prime minister's questions returns this week. david cameron addresses the jobless rate, economic growth, and banking reform. sunday at 9:00 eastern on c- span. >> the c-span that works, we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, and american history. this month, look for congress to continue federal spending into november. keep tabs on the deficit committee as they formulate a plan to lower the debt and follow the presidential candidates as they continue to campaign across the country. it is all available to you on

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