please welcome my friend and our assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, ernie. i have never seen a program stood up more quickly and have greater influence than the one ernie has put together in the course in a couple years and i have more to say about that as the discussion goes. let me welcome here on a very hot -- is it august or -- but there's no climate change. welcome everyone here to csis and let me take a moment to welcome all our good friends and all the ambassadors from asean and my colleagues and friends and lots of people in the audience, ambassador moore and former ambassador carla hills. what i would like to talk about today is our engagements and how we see next steps when it comes to southeast asia in particular. i would be happy to take questions and comments about the whole of asia but the particular focus today is going to be on southeast asia on a whole and i would like to begin with something that's extraordinarily important. i think occasionally you will find discussions about whether the united sta

please, well, my friend and our assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell. [applause] >> thank you very much. i've never seen a program stood up more quickly and greater influence than the one ernie put together the last couple of years. i have more to say about that as the discussion goes. let me welcome everyone on a very hot -- is it august or is it still may? but there is no climate change. [laughter] welcome, everyone come here to csis. let me welcome all of the ambassadors and colleagues and friends, lots of distinguished people in the audience. ambassador more, a ambassador carla hills, i think you for coming. it's honor to be here. what i'd like to talk about today is our engagement and how we see the next steps when it comes to southeast asia in particular. i'd be happy to take questions or comments but the particular focus today is going to be southeast asia as a whole and i would like to begin with something i think it's extraordinary, as extraordinarily important. as occasionally you will find discussions about whether the united states is back i

please, well, my friend and our assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell.applause] >> thank you very much. i've never seen a program stood up more quickly and greater influence than the one ernie put together the last couple of years. i have more to say about that as the discussion goes. let me welcome everyone on a very hot -- is it august or is it still may? but there is no climate change. [laughter] welcome, everyone come here to csis. let me welcome all of the ambassadors and colleagues and friends, lots of distinguished people in the audience. ambassador more, a ambassador carla hills, i think you for coming. it's honor to be here. what i'd like to talk about today is our engagement and how we see the next steps when it comes to southeast asia in particular. i'd be happy to take questions or comments but the particular focus today is going to be southeast asia as a whole and i would like to begin with something i think it's extraordinary, as extraordinarily important. as occasionally you will find discussions about whether the united states is back in

. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me in thanking kurt campbell. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> today c-span2 will have live coverage of a house hearing on the transition to self government in iraq. the house foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and south asia will hear from state department and pentagon officials about the progress made in ending u.s. military presence in iraq. the hearing is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> sunday on in depth the balance between security and liberty. bill the difficulties of a climate change treaty and the limits of international law. your questions for author and university of chicago law professor eric pose near which includes law and social norm and the perils of global legalism and he will take your calls, e-mails and weeks on c-span2's booktv. >> today marks the first time our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. several times today this h