. >> good morning, directors, andrew schwartz, counsel tjpa. this amendment to the contract would insert "negligent" and address ommissions, which would be the geotechnical engineers. under state law, an engineer cannot be liable for errors of omission that to not fall below a standard of care from the community in which the design professional operates. also state law cannot be required to indemnified the owner of the project for services where there is no allegation of negligence or a concept that falls below the standard of care on the part of the professional. there was the potential for confusion if an allegation of error and a mission -- and omission was on the part of a design professional, there was the potential be insurers or the design professional would not provide a defense for the owner or the tjpa for an error or omission in design. in order to avoid that confusion, because the tjpa was not relinquishing any rights because the design professional could not be liable unless they were negligent, then they thought it was prudent to

my name's andrew schwartz and i'm in our external relations department here. we will be live tweeting from this event. i have the privilege today of welcoming two very distinguished public servants. who have served our country well. dave cohen is the undersecretary of terrorism. undersecretary of the treasury for intelligence and we can think of no better foreign tell us about the role. my colleague was basically this job in a former administration plus, something like that. then juan went to the white house and was deputy national security adviser. we owe both of these officials a great debt for their service to this nation. i'll turn it over to juan for this fascinating discussion. thank you to all of you for coming today. in particular, david, for agreeing to do this. this is a great honor for us, for me. i will tell you openly and honestly and those of you who have followed the work we've done here, i tend to invite not only high profile government officials, but also friends. to come join me and i count david among one of my friends. this is a great discu

the civil rights martyrs, james cheney, andrew goodman and michael schwartz were murdered trying to helpt the right to vote in mississippi. that was when hundreds of college students just a few years older than mitt romney were pouring into the south during the civil rights movement. a month after james cheney, andrew goodman and michael schwerner gave their lives for it. the civil rights act was signed into law because the civil rights issue of mitt romney's era was civil rights. the voting rights act was signed into law two months after mitt romney graduated from high school. did mitt romney attend any of the civil rights demonstrations in detroit during his high school years? no, not one. did other american high school kids both rich and poor, white and black throughout this country attend civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s in detroit and elsewhere? yes. by the thousands. that's because they knew that the civil rights issue of mitt romney's era was civil rights. high school is not an excuse for not taking a position, for not participating in the great issues of your time. in my

andrew smith. >> christina danielle england. >> michael. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen, joining president obama on stage, to your left, the secretary of the air force, and to your right, general schwartz, chief of staff of the air force. will the remainder of the graduates of the class of 2012 please rise and come forward by a squadron. >> cadet squadron one. >> robert frances. >> bethany page blackburn. >> michael j. tom brown. -- michael brown. >> spencer buck. >> alan. >> christopher. >> david kostin. -- austin. >> michael david cousins. >> james matthew dunlap. >> michael david. >> jeremiah luke. >> lou -- lindsay. >> catherine. >> victoria marie martinez. >> michael james mckinley. >> christopher. >> airing shake-up -- erin -- up. >> kyle edward. >> nicole singletary. >> paul ryan steven taylor. -- ryan stephen taylor. >> anthony m. wright jr.. >> jane. >> tibet squadron two. -- cadet squadron two. >> joseph patrick boyle. >> scott andrew brooks. >> michael anthony butler. casey robert carswell. >> meredith ashley. >> john paul. >> writing james gardner. >> john frederick. >> kenneth andrew neil. >> cody lee o'connell. >> austin. >> eric phillips. >> gerard courtney paul. >> raym