. >>> treasury department undersecretary for terrorism, david cohen, outlined his department's role in fighting terrorism thursday at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. he credited the treasury department's targeting of al-qaeda's finances as one of the pivotal reasons for its decline. he also discusses national security efforts in syria. this is just over an hour. >> good morning and welcome. 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 fasci

the treasury undersecretary david cohen said the new sanction will add pressure on the assad regime by closing off a key means of evasion. he said officials in qatar have agreed to take similar actions. department officials will host their international counterparts next week. they'll discuss what else they doon to persuade assad. >>> u.s. president barack obama used a video conference link to speak with european leaders about the debt problems. they agreed they need to work together to limit further damage. obama shared his views with german chancellor angela merkel, french president francois holland d hollande and italy's mario monti. the leaders will meet again next month in los cabos, mexico. >>> the biggest trade insurer has pulled its coverage of shipments to greece because of the uncertainties. the country's heavily dependent on imports. officials said they will not underwrite deliverez for the foreseeable future. analysts with the france-based insurer say they are worried about whether greece will remain in the eurozone. greeks will vote next month in parliamentary elections an

. >> treasury department undersecretary for terrorism david cohen, now in his president fighting terrorism. >> he says the treasury department is hiding an al qaeda sources and helping the organization decline. this is about an hour. he was calling it the undersecretary of terrorism. undersecretary -- the treasury on intelligence. we can think of no better person here to tell us about the role of the treasury in national security. my colleague, juan zerotti, was basically this job in a former administration. plus or minus -- well, something like that. and then juan, of course, went to the whiteout and was deputy national security adviser for combatting terror. we owe both of these officials a great debt for their service to this nation. so on behalf of csis, i'd like to welcome you all today and i'll turn it over to juan for this fascinating discussion. >> andrew, thank you very much. thank you to ael of you for coming today and in particular, david, thank you for attending today and agreeing to do this. >> happy to be here. a great honor for us, for me. i will tell you openly and honestly

david cohen and i wrote this show because it was a story that we were familiar with and a story we were a happy accident that there was -- or there turned out to be some social impact for this show. our job was only to make people laugh and entertain as many people as we could. >> despite what the vice president said, do you believe it had a significant impact? >> i don't really think that's my job to say. i mean, i will be honest you with, you love sitting in the room and letting you all talk about it and i'll smile as i hear all of these nice things said about the show and what it's doing, but for me, that just was never really my job. my job was never to teach. i lucked out the thing i was most interested in ended up having an impact. >> and what the president said? >> i'm very happy with the president. i think it extend his message of hope and, you know, there are little boys out there who not only get to dream they will some day be president, but they get to dream that some day that little boy can marry a president. >> it was interesting, max, because earlier this week you were cri

i have the privilege to welcome to distinguished public servants david cohen undersecretary of terrorism of the treasury and we can think of no better% to tell us about the role of treasury and national security. my colleague 1015 this job was deputy national security by serb four combating terror. we owe both officials agreed that for their service. i will turn it over to juan zarate for this discussion. >> thank you for coming today and attending today and agreeing to do this. open may and honestly i ian fight to that of a high-profile government officials but also friends. it is a great discussion have as we read the newspapers everyday importance of treasury as a key part u.s. government thinks of financial power and security and david is now leading the office that is the vanguard of that strategy and those tools and global elements of influence putting treasury at the center. talking about iran or north korea, drug-trafficking, tre asury not only has a seat at the table but at the head of the debate. we're happy to talk about the issues and frankly those issues from the national se

i would suggest you check in with david chiu about chinatown. supervisor cohen: you have accomplished a lot in a short time and i wasn't here for the presentation because i was working on another matter in gao, but we went over the proposal. you have done a good job repairing the relationship between the department and the transportation workers union. very important we have a high morale of those operating our buses. a good job in trying to change that culture of a sour disposition and taking a more positive. i also want to acknowledge the bike lanes you put down, especially along the cesar chavez. and the changes you made to the strollers, it has been quite remarkable. you made changes to the taxis and the change in the road is very painful. it's no secret that last year i was pretty vocal in terms of writing a letter with my concerns about the rolling out of the meter program into north mission and other parts. i found your office was responsive than thoughtful not only in responding to the e-mail but in taking time to attend public meetings. i am confident t

supervisor cohen, supervisor scott wiener, supervisor david chiu. thank you for being here. supervisor avalos, supervisor olague, thank you for being here. ourb reporter ill king, thank you for being here. -- our reporter, bill king, thank you for being here. senator leno. and our assembly member, thank you for being here. our district attorney, george gascÓn, thank you for being here today. and we all -- we always forget as some of these breakfasts our imports and school board members. kim, thank you for being here in the u.s. are proud to introduce our next speaker, if i could have your attention for one moment -- thank you for being here. i am proud to introduce our next speaker. i am very proud to introduce the mayor of our great city who spent his entire life organizing for tenant rights, human rights, making sure our streets were clean, making sure our city has been run effectively, and making sure now, today, as your elected mayor, that he is leading our city and leading our communities into the future. so please welcome me in recognizing to the podium your mayor, my

collector assessor, phil king, counsel general gao, david chiu, carmen chu, eric mar, and other board members who will join us. scott weiner, malia cohenm china lot -- not long ago from a trip. thank you for being here. to our family associations, our department heads, our other commissioners and friends, happy new year, and welcome to our official celebration here at city hall of our wonderful chinese lunar new year. we just came from the official lighting of our new lantern. i hope you will stay tonight long enough to view all of its beauty and the lightness of it. there are a lead the lights on there. there are recycle cd's on the dragon boat. it is 76 feet long. it is, of course, my entry into the america's cup. anyway, i want to thank everyone for being here, for helping us celebrate. as we have been saying, this is one of the most exciting, attractive holiday seasons for the whole of san francisco and all of our communities. we look forward, and i hope you join me, in not only the very big chinese new year's parade of will happen this saturday, but the whole weekend. there are community affairs. there is the coronation ball. we j

david to seek aid. roll call vote please. >> president chiu. supervisor chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 10 ayes one no. supervisor chiu: motion passes as amended. with regards to seats three, seven, nine, 10, roll call vote, please. aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: no. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, one no. supervisor chiu: motion passes. with that, it is 3:00 p.m. why don't we go to our special order? could you please call items 21 and 22? >> items 21 and 22 comprise a special order at 3:00 p.m. pursuant to special file. the board of supervisors has agreed to sit as a committee as a whole for a public hearing to hear objections to a report of assessment costs for blighted properties submitted by the d

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