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lewis letter, by doing alexander graham bell's application drawings, he was right there at the salvation of telecommunication and electronics. also because of what he did with illumination and these are important things all around the world. modern lights would not be able to exist without artificial lighting. i think that his invention is very important. doctor charles has saved so many lives and impacted so many lives because of the knowledge that we have through the science of blood typing. again, this is a very important contribution worldwide. i think and i hope that answers your questions. sorry don't have time to answer all three. >> let's move on to charlotte in south bend, indiana. >> yes, hello. what an honor it is to talk to you. i wonder if you talk about the book you wrote about the buffalo soldiers and the significance of the buffalo soldiers to american history reign. >> well, i think the industry of buffalo soldiers is important to american history because the westward experience of our nation was a key element in to us becoming a world power. we could not have done that

you know, alexander graham bell has this marvelous invention called a telephone. or better yet, video conferencing. the notion that you have to spend $800,000 to exchange ideas is laughable. and perhaps criminal. and the part that gals me the most is the hypocrisy of gsa not even following its own damn rules. you are so quick to make everyone else follow the rules, and you can't follow your own rules. you have an event planner on staff. that will come as quite a surprise to most taxpayers. what will come as even more of a surprise is the fact that you didn't even use them. you paid somebody else to plan the event despite the fact that you have event planners at taxpayer salary. and the scouting trip. you know, mr. chairman, the tribes of israel sent 12 scouts into the promise land before they decided to invade. and gsa has to send 15 to las vegas to check out a hotel. do you not see the outrage in that? mr. robertson? do you see it? >> absolutely. this conference was outrageous. >> well, i'm not going to be a self congratulatory as other people are. i think the fa

i will finish with a quote from alexander graham bell. "when one door opens, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has just opened for us." maybe a door has opened, and we can seize the moment. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. this was a wonderful, comprehensive presentation. you balance the short-term with the long term, stability with growth, fiscal rectitude with the social safety this requirements -- is a tall order, of course. you stressed togetherness. to what extent do we really live in an inter-dependent, global economy? we saw figures in the u.s., for example, saying the u.s. is taking off, the recovery is much stronger despite europe. we head debates on the decoupling of emerging markets. to what degrees are region's autonomous in their growth dynamics, which could lead to fragmentation. in what sense are we really much more independent than one realizes that it is a complicated question that the fund is doing research on, but we really li

and i will fin wish a quote by alexander graham bell, which i quite like. he once said, when one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and so regret fli upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has just opened for us, so maybe a door has opened and we can seize the moment. thank you. [applause] >> well thank you very much. this was a wonderful, comprehensive presentation. you balanced the short term with the longer term. you balanced stability with growth. fiscal rectitude with the social safety net requirements. it's a tall order of course, but let me ask you, you stressed at the end togetherness. to what extent do we really live in an interdependent global economy? we saw some figures in the u.s. some weeks and months ago which we referred to, saying the u.s. is taking off the recovery much stronger despite europe. we had the debates in the past years on decoupling of the emerging markets so to what degree are regions kind of autonomous in their growth dynamic which could lead to frag meanted international cooperation or to wh

i will finish with a quote from alexander graham bell. "when one door opens, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has just opened for us." maybe a door has opened, and we can seize the moment. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. this was a wonderful, comprehensive presentation. you balance the short-term with the long term, stability with growth, fiscal rectitude with the social safety this requirements -- is a tall order, of course. you stressed togetherness. to what extent do we really live in an inter-dependent, global economy? we saw figures in the u.s., for example, saying the u.s. is taking off, the recovery is much stronger despite europe. we head debates on the decoupling of emerging markets. to what degrees are region's autonomous in their growth dynamics, we which could lead -- which could lead to fragmentation. in what sense are we really much more independent than one realizes that it is a complicated question that the fund is doing resear

guest: the most famous case involved a patent that alexander graham bell filed for with the telephonethere is a historic argument that bell was not the first to invent, but he was the first to file, because at least the legend goes that he was tipped off by someone in the patent office to file ahead of elisha gray, who worked for western union at the time. it is not clear who invented it first, but we know that bell for a while successfully argued he was first to file. this goes to the underpinnings of intellectual property law. any of us have great ideas, think of great songs, great invention, but you cannot have a legal system that are taxed unless there is some system that says even if i thought of its second, i put in first. it is impossible for the government to know who invented it first. people can say they in a minute it first, but, state and complete department and application -- but unless and they complete the patent application and describe in detail what they intended, it is still up here in the head. >> let's go to the phones. caller: hi, how are you. congratulations to

and i will finish up a quote by alexander graham bell, which i quietly. he once said, when one door closes, another opens. but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the doors that we do not see the one which has just opened for us. maybe a door has opened and we can seize the moment. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. this is a wonderful comprehensive presentation. you balance the short-term but the longer-term. you'd talents to ability with growth, fiscal rectitude with the social safety net requirements. it's as tall order of course. but let me ask you. you know can't be stressed at the end of togetherness. to what extent do we really is it an interdependent economy? we saw some figures in the u.s., for example, weeks and weeks and months ago, which you referred to see in the u.s. is taking up the recovery is much stronger despite europe. we had the debates in the past years on decoupling of the emerging markets. so to what degree are regions kind of autonomous in their growth dynamics, which could lead to fragmentation internat

alexander graham bell had this marvelous invention called a telephone. or, better yet, video conferencing. the notion that you have to spend $800,000 to exchange ideas is laughable, and perhaps criminal. the part that goals me the most is the hypocrisy of gsa not even following its own damn rules. you are so quick to make everyone else follow the rules, and you cannot follow your own rules. you have any event player on staff. that will come as quite a surprise to most taxpayers. what will come as more of a did not even use him. you paid somebody else to plan the event despite the fact you have yvette players at taxpayers' a salary. -- event planners at taxpayers' salary. gsa has to send 15 scouts to las vegas to check out a hotel. do you not see the outrage in that? mr. robertson? do you see it? >> absolutely. this conference was outrageous. >> well, i am not going to be as self congratulatory as of the people are. i think the fact we're having a hearing is a loss. most people don't need a hearing to know that you don't spend other people's money the way

guest: the most famous case involved a patent that alexander graham bell filed for with the telephone. there is a historic argument that bell was not the first to invent, but he was the first to file, because at least the legend goes that he was tipped off by someone in the patent office to file ahead of elisha gray, who worked for western union at the time. it is not clear who invented it first, but we know that bell for a while successfully argued he was first to file. this goes to the underpinnings of intellectual property law. any of us have great ideas, think of great songs, great invention, but you cannot have a legal system that are taxed unless there is some system that says even if i thought of its second, i put in first. it is impossible for the government to know who invented it first. people can say they in a minute it first, but, state and complete department and application -- but unless and they complete the patent application and describe in detail what they intended, it is still up here in the head. >> let's go to the phones. caller: hi, how are you. congratulations t

alexander graham bell had this marvelous invention called a telephone. or, better yet, video conferencing. the notion that you have to spend $800,000 to exchange ideas is laughable, and perhaps criminal. the part that goals me the most is the hypocrisy of gsa not even following its own damn rules. you are so quick to make everyone else follow the rules, and you cannot follow your own rules. you have any event player on staff. that will come as quite a surprise to most taxpayers. what will come as more of a surprise is the fact that you did not even use him. you paid somebody else to plan the event despite the fact you have yvette players at taxpayers' a salary. -- event planners at taxpayers' salary. gsa has to send 15 scouts to las vegas to check out a hotel. do you not see the outrage in that? mr. robertson? do you see it? >> absolutely. this conference was outrageous. >> well, i am not going to be as self congratulatory as of the people are. i think the fact we're having a hearing is a loss. most people don't need a hearing to know that you don't spen