board's introduction of the innovative alternative site framework program which i will refer to as asf which took a bricks and mortar program, generally requiring activity to take place at a port facility, and to turn it into a virtual program, and that is more, readily portable to businesses throughout a multi, county, asf area. in 2010, the port applied to reorganize the port trade zone and we also had the same time, de designated pier's 19 and 23 and our application for a service area covering san francisco and san mateo county was approved in october of 2010, in the response to the requests from the businesses and economic development and organizations in north bay counties, we further apply to ad morin salano and most of sonoma and napa counties as well to the area and approved for this expansion by the foreign trade zone board in april of 2013. all along, port staff have been marketing the benefits of the trade program to organizations such as the san francisco chamber of commerce, china, sf. sfoairport, and the county, economic development association or sam seda and the silicon

. >> i just got a call from the city of oakland and they are looking to submit their asf application and i think that the port of oakland is pushing them on that. >> thank you for extending a good will of the san francisco port. >> all right. >> thank you. >> commissioner? i am in favor, you know, and i appreciate the comments from commissioner woo ho. but just reading here, the zone schedule was last revised in december, 2011. 16th would be a fact so i think that it is good that we update it and continue to grow it. and i do agree that we have to watch our cents, but also this is an opportunity for us to continue to establish the economic development in communities and that is what the port is all about. >> right. >> the more that we can bring on and it will be beneficial for the international training for our community and that is what we need to be and i am clearly in support of this, thank you. >> thank you. >> that is really how we are trying to position it and sell it as an economic development tool for the whole region. and it is an opportunity, not only to help the existing b

beliefs, but i refused to be cast as a victim, not to the irs, not to the fbi, not to osha, not to asf or any other government agency, i am not a victim because a victim has no options. i do have options, and i intend to use them to the fullest extent of my capabilities. as an american citizen i'm part of a country that still believes in freedom of speech, and so i will continue to speak out here in congress and all across this country,ly continue to press in every legal way possible as i did by filing suit against the internal revenue service. no american citizen should be willing to accept a government that uses its power against its own people. after all the tyranny and all the things that have been done to my organizations, my family and me, many people would quit. and, mr. chairman, many americans have quit. i have heard over and over that people are afraid to tell their stories. but know this, my experience at the hands of this government in the last five years have made me more determined ever than before to stand before you and to all of americans and say i will not retreat, i

beliefs, but i refused to be cast as a victim, not to the irs, not to the fbi, not to osha, not to asfment agency, i am not a victim because a victim has no options. i do have options, and i intend to use them to the fullest extent of my capabilities. as an american citizen i'm part of a country that still believes in freedom of speech, and so i will continue to speak out here in congress and all across this country,ly continue to press in every legal way possible as i did by filing suit against the internal revenue service. no american citizen should be willing to accept a government that uses its power against its own people. after all the tyranny and all the things that have been done to my organizations, my family and me, many people would quit. and, mr. chairman, many americans have quit. i have heard over and over that people are afraid to tell their stories. but know this, my experience at the hands of this government in the last five years have made me more determined ever than before to stand before you and to all of americans and say i will not retreat, i will not surrender.

election, asf the i mentioned, the afghan national security forces have reached a depth and capacitywe could not have imagined in 2009. oft in terms of the breadth the country that will be able to vote now, there will be a greater participation by the afghan people. is, because there president karzai cannot serve another term, pretty significant interest on the afghan people in participating not just in this democratic process but also getting on with the building of a democracy. they really are in for it. democracy actually comes naturally to them. the tribal council, the concept of the insurer, in my experience with afghans, and recently when i was departing in 2013, they were looking forward to the opportunity of this election. they were concerned about security. there were still many unknowns. but the average afghan is getting really excited -- perhaps an overstatement of the term, but interested in participating in the democratic process in ways we have not seen before, which is important. bsa, do not get the president obama has been clear, he will not leave american troops afte