the china research director at the brookings institution joins us. thank you for your time. one of the big debates the people feel need to be addressed but will not be? >> the concern about inflation and high price property. these are the two major issues in people's minds. they are also on satisfied with the shrinking of the private sector and state monopolies. these are all the serious issues. >> it was not that long ago at a nationals people congress that corruption was mentioned. the world sort of thought it was quite a revelation. do you expect anything like that to come out of this people's congress? >> not really. the premiere is just mentioning it. i think people are very cynical about the commitment from the leadership. the general feeling is corruption is out of control. it is important to mention this congress -- his speech has different numbers. he said in the next five years [unintelligible] it will create 45 million jobs and the organization rate will increase from 46% to 52%. all these are major developments. >> do you think china can continue to have impressi

he's now research director at the center of the brookings institution. welcome. this is the first cross-border military move we've seen in response to any of these protests across the arab world. how shall we look at this? i mean is this an invasion or is this the saudis responding to a 911 call? >> well, of course, to some extent it depends on your per spekt itch. for the for the opposition it's an invasion. for the government of bahrain it is much needed support from an ally. i think what's important about it though is it does demonstrate the fear of so many of the regimes in the region. what they see is the tidal wave, pardon the current affairs pun, of democracy sweeping the nation, threatening their own regimes. what's been fascinating is is that the saudis, while they have internally embraced a program of reform over the past six years have been tremendously frightened by what they're seeing elsewhere in the region fearing that reform could turn into revolution which could sweep not only the bahrainees from power, the other gcc states, perhaps even themselv

. >> reporter: but the brookings institution's josh meltzer says a free trade deal with korea will have some clear winners. >> there is going to be significant benefits for the automobile sector. the agriculture sector is also going to benefit. >> reporter: the korean free trade agreement is expected to boost u.s. exports by more than $10 billion-- enough, the president says, to create at least 70,000 jobs. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: bad news for java lovers: the cost of coffee beans has jolted higher this year. many large chains like starbucks have been able to absorb the higher prices, but not so at smaller retailers. erika miller visited one new york city coffee store today to see if even higher prices are are percolating. >> reporter: for many americans, coffee breaks are a daily ritual. >> i'm a coffee freak. i like the taste. it's not just the caffeine. >> reporter: it's a habit that is becoming more expensive at oren's daily roast and other coffee stores nationwide. c.e.o. oren bloostein has had to raise prices twice in the last six months. >>

we expect him to be introduced by the head of the brookings institution. this is the associated press reports at this hour that the efforts continue at the nuclear power plant in fukushima. they are spraying the active nuclear units, and also at this hour, major foreign policy going on. number one, we expect to hear from president obama before his trip to latin america. he will be making a comment at the white house about libya and the no-fly zone that was authorized last night by the u.n. security counsel, so the president's comments coming shortly on c-span. ongoing now on c-span3, secretary of state, hillary clinton, talking about relations with latin america in regards to president obama's trip. here we are waiting for the japanese ambassador to the u.s.. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this is the brookings institution in wa

. >> michael o'hanlon of the brookings institution believes a few hundred antitank weapons would swing the tide of battle in a matter of days but it would also violate president obama's repeated pledge not put american boots on the ground in libya. >> it may not have to be the united states. there's good reason to think some european special forces could do comparably well, maybe even better in some ways given their contacts. >> reporter: but who would they be arming? u.s. intelligence is still trying to determine what lurks behind the public face. the admiral who has taken command of the operation said there are concerns the rebels may include some of america's worst enemies. >> we have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al qaeda, hezbollah. we've seen different things. >> reporter: the president has not yet decided whether to arm the rebels, and he may not have to. tonight, libya's foreign minister defected to london, the first big crack in qaddafi's inner circle. erica. >> hill: david, talk to us a little bit about the documents the president signed authorizing covert op

. >> the brookings institution how the discussion on the role of community organizations and other civil society groups in egypt. panelists talked about civil society opportunities in setting a reform agenda. >> thank you. i will focus my comments on civil society organizations that have worked on democratization and human rights and some of the comments will echo what jackie mentioned about the development organizations and what other panelists talked about in terms of capacity building. civil society was restricted by the regulatory climate and security climate that affected their ability to move and operate. they were affected by a population that was seen as apathetic. this has changed in the post- revolution environment and there is a huge opportunity for organizations to serve as the link between state and society. a couple key opportunities that exist now for civil society organizations. the first is setting the agenda during the transition process including activities like consensus building, policy analysis and targeting effective advocacy. also keeping the momentum for change g

welcome to the brookings institution. my name is john page. am in the global development program for the blocking the institution. is my privilege to be the moderator of this panel this afternoon and. the topic is the role of civil society in a new egypt which is a topic that is both timely and important. i was in oxford over the weekend and speaking with a friend and he said to me you know, i think the jasmine revolution and the changes in egypt really boiled down to two things, jobs and justice. and of course it is clever alliteration. it is also quite a penetrating thought and today as we discussed among ourselves and with you the issue of civil society in egypt we have representatives from civil society organizations and the youth movement in egypt we need to keep in mind the issues of jobs and justice and panelists will speak to the role of civil society and deliver both. without further reduce let me introduce the panelists, their biographies are in your hand out so i won't try to summarize their academic or professional histories but th

>> birth santini from brookings institution. just a couple of -- i would be very interested in your opinion on what perceptions in the u.s. any judge currently our and how it might hope in these very delicate transition pages, to the point your making about the choice of local systems. thanks. >> microphone here. >> hi, thank you for joining us. the movements in each of had them mrc described by power of the youth. her cultural norms that respects for the elderly in the community, the experience any judge and also, have these events in the arab world inspired the scholarship on the region? >> i'm going to take that. i'll go backwards on this because those are very interesting -- they're all interesting questions, the first of all on scholarship, most of the scholars were prepared for this either, so everyone is trying to get there the book finished before they start taking about this. a lot of the other books are about persistence of authoritarianism. he might just have to forget about it altogether. nobody was prepared. the cul

welcome to the brookings institution. my name is john page, i'm a senior fellow in the global economy and development program for the brookings institution. it's my privilege to be the moderator of this panel this afternoon. the topic is the role of civil society in a new egypt, which is a topic that i think is both timely and important. i was in oxford over the weekend and speaking with a friend, and he said to me, you know, i think the jasmin revolution and the changes in egypt really boil down to two things, jobs and justice. and i thought, well, one, it's oxford, it's a clever alliteration, but two it's also quite a penetrating thought. and i think today as we discuss amongst ourselves and with you the issues of civil society in egypt, we have representatives from the business community, civil society organizations, from the youth movements in egypt, we need to keep in mind the issues of jobs and justice, the hope the panelist will speak a bit to the role of civil society and trying to deliver both. without further ad

we'll leave this now and take you live over to the brookings institution in washington. as unrest continues in the arab world. the foreign minister of morocco is in washington to discuss proposed reforms to country's constitution. taieb fassi fihri will be speaking this morning before the audience of the brookings institution. later today meeting with secretary of state clinton. just getting under way. live here on c-span. >> this time to host the minister of foreign affairs and cooperation of the kingdom of morocco, taieb fassi fihri. it's a special pleasure for me, the minister has been a good friend personally and a good friend of the united states for many years. and i have long wanted to have the opportunity to host him here and i'm delighted he's agreeed to do so. the minister has a distinguished career in diplomacy, but it didn't start out that way. he was a professor of microeconomics at the university of paris, then became research fellow at the french i.n.s. actuality ut of international relations. before he joined the planning direct rat in the ministry of pla

that is at the brookings institution at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and from the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president of the american university in cairo will give her perspective on the recent changes in egypt and the arab world. that is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and coming up this hour, an update on the situation in libya.

then the brookings institution looks at a company country trying to form a democracy. on c-span three the american's constitution society gives a

then at 1:30 eastern, a brookings institution discussion on the role of egyptian civil society and the political process. panelists include representatives of the american chamber of commerce in egypt, the international youth foundation, and the national endowment for democracy. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, chuck kohlson, special counsel to president nixon, talks about the watergate break-in, the secret white house tapes and his relationship with the 37th president. brown university president ruth simmons on the role of history in academia and how it was used in our universities. also, remembering the father of the constitution. james madison should also be known as the father of american politics. for the complete weekend schedule, go to c-span.org/history where you can also press the c-span alert button and have our schedules e-mailed to you. >> new york democratic congressman anthony weiner, a member of the energy and commerce subcommittee, said yesterday that the white house needs to do more to highlight the benefits of the health care law enacted a year ago w

kenneth pollack is from the brookings institution. everybody's bio is online if you crave additional information. ken has written extensively on libyan military history. he will have a lot of perspective to bring. michael o'hanlon is the senior fellow in foreign policy at the brookings institution. he writes often and wonderfully on military affairs. paul wolfowitz is a visiting scholar at the american enterprise institute and has been following these issues closely. thomas donnelly is the director of the aei center for defense studies. we are going to go slightly out of order. for those who have not been here recently we used to have a set piece and i would talk a lot. i have kept to that tradition. i apologize to the panelists. our panelists with each give a presentation and we returned to the floor for questions. we have been doing it differently lately. i hope you will enjoy the change in format. if you do not, i am sure you will not hesitate to tell me. we've done a more interactive style that we call "meet the press" style. i am

going down the line, ken pollack is the director of this upon director of the brookings institution. everyone has a buy online. can reminded me he has read and extensively on the libyan military history. michael o'hanlon, let me get your title wrong -- senior fellow and foreign-policy at the brookings institution. he writes often and wonderfully on military affairs. paul wolfowitz, the visiting scholar at the american enterprise institute, and has been following these issues extraordinarily closely and riding a great deal. and finally tom donnelly, the director of arts center for defence studies. to confuse everyone watching the panel, we're going to go in slightly different order. for those who have not been here recently, the way we always used to do evince is that we had a set piece and i would talk a lot. i have kept to that tradition. i apologize to our panelists. and in our panelists would each give a presentation and we would turn to explore questions. we have been doing differently lately. i hope that you will all enjoyed the change in format. if you do not, none of you will

the work at the brookings institute was heightening the importance of the reaction. let's try to take the money away from cities. we have to change that. it is community-based groups that will help us fight that fight and regardless of what happens. we know how important it is and we cannot be deterred from our work. >> the last word. >> recently, the smaller communities are being involved and i would like to say thank you. even now we are smaller, we may not have this large of a budget, we may not have the same population, but we do have many similar problems. after this conversation, not only do we understand each other better but we understand we can learn from each other. urban can learn from rural communities and we can collaborate to understand better the issues that our people do with and understand how better to solve them. gooden powerful things come out of small places. -- good and powerful things come out of small places. [applause] thanks for involving us in the conversation. >> we have talked about problems and challenges. there is every reason to be opt

welcome to brookings institute. i want to add my words of sympathy and condolences to the japanese people on this occasion of such a horrendous disaster. i have with me four brookings scholars. to my right is richard bush who is the director of the center for north east asian policy studies. he has distinguished degree air in the government to -- he has a distinguished career and government as a director of the american institute in taiwan, which handled america's diplomatic relations. he has authored many books on east asia. his latest book is called "the perils of proximity." next to them is a senior fellow in the economics program and the global economy and development program. his research focuses on economic growth in developing countries and is the author of many studies in this area. he was the director of the president's council on price stability is back in the 1970's. he has taught at berkeley and at harvard. next to him is the director of our internal project that focuses on humanitarian affairs and the im

talkso's foreign minister about the challenges his country faces great live coverage from the brookings institute at 10:30. endowment of international peace, the president of the american university of cairo will get his perspective on the recent changes in egypt and the arab world. that is at 1:00. >> the c-span video library is even more valuable. committee hearings are now being gathered and archived in one place. find out more. watch what you want, when you want. >> the united nations representative for afghanistan said the u.s. led a surge in that country is working. staffan de mistura also expect confidence in afghan led reconciliation efforts. he spoke at the middle east institute in washington as the u.n. voted to extend its afghan mission by one year. this is 55 minutes. >> he is not often hear it in d.c.. he has come from new york city when he was talking about afghanistan on the eve of the un decision to renew the mandate in afghanistan. i believe the security council is voting today. is that correct? it is done. it did pass. on thursday, and he was talking about the u.n. role in afgha

senior fellow at the chicago council for global affairs and a non-resident scholar at the brookings institution ambassador williamson was from 2007-2009 a special envoy for sudan under president bush's administration. he also has had assignments previously as ambassador to both i think a special political affairs and also to the human rights commission in the united nations, and in the previous or george h. w. bush administration, he was assistant secretary of international organizations. he is an undergraduate, he holds an undergraduate degree from princeton university and a law degree from the university of virginia. i was also learned today that his association with the heritage foundation goes back to the infant days of this institution. so welcome back, ambassador williamson. to the far left is ezekiel lol gatkuoth. who is the head of mission for the government of southern sudan to the united states. he has long been a member of the sudanese people's liberation movement, which he joined in 1984. he served in the armed forces this of the spla -- splm as an active participant in the civil wa

morocco's foreign minister will talk about the challenges his country faces, live from the brookings institution. and from the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president of the american university in cairo will give her perspective on the recent changes in egypt in the arab world. that is live at 1:00 eastern. now vice president joe biden talks about increasing graduation rates. his remarks are just under 20 minutes. >> when i have spoken to the leaders and the business community in my state over the last couple of decades, i hear a lot of legitimate concerns and complaints about taxes, corporate taxes, environmental regulations, about the deficit, about the ability to depreciate equipment. but the thing i have heard most consistently, not just in the last five years, but the last 15 years, is that most of you need more skilled workers. i remember 12 years ago there were many jobs for computer programmers and computer science. they paid an average of $90,000 a year. and we did not have the bodies to fill those slots. imagine what we could do if we took 400,000 $90,000 jobs and spr

[applause] >> the brookings institution will have another look of arab politics tomorrow when they turn their attention to egypt. the panel will discuss the role of civil society after house nate mou barrack. live coverage at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. next, the authors of a report arguing for a negotiated peace with the taliban in afghanistan. congressman anthony wiener discusses the federal health care law on its one-year anniversary. later, morocco's foreign minister discusses his country's proposed political reforms. on "washington journal", a report on america's fiscal management. then a discussion on unrest in the arab world with the former u.s. ambassador to morocco. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> this weekend on "book tv". a panel discussion on john failedey, jr.'s assassination attempt of ronald reagan. throughout the weekend, from the virginia festival of the book, panels on madison and science, the vietnam war, the founding fathers, and religion. find the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> the century foundation released a report on the prospects for peace in af

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i will now turn this over to our moderator, michael, from the brookings institute.hank you, michael. [applause] >> let me say a brief word of introduction for general petraeus. we will go to a conversation, a set of questions, and then we will take all of your ideas and thoughts to the general. 1974 graduate of west point. he had many positions and commands and the distinguished honors along the way. he won the george marshall award from the army general command staff college. he went to princeton, where i got to know him in the red school. he did his ph.d. in the 2.5 years, less than half as the rest of us. it continues to be a princeton record. he spent some time teaching at west point. many of us know the story from that point onward in the following two decades. i will remind you that depending on how you can europe, he is in his seventh deployments including haiti, bosnia, three deployments in iraq, and now command in afghanistan. let me mention a few of the awards. many of them are familiar to you. the defense of distinguished service medal, the bronze star, a

his remarks came at the brookings institute forum in washington, d.c. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> today's panel is intended to give us a chance to discuss a major event that is both in the headlines and, of course, very much on our minds. also to discuss the challenges that this event poses to our political leaders, to their ingenuity, their fortitude, and wisdom. but today's if that actually goes beyond that. it gives everyone in this room and everyone who is watching on television or listening on the radio or following the proceedings on the web, a chance to inform and intensified our compassion for the brave and grievously stricken people of japan. the japanese people and the japanese government are very ably represented in the united states by ambassador ichiro fujisaki. he is a very close friend to a number of us here in this room. that makes it all be more fitting that he should be representing a country that is a close friend, a partner, and allied to the united states. all of you can imagine what the last week has been like for the

indeed, i argued in an op-ed piece which was published at the brookings institution -- >> this small place somewhere around here. >> down the street. what i argued there is that basic surge that has occurred has been very largely localized to what i would argue was the largest financial crisis globally ever. i mean, i'm certain the depression of the '30s was an in economics much greater, but as far as we had, we have never seen a shutdown in short-term money markets of the type that we saw subsequent to the lehman bankruptcy. commercial paper market close down. even the repo market was shaky, which is extraordinary. but the fed did not move in on the money market and the money funds that would've caused a consequence. so i'm arguing as i did in that piece that if you have got a type of structure in which the financial system tries to have capital adequate to meet every loan provision, loss provision, up to, say, .999 as far as probability is concerned. that theoretically, the trouble is the .999 still as it happens, .001. and i think that what we have just been through, i called it h

just as supple -- a sample of the discussion at the brookings institution. you can see the event>> in justa discussion on public education with the mayor of sacramento, kevin johnson, and former washington, d.c., schools chancellor, michelle rhee. secretary of state hillary clinton will provide an update on the situation in libya. after that, a discussion on home enter ship with comments from jerry bernstein. a panel of experts on the future of fannie mae and freddie mac. friday night on c-span, bloggers, writers, and activists from the middle east discussed their countries. they talk about changing the political system in egypt, iraq, iran, and saudi arabia. >> iran is really bad. this is one side of the coin. the other side is the darkest side. we lived in a very dark area. our studies have never been heard. we are very strong in terms of oil. we support the west with the oil. it is the homeland of is long. >> what's the summit from york city on friday night on c-span. -- what the summit from new york city finite on c-span. >> nearly 1500 middle and high s

on c-span tonight, morocco's foreign minister speaks at the brookings institution in washington.we also have a report on a negotiated peace in afghanistan with the taliban. congressman anthony wiener discusses the health care law on its one-year anniversary. thursday night on c-span, a look at education reform with former washington, d.c., chancellor. we will discuss academic disparities between america and children of different races and districts in the country and white student achievement has worsened despite federal spending over the last 30 years. >> it is all of us doing our part whether you have kids or not. we have to do our part. there are far too many kids who are languishing. there are also kids to live in nice neighborhoods. their schools are not serving them to the degree they need as well. >> i concur with him. we are in a position right now in this country where if you were to tell me the is it coat a child lives in and the race of that child, we did it with accuracy until you their academic achievement levels. that is one of the most un- american things i can pos

. >> i am from the brookings institution. would be interested in your opinion of what the perceptions of the u.s. in egypt currently are and whether they are based on how the u.s. might help in these delicate political transition especially related to the choice of political systems. >> in the back, yes, please. >over here? >> thank you for joining us. the youth movements and egypt have been described as power of the youth. is there something about this that talent is cultural norms of respect for the elderly and the community? have these events in the arab world inspired the scholarship on the region? >> i will go backwards on this. those are very interesting questions. on scholarship, most of the scholars were not prepared for this either. everybody is trying to get their other book finished before they deal with [laughter] this. a lot of other books were about the resistance of authoritarianism. no one was prepared. the cultural norms and the youth, this is a very interesting question -- dynamic. one thing i think people d

she is the managing director for delivery system reform at the engelberg center at the brookings institution here she is the former director policy for the white house office of public engagement and in trouble -- intergovernmental affairs. you may remember some of her videos from the legislative debate over this law. she is also the former deputy staff director for the senate health committee under then- chairman senator edward kennedy. kavita will be talking about the provisions of the lot are intended to improve the quality of care and how it is delivered in the united states. i will follow her to talk a little bit about the history and debate over the law and the quality and access issues. ron pollack will be following me. ron is the founding executive director of families usa, a national organization for health care consumers, and their mission is to achieve affordable health care coverage for everyone in the u.s.. ron will be talking about the active provisions. he will be followed by douglas holtz-eakin batting cleanup for us. is currently the president of the american action forum an

. >> ruth santini from brookings institution.ouple of -- i would be very interested in your opinion on what the perception that the u.s. in egypt currently are and whether there is debate on how the u.s. might help in these very delicate politically transition phases, especially related to the point you're making about the choice of political systems. thanks. >> in the back, please. over here. >> hi, thank you for joining us. the movements in the jets have been larger described by power use. is there something about this the challenges cultural norms have respect for the elderly and the community, the experience in egypt? and also come at these events inspired the scholarship on the region? >> i'm going to take that. i'll go backwards on this because that -- those are all interesting questions. the first of all, and scholarship, it did most of the scholars were prepared for this come is that everybody's trying to get there their book finished before the start enqueued about this. a lot of the other books were about persistence of

before he came it cbo, doug was senior fellow at the brookings institution where he co, served as coeditor of the brookings papers on economic activity and director of the hamilton project. he is also been an assistant professor at harvard, principle analyst at cbo, senior economist at cea, deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the treasury and assistant director of the division of research and statistics at the fed. i've known doug now for almost 20 years and have long admired the professionalism and integrity that he has brought to his work. just a quick housekeeping note before we get started. we will handle questions and answers in the usual nabe fashion. we'll pass out cards for you to write your question who later we'll bring them to the podium. please give a warm round for doug elmendorf. [applause] >> thank you, doug, for that kind introduction and very nice to be back here with the nabe. i'm going to offer four observations about the federal budget. some of them may be obvious to some of you. that's good. the more obvious these observations are to the more people, the

live coverage from the brookings institution at 10:30 a.m. eastern. from the carnegie endowment for international peace, the president of the american university in cairo will give her perspective on the recent changes in egypt and the arab world. that is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> this c-span networks that provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is available on television, radio, online and on social media networking sites. find our content any time through c-span library. it's washington your way. the c-span networks, now available and over 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public-service. >> now a conversation with abc world news anger diane sawyer -- anchor diane sawyer. this event is moderated by former nbc news correspondent marvin kalb. this was held at the national press club. >> this is "the kalb report" with marvin kalb. [applause] >> hello and welcome to the national press club. our subject tonight -- diane sawyer, the life in news. i do not remember the exact date, but ab

i'm from the brookings institution. i am always very interested in your opinion on what the perceptions of the u.s. in egypt currently are, and whether there should be debate on how the u.s. might help in these very delicate, politically transitional phases, especially to the point you're making about the choice of political systems. thank you. >> in the back. yes, please. over here? any? microphone here. >> thank you for joining us. the youth movements in egypt have been largely described as the power of the use. is there something about this that challenges cultural norms of respect for the elderly and the community? also, have these events inspired scholarship on the region in the arab world? >> i will go backwards on this. those are interesting questions. first of all, on scholarships, i think most of the scholars were not prepared for this either. i think everyone is trying to get their other books finished before the start to think about this, and a lot of the other books for about the persistence of authoritarian

government institute small think tank with special interest in the relations and the fellow in the brookings institution's government studies programs. he's also a nationally renowned expert on the federal courts. >> thank you very much, sally. let me briefly introduce the panel three it right down the road. john david is an executive editor with wbur, the npr station and the director of a project called order in the courts, 2.0, which we will be using the quincy district court as a laboratory to explore the interface between the new media and the judicial system, virginia kendal has been a u.s. district judge in chicago since early, 2006 and before that she was spent over ten years as the senior positions in the u.s. attorney's office in the northern district. how word mince has covered court in california in the bay area. for over 14 years in the san jose mercury and kelly sager is a california media law attorney who has represented all types of media and all types of questions involving the media and the law. copyright, privacy and everything in between. so, our session today, new media is it changing

government institute small think tank with special interest in the relations and the fellow in the brookings institution's government studies programs. he's also a nationally renowned expert on the federal courts. >> thank you very much, sally. let me briefly introduce the panel three it right down the road. john david is an executive editor with wbur, the npr station and the director of a project called order in the courts, 2.0, which we will be using the quincy district court as a laboratory to explore the interface between the new media and the judicial system, virginia kendal has been a u.s. district judge in chicago since early, 2006 and before that she was spent over ten years as the senior positions in the u.s. attorney's office in the northern district. how word mince has covered court in california in the bay area. for over 14 years in the san jose mercury and kelly sager is a california media law attorney who has represented all types of media and all types of questions involving the media and the law. copyright, privacy and everything in between. so, our session today, new media is it changing

spoke friday about the nuclear crisis and recent natural disasters in the his country at a brookings institution forum here in washington. following his remarks, several brookings scholars discussed the ambassador's remarks and be look at what the disasters mean for the future of the japanese economy and society. thisthis is about an hour, 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody, i'd like to welcome you all and thank you for being here this afternoon. like pretty much all of the gatherings that we have here in the brookings auditorium, today's panel is intended to give us a chance to discuss a major event that's both in the headlines and, of course, very much on our minds. and also to discuss the challenges that this event poses to our political leaders, to their ingenuity, their fortitude and their wisdom. but today's event actually goes beyond that. it gives everyone in this room and everyone who is watching on television or listening on the radio or following the proceedings on the web a chance to inform and intensify our compassion for the brave and grievously-stricken people of japan. the

just going down the line, ken pollack is the director of the brookings institution.verybody's baidoa is online if you crave additional information. ordaz -- everybody's biography is online if you crave additional information. ken has a lot of perspective to bring on military history. michael hammond i'm going to guess your title wrong -- michael o'hanlon senior foreign-policy. he writes about military affairs. paul wolfowitz is a visiting scholar at the american enterprise institute and has been following these issues extraordinarily closely and has been writing a great deal. and finally tom donnelly, the director of the center for defense studies. i think what we will do to confuse everybody watching the panel is that we will go in a slightly different -- out of order. for those who have not been here recently the way we always used to do event is that we would have a set piece and i would talk a lot. i have get to that tradition. [laughter] and i apologize to our panelists. our panelists will of -- what each give a presentation and then return to the floor for ques

before he came to cbo, it was a senior fellow at the brookings institution, where he served as co-editor of the brookings papers on economic activity and director of the hamels the project. he has also been an assistant professor at harvard, principal analyst at cbo, senior economist at cea, deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the treasury, and assistant director of the division of research and statistics at the fed. i have known now for almost 20 years and have long admired the professionalism and integrity that he has brought to his work. this a quick housekeeping know before we get started, we will handle questions and answers in the usual nabe fashion. we have volunteers and will pass out cards for you to write your questions, and they will later bring to the podium. please give a warm round for doug elmendorf. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is very nice to be back here with the nabe. i will offer four observations about the federal budget. some of them may be obvious to some of you. that is good. the more obvious these observations are two more

leading us off kavita patel at the englebert system reform at the brookings institution. she's also a former director of policy for the white house office of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs. you may have seen some of her viral videos about the health care law. you may remember them from during the debate. the legislative debate over this law. and she's also a former deputy staff director for the senate health education labor and pensions committee under then-chairman senator edward kennedy. i will be -- kavita will be talking about the -- how the provisions of the law intended to improve the quality of care and how it's delivered in the united states. i'll be following her to talk a little bit about the history and debate over the law and some of the quality and access issues. ron pollack will be following me. ron is the founding executive director of families usa, a national organization for health care consumers. families usa's mission is to provide high quality health care for everybody in the u.s. ron will be talking about the access provisions in the

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