ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy. i spoke with her earlier today at the state department. lcome ambassador kennedy. >> thank you. >> ifill: when you first arrived in japan, you were greeted by throngs of people cheering you in the streets. has that died down? >> yes, actually, i wasn't expecting it, but i think it was an incredibly moving tribute to the place that america holds in the japanese hearts. >> ifill: you said at the time that you were arriving in japan at a critical time in history for both countries. what are the critical issues that face you right now? >> well, i think it's really hard to really appreciate fully here at home, when there's so much going on in the rest of the world as well, how important japan is as an ally of the united states. pretty much everything we do around the world, japan is one of our closest, if not our closest, partner. and that includes our economic relationship, our political and security relationship. asia represents 40% of the world's g.d.p., so this is a region that is critical to america's future, and we need allies and partns,

and caroline kennedy's apartment on park avenue in new york. caroline kennedy was about to take a post as ambassador to tokyo japan and she wanted vice from hillary the former secretary of state about what she should expect. hillary told her according to sources that hillary spoke to later that, don't be surprised if your marching orders as ambassador in tokyo, not from the state department but from valerie jarrett in the white house who is essentially a political adviser, not a policy person. i think that says volumes about how this administration has been run. >> host: mr. klein to cover your book features a couple bill and hillary clinton and michelle and barack obama. talk about how they work together as a couple particularly in the political sense. tell each couple works together. >> guest: well that would take us a long time that basically i would say that as quickly as i can say this, that the clintons have a marriage at least somewhat similar to the marriage of franklin roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. it's essentially a working relatio

at caroline kennedy's apartment on park avenue in new york.aroline kennedy was about to take a proposal as ambassador to tokyo and cheap wanted some advice from hillary, the former secretary of state about what she should expats. hillary told her according to sources that hillary spoke to later don't be surprised if you are marching orders as ambassador in tokyo, not from the state department but from valerie jarrett in the white house who is essentially a political adviser, not a policy person. i think that says volumes about how this administration has been run. >> host: mr. klein the cover of your book features bill and hillary clinton and michelle and barack obama. tell us how they work together as a couple particularly in the political sense. how each couple works. >> guest: how they work together? that would take us a long time but basically i would say as quickly as i can say this that the clintons have a marriage that is somewhat similar to the marriage of franklin roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. it's essentially a working relationshi

in my book, i discuss a meeting that took waste between bill and hillary clinton and caroline kennedy. was about toedy take up her post as ambassador to tokyo in japan. wanted advice from hillary, the former secretary of state, about what she should expect and hillary told her, according to sources that hillary spoke to later, that, do not be surprised if your marching orders as , come not in tokyo from the state department but from valerie jarrett in the white house, essentially a political advisor and not a policy person. i think that says volumes about how the administration has and run. -- in run. -- has been run. they workedbout how together as a couple, particularly in the political sense. how -- guest: that would take us a long time. would say as quickly as i can say this, that the clintons have a marriage that is somewhat similar to the marriage of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. it is essentially a working relationship. they have gone their separate ways in many ways. they do not live together often. but they are colleagues and collaborators on policy as eleanor and franklin

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nike since caroline davidson developed the switch and patented in '74, nike has have been coming on strong, better advertising and marketing with kennedy and nike wins on all fronts worldwide. in europe, that's the stronghold. >> so what happens when nike's chairman and founder phil knight steps off the field so to speak? that point will come. will you feel the same way about nike and the invasion? it reminds me of the steve jobs connection. >> it's an important consideration, particularly relating to steve jobs because both were such inspirational leaders, great innovators, great entrepreneurs. phil knights built a powerful machine to take down every competitor in every sport, every category. so that machine will continue for at least a decade after phil knight steps aside and in the '70s, he's still going strong. >> yes, he is. how do you view both as investments? >> investments because of higher double digit growth at nike and increasing margins, nike will be the ultimate winner, so while adidas stock is trading at 100 today, nike is trading at about 76. by the time the next world cup comes around, both will be up but nike will be u

and my daughter caroline rackland is working in the philippines and ted kennedy jr.as a campaign in connecticut but they are here in spirit. >> i call those excused absences. >> i want to thank in a very personal way, my senator ed markey for such a gracious and warm introduction and my friend senator chris dodd for being here. it really means the world to me that they are here. and i have other dear friends in the audience. >> let the record show, i can barely see chris dodd's lips moving when senator markey was speaking. >> so the postal service is a vital public asset. as my friend michael bennett said it has near daily contact with every american household and business. there are more than 31,000 post offices, stations and branches across this country, many of which serve as a focal point of local identity. and a center of community interaction. with 500,000 hard-working and dedicated employees earning a solid middle class income, the postal service is an essential part of the fabric of american life. because of the governing principle of universal severance, no

and my daughter caroline rackland is working in the philippines and ted kennedy jr. has a campaign in connecticut but they are here in spirit. >> i call those excused absences. >> i want to thank in a very personal way, my senator ed markey for such a gracious and warm introduction and my friend senator chris dodd for being here. it really means the world to me that they are here. and i have other dear friends in the audience. >> let the record show, i can barely see chris dodd's lips moving when senator markey was speaking. >> so the postal service is a vital public asset. as my friend michael bennett said it has near daily contact with every american household and business. there are more than 31,000 post offices, stations and branches across this country, many of which serve as a focal point of local identity. and a center of community interaction. with 500,000 hard-working and dedicated employees earning a solid middle class income, the postal service is an essential part of the fabric of american life. because of the governing principle of universal severance, n