[applause] >> i want to thank carolyn for the inspiring talk. i also want to note that miles referred to baseball and the average length of games. i'm a red sox fan. [laughter] spirit as you on the red sox-yankees games last about four and half hours that i will not take all the time here. for those of you who know my dear home state, we believe devoutly in political participation. the late mary mcquarrie, great columnist from the "washington post" and before that he washington star, once said that every baby born in massachusetts is born with a campaign managers gene. we like policy so much that kids used to put up her stickers on their bikes here now, this does not always match with honest government. i think there is a lesson here, that we should not always pretend that participation automatically leads to honesty. we used to joke in massachusetts that there were politicians whose election slogan, whether explicit or implicit was on a state is no substitute for experience. [laughter] >> and i have always loved the story of the gentlemen in sp

we id so with carolyn lukensmeyer as our facilitator. present it to both campaigns, both the obama campaign and the mccain campaign. to our, not to our surprise, but to our appreciation the obama campaign, as a campaign, and in the obama administration was president obama s elecd, took up our issues and had-- has been having a real dialogue with us on them. in the summer of 09, an even larger group of people came together,over 100 from a wider number of organizations and groups, and continued the work of oving that agen, discussing with the administration, trying to make real progress. the progress of that meeting was a report which is in the folder that you have. and we're not releasing it today because it's been out but we are sort of wanted to make the recommendations in it real and more resident as we go forward. today there's also been work with federal managers that americaspeaks has led to make them work and talk to each other and governed in a more collaborative and participatory way. and has been tremendous amount of work on ele

we did so with carolyn lukensmeyeas our facilitator. present it to both campaigns, both the obama campaign and the mccain campaign. to our, t to ou surprise, but to our appreciation the obama campaign, as a campaign, and in the obama administration was president obama was elecd, took up our issues an had -- has been having a real dialogue with us on them. in the smer of 2009, an even larger group of people came together, over 100 from a wider number of organizations and groupsand continued the work of moving that agenda, discussing with the administration, tryingto make real progress. the progress of that meeting was a report which is in the foder that you ha. and we're not releasing it today because it's been out but we are sort of wanted to make the recommendations in it real and more resident as we go forward today there's also been work with federal managers that americaspeaks has led to make them work and talk to each other and governed in a more collaborative and participatory way. and has been tremendous amount of work onelection

carolyn presutti with voice of america tv. >> no. >> all right. could we go to the next question? >> listen. questions about whether, how, when or whatever to challenge the arizona law should be addressed to the department of justice. what i'm here saying today is that enforcement along this border in those border states is primarily a federal responsibility that we do that and need more manpower, more technology, more infrastructure to assist. that's part of our plan. we need to be working with that's part of our plan and we need to work with state and local law enforcement. that's part of our plan as well, particularly when it comes to the organizations that are exploiting that border for their own gain. >> no more questions from this side of the room. you guys are in the penalty box. all right. we'll go back to the middle here. anybody with questions in the middle. the gentleman in the fronn row? >> david silverberg, homeland security today magazine. there have been reports of shots exchanged, and so forth, with mexican military forces along the border and of mexican military f

this is a book that carolyn firestone has written. you may have seen it before. we thank you for everything you are doing. it is a nice tribute. thank you very much. without further ado. >> good morning. it is a treat to be back with you. about one year ago this time that i was with this group. i am very much -- a couple of thoughts. one is to acknowledge congressman taylor and would only say to a very proud father and mom, i have the privilege of commissioning his son, gary, at the academy just a couple of days ago. in all of the things that we do, we are ofttimes blessed with men and women that continue to serve. i just want to reiterate the congratulations and say thanks for raising such a fine young guy to come and do this. this. in terms of this morning, obviously is focused on the trigger it to our troops. as i put together a thought for this morning, it is just a few weeks after memorial day. in the most recent piece that i wrote, one of the main themes is to make every day memorial day. i am so struck by these wars. the sacrifice of the men and women that

delaware, carolyn, a democrat. caller: i am calling -- i considered myself one of senator byrd's number one fans. what i call the office, that is how i identified myself. i hold in my hand right now the constitution that his office sent me, 1995 -- the constitution, remember how he always had it in his pocket? host: yes, ma'am. caller: and the declaration of independence. it was this little red book. i will miss that beautiful, white-haired man. he has gotten more than the whole house and senate will ever know. the united states of america will miss the beautiful white- haired man. i miss him right now so much that i could cry. host: thank you for calling in. joseph on our independent line, washington, d.c. caller: hi, peter. i'm a west virginian. i lived in washington -- live in washington. i have a lot of memories of the senator byrd. i have to say that i will offer condolences to his family and your the historic figure. -- and him as a historic madri -- a historic figure. not have the same views of robert byrd a