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i'm the straight man, chuck hagel. we are very pleased you're here, and i personally am most appreciative to have an opportunity to share some of bob zoellick spot. with you. president zoellick, thank you for coming and for taking time this morning. we have planned ourselves this morning, you in particular with your responsibilities, in a very serene world, much going on these days anywhere. so, with that we will try to invent some issues so that we will stimulate some questions this morning and did your very cogent and wise counsel. on the great challenges that face our country, and the world more to the point here at the early end of the 21st century. bob, as we all know, the president and a couple of hours, the president of the united states is going to give a speech about a part of the world that as we all appreciate, combustible, complicated, interconnected. all 7 billion citizens of the world are affected, will be affected by that part of the world. when i say that part of the world i'm talking about the arc of n

chuck hagel after he graduated from the senate, also became an academic.both at georgetown university and at the university of nebraska. he served on the boards and advisories boards of some of the worlds largest corporations. he's a chairman of the atlantic council, and he serves on important policy boards for both the secretary of defense and the secretary of energy. he is a twice purple hearted veteran of vietnam and most importantly to me, a former businessman. the title of this segment is called developing challenges in a resource con train -- constrained area. since their resources are unconstrained, they can go whenever they want in the discussion. chuck is the interviewer, bob is the interviewee. when it's over, you can decide which of them was the straight man. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you, william. >> good morning. i'm the straight man, chuck hagel. we are very pleased that you are here. and i personally am most appreciative to have an opportunity to share some of bob zoellick's thoughts with you. president zoellick, thank you for coming an

i and the straight man,chuck hagel. we're pleased you are here and i am personally most appreciative to have an opportunity to share thoughtsob zelig's with you. thank you for coming and taking the time this morning. we find ourselves this morning, you in particular with your responsibilities in a very placid, serene world with not much going on these days anywhere. with that, we'll try to invent some issues so that we will stimulate some questions this morning and get your very cogent and wise counsel. on the great challenges that face our country. and the world, more to the point. , here at the early end of the 21st century. bob, as we all know, the president in a couple of hours will give a speech about a part of the world that is combustible, complicated, interconnected. all 7 billion citizens of the world are affected or will be affected by that part of the world. when i said that part of the world, i am talking about the art of nations that full with an north africa and across the middle east, the persian gulf and