embassy, the british embassy, as well as ambassador crocker's residence. and they did quite a lot of damage. his commission made it out unscathed, did not suffer any damage, although we do have another one of his commissions in the collection which was on his wall at the time that was significantly damaged. it was his commission from 1991, promoting him to the rank of minister counselor. he experienced quite a lot countries those during that time, and we are honored to have his commission in the collection. >> it is time for more interesting things. >> i think we will get out a new set of artifacts to talk about. >> we talked a little bit about the 19th century. usually ministers and ambassadors have very small staff overseas. but the issues of counselors and diplomats were not combined. there was an effort after world war i to make sure we had a professional american foreign service. in 1924, congress passed the rogers act. it combined the consular with the professional american foreign service officers and that is when they started to become commissioned

belonged toion ambassador ryan crocker when he was ambassador to syria in 1998. do you want to talk about commissions and credentials? , people who held the post were called ministers. >> ambassador crocker served several times in his career, not only to syria, but to lebanon, pakistan,, iraq. he was no stranger to that part .f the world , in he was serving in syria , syrians were98 protesting u.s. and british military actions that were .ngoing in a rack at the time the protest grew to the degree -- iraq at the time. degreetest grew to the that they ransacked the u.s. embassy and did quite a lot of damage. his commission made it out unscathed, did not suffer any damage, although we do have another one of his commissions on the wall that was significantly damaged. from 1991,ion promoting him to the rank of counselor. he experienced quite a lot serving in those countries, and we are lucky to have his commission in the collection. out a new will get set of artifacts to talk about. >> we talked a little bit about the 19th century. usually ministers and ambassadors ha

we're locating apprentices at crocker and in golden gate park and moving them around, but we do use our apprentice workforce in the parks that are lower scoring in an effort to bolster staffing as well. >> you did mention by reducing the number of areas an individual might have to take care is also an improvement and i congratulate you on all of this, but i'd like to see, i think, it would be important to have more staffing, gardening around and i would hope those with these apprentices would be promoted to full gardener at some point. >> thank you. >> i have one quick question. i found just as one example, the graffiti distribution map to be interesting and wondered do you share the information and try to correlate it with other departments that have tangential issues around the things you're discovering here? >> there is actually a graffiti task force that is city-wide and we definitely participated in it all the time. we have a lot of conversation between the painter shop and sfpd in context of the graffiti task force, so we try to get more information and get together. >> i guess wh

. -- crocker, excuse me. and he -- i'm sorry. i just mixed both of you up. i apologize. america's top diplomat now visiting resident at princeton, university. guys, welcome. talking about north korea, ambassador, when you hear that the north may be preparing to launch another missile to test another missile even after kim jong-un is coming out and saying i would like to go to the olympics, how does the u.s. respond? >> north korea is not my area of expertise but that won't stop me from offering all kinds of opinions. look, sooner or later the north koreans are going to develop an effective ballistic missile. we went down that road. multiple failures. eventually we got it right and eventually they will get it right. i think it will be pretty important for them to hold off and see if a meeting between the leaders of the two koreas takes us to a slightly better place like their participation in the winter olympics. that said, i heard the interview with admiral mike mullen earlier. he, by my estimation, is one of the finest chair men of the joint chiefs we have had in modern

. >> and while visiting we spoke with harry crocker who was responsible for acquiring books. so >> how do you acquire a book and acquire an author? >> traditional way is waiting for agents to come up with proposals but a lot of what we do here is, try to project what will be in the news. and the best books that do are are some of the books you do are books where i think -- where we think -- this author on this topic that will be dynamite so we try to make those marriages happen but come u up with an idea and think this is great for it and try to put two together. and that's -- that's sort of been our -- our go to strategy not waiting on the agent so much but gipping out and being actively pursuing authors. so ann coulter on immigration -- sure. is that one that you all put together? >> i think she came to us with that. [laughter] and author, of course, make it is their own so i'll call it up and say it is good for the book and what do you think about subject x and what about subject x minus two so as we tack it through and whatnot eventually works out. but any ideas that -- w

us let some of my ex from the future crocker watch kaiser play. hello my name's peter and i've been living in bushnell for about seven years and this is a film about just some of the crazy things i've got in the time. when you're going to get. the money because you just published or do it if. the guy. still does not see if. i please. print it to practical. level was selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles they don't. produce offspring to tell you that the big gossip the tabloids buy files of the most important news today. about how to make you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along with our audience will watch. infinitely. from. the from from. later that day right back camp. they made a mess they did the great thing basically did the thing. and find out that getting your belongings keep it up devastate. our property just destroyed it. and if i ask you and. i knows it. take you in the midst of. you know. this it will be the rules if you be tempted

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almost final as the last of my ex in the future so crocker was kaiser. welcome back to worlds apart with julian m. other former prime minister of italy mr myler just before the break we were talking about the law being influenced by a political considerations internationally but obviously it also happens in the domestic landscape we have a major issue with independent judiciary here in russia but it also seems to be increasingly an issue in other european countries like for example poland or ukraine and those countries rhetorical it least have long embraced the western way is that really an issue of values why do you think it's so difficult to insulate politics and the judiciary. in the domestic context as it is a constitutional law scholar i find it very much understandable that after years of communism the notion of the concentration of power prevails upon the notion of division of power words because the communist regime was based it formally i mean if it had similar the and take it after the economy. you see ours when i was discussing with. the open

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as of last summer in the future crocker. the u.s. calls on to deescalate. in syria korea says there is a trust crisis in its relationship with washington. and what shane that is think about all that this country has done and now we're looking at another just for option promises which have never been kept by the united states. the trust. the trust is missing at the u.s. national security agency removes the words on the state trust and from its official mission statement. plus playing a threat the media in germany highlights within the government.

[applause] benjamin: i want to thank you and our executive director tom crocker and for it is hotthis week. in here, it is packed. it is not going to get less packed or hot. based on that day so far, america needs to see what we have assembled here. come up front so the cameras can catch each and every one of you. we're getting things done across party lines to do the work of the american people. i want to welcome our newly elected colleagues. you will see dozens of men and andn of both parties independents all across this country who are excited about adding the work of america done. we are living in turbulent times. the cities have wonderful people in them, and we cannot sit idly while washington decides what it wants to do, and who it wants to do it for. whether we are talking about 800,000reimers -- reimers -- dreamers. we're talking about illiontructure and $5 tr infrastructure needs to make sure we remained the most powerful nation in the world. if we're talking about gun , we need to get the job done. we know politics is divisive. startingbecomes the point of every conversation

. >> harry crocker one of the national conversations right now is about sexual assault. is that something you keep your eye on? >> that is interesting because there are topics that are important but that isn't the same topic that will sell books. like this with harvey weinstein that could sell a lot of books. our books tend to be more political and based near washington so that wouldn't be a big topic. >> capitol hill, tax reform. >> actually nobody cares about tax reform. if there is a book about why we should have a flat tax but our bread and butter page 2495 there isn't a big market for that. so if we had a restaurant you tell me about a book that you published something that you are bursting to tell me tell everybody else. the hot button political issue. but if it is presented well enough that not many people have conversations about tax policy. >> george has written about virtual coinage and you could learn a lot. >> that is an interesting case because he comes from that model so he is a paradigm so so they help you understand the world. that is a great example incl

we're also using this model at delores as well and kind of experimenting when hot spots pop up, crocker amazon, we can have staff onsite there. this is not a very good picture, but if you can see how drab and uninviting that hope sf playground is there, we are working with other city agencies to address some of these failing playgrounds at hope sf properties. >> this is an equity initiative work, we're fully invested in the planning and this is partially a capital planning conversation as well, but we're thinking through additional facilities where some of the hope sf sites, for example, sunnydale, i think we're planning -- we're in conversations with mercy housing and some of the other stakeholders about a new gym. and we just purchased shoreview park which is near huntersview, so we're engaging in a lot more collaborative planning and participating in, again, one of the mayor's legacies, the sort of reenvisioning of public housing and housing generally. >> mission slide again. we'll skip that. and with that, i'm happy to take questions. >> and just these were just a couple of deliciou

i think that is crazy. , i'm buster crocker always said that if you have more wingtips and humps on the ground, you prevent boots on the ground. which we saw -- which is why we say aggressive the helps. invadingy that we are russia, but we do need diplomacy. i can use iran as an example. to be supported iranian people, not the iranian government. when we have these issues, we should make sure to separate the two. a lot of times we say, we have to stop russia. stop the russian government specifically, s,adimir putin, initiative that matters. chertoff: yes, over here. fius earlier.ned ci we have two reform bills that are picking up steam. to what extent do you believe that investment in our social media platforms in particular poses a national security threat that should be subject to a cif ius review? >> i think when it comes to that review we need to do a deeper dive to find out who exactly are the people involved. , due diligence matters. i do not care what kind of deal it is. art,nk the due diligence we need to be a little bit more aggressive. industryare what the is. wit is that yes,

my friend ambassador ryan crocker always said that if you have more wing tips and pumps on the ground, you prevent boots on the ground. so basically saying aggressive and strong diplomacy prevents having to bring the military in. i'm not saying we're invading russia. but we've got to have a strong state department and one of their key responsibilities is that public diplomacy piece. i can use iran as an example. and i was saying we need to be supporting the iranian people, not the iranian government. when we have these issues, we should make sure to separate the two. because a lot of times we'll say we've got to stop russia. we're trying to stop the russian government specifically vladimir putin's initiatives. and just something that simple and that distinction i think matters. but this is a hard -- i'm open to ideas. if you have some, i know you've been following this. let me know. >> over here. >> amanda brown. you mentioned sophius earlier. we have two reform bills that are picking up steam. to what extent do you believe that investment in our high tech firms poses a national secur