chicago is a very decentralized city in terms of its employment. and that's also an issue with the city. now, that being said i don't think you want to judge the city by population numbers and there are a lot of people moving into chicago as well as the fact that there are, you know, some areas that are losing population. you also have in many areas depopulation because of larger families being replaced by smaller families. that was particularly -- that was most evident in the 1970s where you had a huge population loss because of that but that continues to be true in many large cities today. that, you know, and often increasingly wealthy population means that you have more people occupying the same space which actually means the population numbers can go down. i have a lot of admiration that the mayor has done and i think it's a very successful metropolitan area and i think it's difficult to say the straight numbers are the only or the primary gauge of success. i mean, you also want to look at the income of the area. you want to look at the crime ar

city just outside of islamabad with a large pakistani and government military presence. this is an amazing achievement, one that will remembered for decades. but we must remember that al qaeda is a decentralized network that continues to threaten americans both at home and abroad. a number of dangerous leaders associated with al qaeda including ayman al-zawahiri are still out there no doubt plotting their next attack as we speak. we also face a growing number of threats from other radical organizations and individuals including homegrown terrorists and extremists. although bin laden's death is an enormous blow to al qaeda, we must make sure that we remain vigilant in all our efforts to defeat terrorism and never lose sight of our objectives, which is not the death of one man but the dismantling of our terrorist networks that seek to do us harm. in closing, i want to again thank our intelligence professionals and military personnel for their service and dedication. i also want to remind everyone that while this is our greatest success to date in our efforts to combat al qaeda, we still have a lot of work to do and cannot rest until all of that work is done. mr. president, i yield the floor. th

city just outside of islamabad with a large pakistani and government military presence. this is an amazing achievement, one that will remembered for decades. but we must remember that al qaeda is a decentralized network that continues to threaten americans both at home and abroad. a number of dangerous leaders associated with al qaeda including ayman al-zawahiri are still out there no doubt plotting their nt attack as we speak. we also face a growing number of threats from other radical organizations and individuals inuding homegrown terrorists and extremists. although bin laden's death is an enormous blow to al qaeda, we must makeure that we remain vigilant in all our efforts to defeat terrorism and never lose sight of our objectives, which is not the death of one man but the dismantling of our terrorist networks that seek to do us harm. in closing, i want to again thank our intelligence professionals and military personnel for theirervice and dedication. i also want to remind everyone that while this is our greatest success to date in our efforts to combat al qaeda, we still have a lot of work to do and cannot rest until all of that work is done. mr. president, i yield the floo the presidin

city just outside of islamabad with a large pakistani and government military presence. this is an amazing achievement, one that will remembered for decades. but we must remember that al qaeda is a decentralized network that continues to threaten americans both at home and abroad. a number of dangerous leaders associated with al qaeda including ayman al-zawahiri are still out there no doubt plotting their next attack as we speak. we also face a growing number of threats from other radical organizations and individuals including homegrown terrorists and extremists. although bin laden's death is an enormous blow to al qaeda, we must make sure that we remain vigilant in all our efforts to defeat terrorism and never lose sight of our objectives, which is not the death of one man but the dismantling of our terrorist networks that seek to do us harm. in closing, i want to again thank our intelligence professionals and military personnel for their service and dedication. i also want to remind everyone that while this is our greatest success to date in our efforts to combat al qaeda, we still have a lot of work to do and cannot rest until all of that work is done. mr. president, i yield the floor. th