dr. richard hatchett. dr. hatchett is the director of medical prepared this policy of the white house national security staff, and he is here today to teach us more about the h1n1 virus, to provide some historical perspective and to discuss what goes into a community of resilience. in addition to his role in the white house, he's also been the associate director for radiation countermeasures research and emergency preparedness at the national institute for allergy and infectious disease overseeing a program that develops drugs and devices to prevent or mitigate the effect of radiation exposure. and 2005, 2006 he served as director for why you defense policy on the white house homeland security council and was a principal author of the national strategy for pandemic influenza implementation plan. dr. hatchett served as the director of preparedness where he worked on a wide range of bigler defense issues including the delivery of mass prophylaxis to urban populations, malling and public health policy. dr. hatchet

dr. richard hatchette.[applause] >> karen, thank you for that very kind introduction and thank you to fema and to administrator fugate and to deputy administrator manning for inviting me to address all you have in this very important topic. unfortunately, this is the only part of this conference that i have been able to attend. it looks like a fabulous conference. i've been to the annual conference for the medical reserve corps on a couple of occasions in the past and i always found those to be terrifically inspiring. a great opportunity to learn to hear from people working in local communities about what they are doing. i am sure that this conference will fulfill that same function for all of you. i'm sorry that i have not been able to participate in it or will be able to participate in the sessions going forward. it's really terrifically inspiring. in thinking about the conference and looking over the session i was thinking about justice lewis brand dice comment was that of president is citizen. all of us

dr. richard hatchett. [applause] >> karen, thank you for that very kind introduction and tank -- and thank you to fema and the deputy administrator to inviting me -- for inviting me to address you on this important topic. unfortunately this is the only part of this conference that i have been able to attend. it looks like a fabulous conference. i have been to the annual conference on a couple of occasions in the past and i always found those to be terrifically inspiring. a great opportunity to learn, to hear from people working in local communities about what they were doing. i am sure that this conference will fulfil that same function for all of you. i am sorry that i have not been able to participate and will not be able to participate in sessions going forward. it is terrifically inspiring. in thinking about the conference and looking over the sessions, i am reminded of the comment that the only entitlement hard dock receipt -- our democracy entitles anyone to its citizens. we all contribute to the wel

dr. richard hatchett for presenting such a wealth of information in a clear and slightly wonky way. we are awfully glad that he holds the position he does. please join me in thanking him once again for being here today. [applause] i last announcements are to please use the next three to sign up for the workshops if you have not already. we will be serving desert on the independence level. thank you again and we will see you in a bit. [no audio] >> bill clinton picks up the 2009 net routes mentioned blogger convention for the coverage starts thursday night, live at 8:00 eastern, on c-span. friday, panels on health care reform with howard dean, pennsylvania politics with arlen specter, making change happen and reshaping the supreme court. >> and reported this month" washington journal talks with authors. we will be taking your calls, e- mails, and tweets this friday morning on c-span. >> how is he spent on the? >> by donations. >> federal funds are grant funds rate >> private contributions. >> honestly, i don't know. >> i would say from commercials. >> advertising? >> something from t