including the politics of identity, history, nationalism and the prospect for peace in post-cold war east asia. narratives in nation building an efficient, a genealogy of patriotism ruptured histories, war or the post cold war in asia. her new book, "brother at war: the unending conflict in korea" is the military, political and cultural history of the war seen as spamming in 1945 to the present and its global impact told from the north and south korean and chinese news. please join me in welcoming, sheila miyoshi yager. [applause] >> well, thank you very much for that warm introduction. thank you ladies and gentlemen for this wonderful crowd, which is a tribute to this festival. so it is my first experience here and a true pleasure to be here. my book is called "brother at war: the unending conflict in korea," which was published in july of this year in which many of you may note is the 60th anniversary of the korean war armistice. and that date is significant because even though the fighting in korea stopped in 1953, the war continued. no peace treaty was ever signed at the conclusion of the

but i should also say that matt previously served as the white house coordinator for the east asia summit, for the asia- pacific summit, but he also served as director for international economics on the nsc staff and was responsible for the g-20, g-8 and other international forums. and with that, i'd like to introduce my colleague matt goodman. >> ok, thank you, andrew. thank you, heather. so the president will be participating in the eighth g-20 summit on september 5th and 6th at the constantine palace in strelna, outside st. petersburg. when andy gets here, he can tell us how to actually pronounce strelna, and not to mention st. petersburg. the g-20, as you know, just to recap, is a gathering of leaders of 19 individual countries and the european union, which has its own seat, and then another five invited guests, including spain, singapore and a couple of african countries that i've forgotten at the moment, tanzania, i think, ethiopia and one other, and then a number of international institutions, the u.n., the imf, the oecd and others will be in attendance as well. the schedule begins

. >> reporter: new machines prepare turbe it for export to east asia. bigger fishing boats,er -- mean more jobs. >> it falls into a traditional lifestyle, so many people are able to -- to use some -- some skills that they have always had and apply them to a job then that's something that will probably be more long-term benefit. >> projects like this newly built small craft harbor and this entire fishing pier show the authorities are taking the process of commercial fishing seriously. but there are those that warn that looking for opportunity in what is essentially a global warming crisis might be premature. in some areas develop has been halted. >> i think it's a precautionary approach that is enshrined in international law, is when you don't understand a place you study it before you start exploiting it, and that's what we should do. >> but many of those who live in this harsh environment want to seize whatever opportunities arise from climate change even as they confront its challenges. the thing is that there are many challenges. fishing may be one t

across the rest of east asia, heavy rain and thunder showers for the korean peninsula and a new system over northeastern china and surrounding areas. not good news because across the region winds are high so that could worsen the situation. wide spread heavy rain for the indochina peninsula. temperatures will be hotter than usual. shanghai, 34. 30 degrees for this area toward tsz north and 9 for you in the north more like mid october. across the atlantic, we have a hurricane. this is humberto. humberto is not going to affect any land masses and that's good news. it should weaken to a tropical storm within the next 24 hours. more concern is the tropical storm gabrielle located off the east coast of the continent. this would should weaken to a tropical depression by friday, however, it's got in track with a cold front and producing stormy conditions for atlantic canada on friday going into the weekend. we're forecasting gusts reaching in the 90 kilometers per hour with rainfall of 70 millimeters so stormy conditions starting likely on friday and in fact, the system is already affecting m

across the rest of east asia, thunderstorms and showers with the korean peninsula and china and surrounding areas, very not good news because across the region we have very high levels and worsen the situation. widespread heavy rain for the indochina peninsula. temperatures will be hotter than usual. shanghai, 34. 30 degrees for chongqing and up to the north, only 9 for you. now across the atlantic, we have a hurricane. this is humberto. humberto is not going to affect any land masses and that's good news. it should weaken to a tropical storm within the next 24 hours. more of a concern is going to be tropical storm gabrielle which is now located off the east coast of the continent. now, this one would weaken to a tropical depression by friday. however, it's going to interact with the cold front and producing stormy conditions for atlantic canada on friday going in to the week. we are forecasting gusts reaching 90 kilometers an hour and rain about 70 millimeters and stormy conditions likely starting friday. in fact, the system is already affecting much of southeastern canada as well as the n

. >> reporter: new machines prepare for export to east asia.r fishing boats catching more fish mean dozens of jobs where most are unemployment or work for the government. >> it falls really well in a traditional lifestyle and so if people are able to use some skills that they have always had and apply them to a job, then that is something that will probably be of more long-term benefit. >> reporter: projects like this newly-built small craft harbor and this entire fishing peer show the authorities here are taking the prospect of commercial fishing seriously but some warn looking for opportunity in what is essentially a global climate crisis might be premature. in the canada western arctic and alaska commercial fishing is halts until scientist look at the polar seas. >> i think that is a precautionary approach and in the law and when you don't understand it you study it before you start exploiting it and what we should do. >> reporter: canada is cutting funding for research and many of those who live in the harsh environment want to seize what o

east and west. the rich markets of central and south asia. afghanistan is well-positioned to contribute to promoting trade and transport things between european and asian economic centers. as you all know, for the past decades, external interference, conflict, and terrorism destroyed afghanistan's transit and transportation infrastructure. and capabilities. today, those dark decades are behind us. we have taken great strides toward regaining the central position for trade and exchange within the larger region. we have rehabilitated our road and highway networks, constructed railway a connectio, constructed new airports, and expanded cross-border transportation and structures with the aim of facilitating transit and the flow of trade between regions. commercial aircraft now crisscross afghanistan's airspace, shortening travel times across the continent. we're moving moving ahead with plans to build a natural gas pipeline that will carry central asian gas to the markets of pakistan and india. afghanistan stands ready to help accelerate economic

my father was with aid in east asia. i actually grew up in asia. didn't spend any time in the states -- i came here to go to high school as a teenager. i think having with that background, the idea of having a conventional career and basing the united states was a little hard to imagine. with my brother, also, john lee anderson. we both immediately try to figure out how we can get back overseas and stumbled in to journalism as a way to do that. we -- john lee and i did two books together "inside the league "which he mentioned and "war zone" which was a oral history from five different wars taking place in the mid '80ss. and in the years since then, along with writing books, both non-fiction books and novels, i've written -- i write primarily for "the new york times" magazine along with feature articles. usually in war zones, almost always internationally. from the time i've spent in the middle east, what comes up whenever you have a really involved conversation with somebody in the middle east, invariably you go back to the decisions made almost 10

the integration in domestic affairs actually you know from the very beginning office syria across east asia should be a. civil war between the government and the arts and you comments are read both so i think the western countries have already realized the recognize to be the edge of the mercy of the government of foresees and say. they did the car into a government issued be an auto for the office and so i think the chinese position is a very clear that would be for the. international community especially the u.n. security council or the. international organizations in the course of the solid or strong evidence that the governments the current government of syria use the you know the chemical weapons against of the rebels all the of the c.b.d. and when you know the side decided the becoming actions all strike ok well when russia and china you know act as a united front why does it in european i mean if you could share your thoughts with us on this one why is it that russia always gets the lion's share of criticism in the media. yeah i think this is a different approach to to understand or

east asia had a massive housing bubble and the context of great enthusiasm that it was going to be the technology end center of the future. and so many buildings were being built in thailand, for example, that bang congress could house five times its population in terms of number of empty apartments that were being built prior to the crisis. but like every price bubble, the supply was greatly outstripping true value and what was really going on. so eventually, investors pulled out in the context of this big currency crisis, and the same thing happens r happened as what happened during our current recession which is we, essentially, ended up with a giant bursting of the stock market in the area. no one could get loans because all the money has dissipated from the system. and the idea, there was a great debate about what to do in in this context. the international monetary fund at time which was the sort of lender of last resort, it's the major international wang that often helps -- bank that helps countries in tough situations, said, look, we don't want you guys going into inflation. we

. >> reporter: new machines near the fish processing plan prepared it for expert to east asia. bigger fishing boats catching more fish means more jobs. >> it does turn to a traditional lifestyle. if people are able to use some skills that they've always had, and apply them to a job, then that's something that will probably be of long-term benefit. >> reporter: projects like this newly built small craft harbor and this entire fishing pier show the authorities are taking the prospect of commercial fishing seriously. but there are those looking for opportunity in what is essentially a global climate crisis might be premature. off alaska commercial fishing has been halted until scientists do more research on the least understood area on the planet, the northern seas. >> when you don't understand it. you study it before you start exploiting it. >> reporter: but canada has been cutting funding for arctic research and many of those who live in this harsh advisement want to seize whatever opportunities arise from climate change even as they confront it's challenges. >> daniel, clearly

at this time a chevy had entered into east asia in the gray. this is the year -- these are the years where thailand was viewed as a model for the prevention programs. one of the major programs that were cut in the setting was the hiv prevention program in thailand and one saw a huge spike in the subsequent infectious disease rates as people with hiv are getting all sorts of secondary infections. the malaysian experience was essentially flat. it was particularly ironic was that malaysia and south korea recovered first, which is quite surprising because they had spent more. this really emphasized one of the major policy lessons. the idea has often been this or you will recover faster. you'll go into an inflation and you need to cut down our tighter belts now for the future. this is shown in somewhat of a false i economy. but the answer is really written in the 1950s and only recently reiterated, which is that when countries are in these sorts of liquidity's crises. and they expand to continue their business and essentially the government needs to

husband and jeb's father were jointly honored for their work on behalf of tsunami victims in south east asiaesidents of the gulf coast after katrina. 41 and 42 as a sometimes call each other are the classic art couple of american politics. -- odd couple of american politics. barbara sometimes refers to bill as adopted black sheep son. i know bill loves it. he has great admiration and affection for 41 and all that they have been together. today jeb and i are not just renewing an american tradition of bipartisanship, we are keeping a family tradition as well. [applause] we also share something that is far more important than any of our political differences. we both love this country. we believe in the wisdom of our founders and the constitution. think about this -- the mission of the national constitution center is to illuminate constitutional ideals and inspire active citizenship. what a great nation and a challenge to all of us. what an opportunity to honor that patrons who met right here in philadelphia many years ago and all those men and women from later generations who worked to make th

methamphetamine sales are worth $15 billion in east asia and the pacific.ties haven't made much of a dent in the business. meth labs can be put together in small spaces. they are highly portable and easy to dismantle. the epicenter of meth production is going to get easier as the region's economy grows in myanmar. >> i believe that this kind of regional development will be huge threat to the -- i mean, drug countering efforts. >> reporter: the problem is that governments and police just can't keep up with the pace of changes of the drug trade, the speed of life on southeast ash streets. >>> costa rica wants to become the first carbon neutral nation in the world by 2021. and to reach this goal, the government is promoting projects to reduce greenhouse gases. >> reporter: this is not just any pig farm. pigs and cattle are among the animal producers of greenhouse gases. but at this form, they are contributing to save the planet. the farm is converting the waste into a product that will be stored and used as fuel. >> biogas is a source of energy. it is used for

. >> reporter: new machines at the processing plant prepared fish to export to east asia. bigger fishing boats catching more fish means more work. >> it falls into a traditional lifestyle. so if people are able to use some kills that they've always had, and apply them to a job, then that's something that will probably be of more long-term benefit. >> reporter: projects like this newly built small craft harbor and fishing pier show authorities are taking the prospect of commercial fishing seriously. but there are those who warn looking for opportunity in what is essentially a global crisis. >> i think this is an approach enlined in international law. when you don't understand something, you study it before you exploit it. that's what we should do. >> reporter: but canada has cut arctic research, and many wants to see what opportunities arise from climate change even as they confront it's challenges. al jazeera. >> several recent storms have taken their toll on coastal areas, washing away sands and coast lines. >> reporter: this was how the perfect storm of 1991-pounded palm

. >> reporter: few machines prepare it for export to east asia.ger fishing boats, mean dozens of jobs in a place where most are unemployed or work for the government. >> it falls really well into a traditional lifestyle, so if people are able to -- to -- to use some skills that they have always had, and apply them to a job, then that's something that will probably be of more long-term benefit. >> reporter: projects like this newly built small craft harbor and this entire fishing pier show the authorities are taking the prospect of fishing seriously. elsewhere commercial fishing has been halted until scientists do more research on one of the least underecosystems on the planet. >> when you don't understand a place you study it, before you start its [ inaudible ] and that's what we should be do. >> reporter: canada has been cutting funds for arctic research, and many of those who live here, want to seize whatever opportunities arise from climate change even as they confront its challenges. >> quite rightly you identified the changes in the arctic en

. >> new machines at the processing plan prepare fish for expert to east asia. the fishing boat catching more fish mean dozens of jobs in a place where most are unemployed or work for the government. >> it falls into a traditional lifestyle, so if people are able to use skills that they had, and apply them to a job, that is something that would probably be of more long term benefits. >> projects like this harbor shows the authorities here are taking the prospect of commercial fishing seriously. but there are those who warn looking for opportunity in what is essentially a global climate crisis might be premature. >> commercial fish something halted. >> when you don't understand a place, you study it before you begin exploiting it. that's what we should do. >> reporter: but canada has been cutting funding for arctic research, and many of those who live in this harsh environment want to seize whatever opportunities arise from climate change even as they confront it's challenges. interestingly what happened this week as this report was coming in, a danish ship made

husband and jeb's father were jointly honored for their work on behalf of tsunami victims in south east asia and residents of the gulf coast after katrina. 41 and 42 as a sometimes call each other are the classic art couple of american politics. -- odd couple of american politics. barbara sometimes refers to bill as adopted black sheep son. i know bill loves it. he has great admiration and affection for 41 and all that they have been together. today jeb and i are not just renewing an american tradition of bipartisanship, we are keeping a family tradition as well. [applause] we also share something that is far more important than any of our political differences. we both love this country. we believe in the wisdom of our founders and the constitution. think about this -- the mission of the national constitution center is to illuminate constitutional ideals and inspire active citizenship. what a great nation and a challenge to all of us. what an opportunity to honor that patrons who met right here in philadelphia many years ago and all those men and women from later generations who worked to m

and it was in singapore and basically east asia, and it lays out the whole war plan.it is taken to offices without their knowledge, which is how was published. >> he works in italian, russia, spanish, french, japanese, it's such an interesting collection. >> for more information on this and other cities visited by c-span's local content vehicles, visit c-span.org/local content. >> here are some of the books were published in 1998. booktv's first year on c-span2. in february of 1998, taylor branch came out with the second volume of his trilogy on pillar of fire. 1963 through 1965. then the life of johnny rockefeller senior was released. kind was nominated for the national book critics circle award and was also named one of the best nonfiction books of 1998 by the editors of "the new york times." also published, to end a war. former assistant secretary of secretary of state. mr. holbrook recounted his 1995 mission as america's chief negotiator to end the war in the balkans. and monica crowley's book about the final revelations of diplomacy and watergate was released in

you remember the president's famous pivot to asia, and that assumes that the middle east is taken care and everything is smooth sailing and as we know it's not, and it's unlikely to be. it's not just about the oil and the economy with the middle east, it's about war and peace and it's about terrorism and national security, regional security, and regional allies, and it's all a network whether it's in the economy or in all of the national security issues. so the middle east, the greater middle east region that we are talking about is still of vital importance, and i think certainly in the second administration, the obama administration is going to have to really take the whole area much more seriously than it did in its first administration. not just the arab israeli conflict that continues, but the whole post arab spring situation, whether it's the debacle and democracy in egypt or the continued carnage in places like syria, and all of these things are still on america's plate and they won't go away no matter what the reliance on oil is. >> we want to tie this now to "your money." and

it's an old typhoon that hit east asia worked all the way around the pacific and now that moisture isnto the northwest. now, we will see some of that moisture making it down into the bay area by monday morning. it's not going to be much, not as much as last weekend but we have a chance of showers monday after a dry and sunny weekend. enjoy the weather outside saturday and sunday. beautiful day tomorrow. concord up to 84. san jose 81. 71 in the city. vallejo 82. napa 82. mountain view 80 degrees. right in the sweet spot weather- wise. couple of degrees cooler and cloudier on sunday. monday slight chance of showers cooler cloudier highs in the 70s. but you miss the sunshine it's only gone for a day. tuesday the sunshine back, next wednesday, thursday and friday more sunshine. early fall weather has been great. and you know we could use a rain chance every week or so. we got some last weekend. we are getting some monday. >> they're making snow?! >> isn't that crazy? >> get ready. >> it's more than a month to halloween. >> the snow level is dropping to 6,000 feet. you have to be cold enou

drug trafficicing is meth sales are worth $15 billion in east asia and the pacific.ties have not made much of a dent in the business. meth labs can be put together in small spaces, and highly portable and easy to dismantle and you cannot find them as easily as pot or cocoa fields and distribution of the finished product is going to get easier as the region's economy grows. >> and they will enable both the flow of goods. so i believe that you know i mean this cannot have a regionel element will be large. >> reporter: governments and police just can't keep up with the pace of changes in the drug trade. the speed of light in the industry. veronica with al jazeera bankok. >> reporter: coming up, here on al jazeera. >> al shabaab. >> reporter: not everyone in the united states is happy to great the president of somalia. in sport if you think running a marathon is hard try doing it backwards while juggling. why? we will be here with that story. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome back, the top stories on al jazeera, the shopping mall siege in kenya is in the fourth day, security force c

naval intelligence officer detailed plans the japanese had for invading singapore and basically east asia and ways out the whole war plan and it was apparently taken from two japanese officers without their knowledge which was how it was published in the united states. dr. payne didn't just collect works in english but as i said worked in italian, russian, spanish, french, japanese. just a really interesting collection. >> from booktv's recent visit to annapolis, md. with help of comcast's we bring you an interview with bill dudley, author of "maritime maryland: a history". border and about the imports of marine life in annapolis, impact on the economy and evolution of recreational boating in the area. >> anything about the bay, its size for example is 200 miles long, 40 miles wide, at its widest point, mostly it is a shallow bay between 20 or 30 feet over all, it has a tremendous number of creeks and streams that feed into it, affording all sorts of wonderful fishing venues and also kayaking or canoeing, what we enjoyed about the bay was its varied sea life, the fishing experiences you c

intelligence officer comes the details plans that the japanese had to invade singapore and basically east asia. and so sort of lays out the whole war plan. it was apparently taken from two japanese officers without their knowledge from which is how it was published in the united states. dr. paine didn't collect the works in english. he collected again as this is, work in italian, russian, spanish, french, japanese. so it's just a really interesting collection. >> visit to annapolis and with the help of our cable partner, comcast. >> anything about the date is its size, for example, it's 200 miles long. it's 40 miles wide at its widest point. mostly it's a shallow bay between 20 and 30 feet. overall, it has a tremendous number of creeks and streams that feed into it. affording all sorts of wonderful fishing venues, it also kayaking or canoeing. but we enjoyed about the day was it sees life, the fishing experience that you can have your. the seabirds which are everywhere and buried. at one point we saw dolphins in the west river which is just south of you. over the years as i witnessed the incre

the butterfly flapping its wings in brazil causes a hurricane that takes out you know part of the east asia summit. that there's a relationship between what's going on in the mountain ranges of alaska or in the arctic and. a subtropical area where they're growing rice i mean for example there's a huge amount of ice in greenland on. if it were all to melt sea level would rise twenty three feet or so but the the interesting sort of linkage for me is i mean we know about greenland we know there's a lot of ice there but as that ice melts it threatens not only the well being but the food security of asia because so much of asia. has rice harvest is prepared to sit in rice growing river deltas and as sea level rises even a one meter rise as i mentioned earlier in bangladesh takes half there are half the rice harvest. and and there are many other places in asia the vietnam delta for example is a very vulnerable area and the other various river delta so rising sea level is going to affect rice eaters more directly than it will wheat or corn eaters because so much rice is grown close to sea level th

in the case of east asia, the answer is fairly simple. if we the united states were to fail in the project of ensuring our allies and determine north korea this surely there will be no proliferation pressures. there would not be further progress. it will be steps away from disarmament. similarly if or to fail at the ,roject of stability with china we are not going to have china sooner later joining in the reductions process and greater stability and the u.s.-china relationship and greater cooperation and disarmament but something in the other direction. this a few strongly held in the japanese community that thinks about nuclear issues. the credibility of extended deterrence and strategic stability is essential to grading conditions that allows us to make further progress in a practical way toward long-term goals. the paper that i was asked to write which left copies of and which is written primarily for the japanese audience to be appear inwill shortly japanese translation on a website. it is a view of strategic stability in northeast as

in east asia, the only area infected out of asia was, actually, toronto.and still -- and it killed about 800 people. now, normally in the united states 25-40,000 people die every year of influenza. this killed 800 people in total because it was a new infection and because it was not identified initially, and because people were dying horribly and particularly people in hospitals were dying. the medical personnel were dying. there was a great deal of fear. in the end, it cost about $50 billion in economic loss due to people not traveling, to people not using hotels and to people not buying stuff. and so it was a major economic problem. and that's really what alerted the world to the fact that respiratory infections or reminded the world of the fact that respiratory infections can be extremely dangerous. and that really convinced various governments that we have to take them very seriously. it also convinced the people in real power that it's not just the poor who get infected with these, even they can get infected, so they're willing to spend money. that wa

or not act, and what would be the likely consequences for other interest throughout the middle east or in asia? the united states doesn't have the luxury to narrow casted. we broadcast it. people take their cues around the world. though,o your point, how is it that we can assume that there are consequences to our not acting in syria and there is another side of that equation. there are going to be consequences if and when we do act in syria. why don't we talk about the former and not the latter? >> we've got to talk about both. people have argued with some validity that this is in part a consequence of the united states doing very little. i begin from the premise that the world is not a perfect lace. when the united states doesn't some forces that are dark are evil in many cases will fill the vacuum. take yourer hand, i point. we've got to be really careful about saying what are the likely consequences in syria if we do certain things? what kind of outcomes might we set in motion? american use of military force be responded to? those are exactly the right questions to ask. going to get answers

the move raise the number of personnel throughout the middle east, africa and asia. it comes exactly one week before the 9/11 anniversary. senior military officials tell nbc news the marines will remain at a heightened state of readiness until mid september. >>> and now time for your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. senator john mccain apparently doesn't know when to fold them. he was caught playing vip poker on his iphone during tuesday's senate committee hearing on syria. oops. the senator responded via twitter to the scandal saying the worst part about being caught is that he lost. also at that hearing, teresa heinz kerry in her first public appearance since suffering a seizure. she was seated in a row behind her husband, john kerry. the 74-year-old was hospitalized for three weeks in july. >>> governor chris christie is once again saying his weight is off-limits. tuesday he responded to newly surfaced comments by democratic rival barbara joking about him frolicking on the beach to promote the shore. >> the fact that someone running for gov

and the president has actually invited that popular reticence by suggesting that east asia is where the future lies and the middle east is where old conflicts simmer. all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about iran policy. i will say one last thing. we really need an iran policy, not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. if you have a broad-based policy, it will fit in there. you kind of negotiated arms control agreement with a country that you are accusing of sponsoring terrorism and your capital at the same time. i mean, you're negotiating measures on the nuclear issue with a country that you are turning -- [indiscernible] we need an iran policy. all these pieces kind of fit together. >> let's spend a couple minutes before opening the panel to questions to the audience on two things that might give us more credibility. one is to go after iran's financial energy and other economic matters, that we can take a much tougher line on. that might have a message t

like china and asia, have the same kind of economic growth that has been experienced there, so much so that the president of the united states says we're going to pivot from the middle east towards asia? >> latin america, for example, these countries, colombia, i will give you, has a rate of growth in the last three years average almost 5%. >> rose: 6 or 7. >> mexico also chili is the best performer of all. peru is doing extremely well, 6, 7%. so we are getting into a high growth level, these four countries. brazil is doing quite well even though in the last year it's come down. and latin america has a young population. many, many people are going out of poverty. there are potential consumers. and so i think the potential for latin america is enormous. asia, you are seeing that in many countries they're sort of reaching a platteau. >> rose: platteauing. >> so we hope that the future will give us the opportunity of going even at a faster rate. >> rose: you have said you think the 21st century belongs to south america. >> absolutely. i think-- i said that this is the next decade and this decade belongs to latin america and i think we are seeing that in many ways it is. >>

he is a former deputy secretary of state for east asia. mr. minister, welcome. the podium is yours. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to be here to meet old friends and make new ones. when i was preparing my speech in beijing, my colleagues encouraged me to speak english, and i agreed. but finally i found i have not had time to practice my english. so i decide to speak my own language, chinese. because, you know, georgetown they only gave me half a year. [laughter] maybe next time i can do it. so you can use the handset. [through translator]: it gives me great pleasure to be back at the brookings institution and share with you my thoughts on a new measure of relations between the u.s. and china. before i start i wish to thank the brookings institution and the president, strobe talbott, for graciously hosting this event. over the past few years i was here several times to meet your experts and scholars. as the president said just now, at that time i wore the hat of the minister of the taiwan affairs office. i was in charge of affairs related to taiwan and the reuni

we rebalance east asia, you see sequestration cutting into the ability? >> of course it well. when you do not take those kinds of cuts at that magnitude without giving up capabilities. do the math. what this is really all about is identifying, excepting, and managing a risk. we will take higher risk in some areas. we in the intelligence community should not sugarcoat that. it is a fact. that is why secret station -- sequestration concerns me. we made a lot of decisions the first year thinking it would only be one year now we are in the mode of, we cannot do that. we have to make more strategic decisions that will be more lasting. a case in point is cutting from acquisition programs. maybe you can get by one year doing that, but you sure cannot sustain it. that is very risky. those are the kinds of judgments we have to make now. >> you have been very candid with us. your leadership is outstanding. we thank you for your service to the country. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013]

you are working on selling your brand in asia, the middle east by 2015. what have you done to position your company for growth? >> it is really about identifying who we are as a brand. we definitely try and get the message out that we are from california. that's why we are different. we do a lot of print and color. and we have an optimistic vibe that we believe represents california living. by opening stores you are able to really express the feeling and the vibe of what your brand is. that may not be presented in a small boutique. >> i love what is happening in terms of social media. let's talk about the rise of the fashion blogger. these shows were not accessible to a lot of people for a long time. fashion week broadcasts online now for everybody. and on top of that bloggers are being invited to cover the event. if anybody has access and anybody can write about fashion. can fashion magazines still maintain that status as you being that fashion insider? what do you need to do to differentiate yourself online? >> the good news is we believe there is room

and the president has actually invited that popular reticence by suggesting that east asia is where the future lies and the middle east is where old conflicts simmer. all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about iran policy. i will say one last thing. we really need an iran policy, not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. if you have a broad-based policy, it will fit in there. you kind of negotiated arms control agreement with a country that you are accusing of sponsoring terrorism and your capital at the same time. i mean, you're negotiating measures on the nuclear issue with a country that you are turning -- [indiscernible] we need an iran policy. all these pieces kind of fit together. >> let's spend a couple minutes before opening the panel to questions to the audience on two things that might give us more credibility. one is to go after iran's financial energy and other economic matters, that we can take a much tougher line on. that might have a message t

turn it around, east asia. imf in the 90s. would be a radical shift away from who we would expect. certainly, it would be within keeping with summers. >> bank of england, we can bring in that type. >> exactly right. >> canada takes over uk. he is from mozambique. he is in zimbabwe, rhodesia. it will be a while. what can i say? >> i look at this and wonder and continue to question the ability of the administration to execute on the president's agenda and what that means for their tooblt do that and the debt ceiling fight that may be coming. it was clear all along that the president favored larry summers as becoming the next fed chairman. why did he need to make those comments back in june about bernanke? why? and who was the high-ranking official that told "the washington post" that summers was his choice. it might have been the president. they executed poorly for something the president wanted instead of taking a different route. john tester doomed the whole thing at the end. there was no reason if this was the choice they could have gone about it differently, and at least made me

countries mentioned in this memo titled worldwide caution says, large portions of europe, middle east, africa, south asiaaces where terror groups like al qaeda are active. might target american symbols of interest in those places. >> the state department urging americans working or traveling aboard to be aware of their areas alert level. download fact sheets and know where u.s. embassies and consulates are and also follow u.s. government social media sites, twitter and the like, for security information, if it needs to be sent out quickly. a lot of those ongoing routine warnings but it's worth knowing what's what around the world. >> sure the terror group claiming responsibility for the deadly attack on the mall in nairobi, kenya, they are bragging about it. al shabaab is based in somalia, calls itself an affiliate of al qaeda. the group's leader has posted an audio message on awebsite saying they killed those people in nairobi out of pure revenge. listen. >> translator: on saturday, september 21, 2013, ten days after the 12th anniversary of the twin towers the historic islamic attack began in kenya when