just one other historical low i think it is also clear based on evidence in estonia and georgia thater warfare is going to be a part of next big fight so dod has to take this seriously and is great the president and the secretary of defense are taking it seriously so we have a chance. that is different than it has been appearing in ..

it is clear based on events and estonia and georgia that cyber work will be a piece of this. dod has to take this seriously. the president is taking it seriously. the secretary of defense is taking it seriously. that is different than it has ben. we have a chance to tackle this. >> could i take your invitation to have the panelists to take over? i want to make sure that we do not drop a point that he raised. these are all tied together. we were having a conversation about this in the greenroom. there are a lot of primary colors are around this place. it seems to me that this is not just a security issue, but a competitive tennis -- competitiveness issue. we are not producing enough security talent, and development talent that we need to ensure the economic viability of our key private sector players. and for their security and the security of our country. we have to revamp how we do this, starting early on. catching people when they're five or six years old and getting them excited about the possibilities of going into this space. years ago, you'd have kids out there with the

you try to do it on a global basis, and argentina could lead lower rates and estonia could need higher rates and how the balance the leaves? post co what are the chinese asking for internal their correct -- host: whether the chinese asking for for their currency? guest: they are concerned that they own treasury bills denominated in dollars, and if the value of the dollar would decrease, the value of assets would decrease. so, while this has long been a problem, they have been more vocal about recently. listeners woodnotes that the last couple of weeks we have not heard this from china because the dollar has gone back up. so all the sudden interest are different. but it is a valid issue that as china becomes a bigger player in the world economy, why should they always land and other people's currencies? i would not be surprised if someday, not immediately, the chinese say if you want to borrow money from us, you repay it and -- so we have no exchange-rate risk. host: did the europeans ever had that aspiration for the euro? guest: some have suggested that. the euro has been very strong a

we are talking about drugs coming in from estonia, romania, bulgaria, et cetera, et cetera, and you move to the mideast and it gets shaky. we had that one case and you'll remember it, i think, senator mikulski that, bottle or prescription bottle that came in from iraq, of all places. so i think it is a very real threat. my modification since i have missed the deadline on the amendments, but again i thought we were going to do this under the coverage section and my deadline on the amendment on that would be next week. it simply says this act shall become effective only if the secretary certifies to the congress that the implementation of this act will oppose no additional risk to the public's health and safety and result in a significant reduction in the cost of covered products to the american consumer. it's that section a that is absolutely essential if i'm going to support this amendment, although i know exactly what the senator from arizona is trying to do. i respect that. i don't mean to throw a clinker in here or be a johnny-come-lately, but i did want to share the concern of the se