gen. masayuki hironaka and come back to gen. kiyofumi iwata. >> as i said earlier, is the beginning of the self-defense forces, we have had quite an abrupt difference from the imperial army. we have had a very close cooperation with the united states. also we have had our tactics, our technology and the support in all these areas. our self-defense forces function as a defense force of a democratic country and we have one block from the united states in that regard. the united states really helped us to build up our forces and i think that we need to think from here on out what it is that we can do to have joint planning with the united states. a better planning with our wonderful friends in the united states. that is the most important thing that we need to think about. >> let me talk a little bit more in abstract terms. unfortunately this will be a little bit abstract. i think one thing we need to do is make sure that we are aware of the situation, have a good take on the situation. we, there have been huge changes in the inter

gen. masayuki hironaka once again for coming to washington for this gathering. i would like to thank all of you for joining us on a friday morning. i hope that the weather is cooperating with us. thank you again for coming and i hope that you have a good friday. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] and legacy. this was held in washington dc. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. i am paul peterson. i am the director of the program on education policy and government at harvard university and i am a senior fellow at the hoover institution.i want to welcome you all today to an event that surveys the publication of a new book called scalia's constitution. as is online education. it is published by paul gray mcmillan and the editors are myself and michael mcconnell was a professor at stanford university school of law and was a judge