gregory schulte is the visiting fellow at the centers for the study of weapons of mass destruction. there is no way you can get that on one line. from 2005 to 2009, he served as the u.s. permanent representative at the international atomic energy agency in ve yena. -- in i have yena. -- in vee yena. george perkovich is the vice president of studies and director of the program for the endowment for international peace. he has done a lot of work over the years on nuclear issues and wrote a very good book on india. many years ago, which i refer to frequently. welcome to you both. i'm going to start by asking gregory schulte to speak and as a government employee, he has a variety of conditions to dwibe the restrictions he is under. he knows better than i do. i'll leave it to him. greg? [applause] >> simon, thank you very much. it is a privilege to be here with you and with george. when i was the u.s. ambassador to the iaea, george perkovich and i agreed on many issues. he grot india all wrong despite that great book but on many issues we agree so it is a pleasure to be here with you. i

welcome to both and i am going to start by asking gregory schulte speak.as a government employee he has a variety of conditions to describe the restrictions use anger. he knows a better off than i do and i will leave it to him. [applause] >> simon, thank you very match. is a privilege to be here with you and with george. when i was the u.s. ambassador to the iaea georgian night agreed on many issues, he got in the all wrong but on many other issues we agree so is a pleasure to be here with him. and i am a senior fellow which gives me academic freedom cycas behind so i do need to be clear about that, and not speaking for the u.s. government. a year ago in prague president obama warned that nuclear terrorism poses put the most immediate and extremist threat to global security. the president vowed to lead international effort to secure all learn both nuclear materials around the roles in four years. this month's nuclear summit is intended to advance that goal. like president bush and president clinton before him, president of, recognizes that nuclear terroris

i am going to start by asking gregory schulte to speak. as a government employee, he has a variety of conditions to described the restrictions he is under. i will leave it to him. greg. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a privilege to be with you. when i was u.s. ambassador, george perkovich and i agree on most issues but he got india all wrong. on many issues we agree so it is a pleasure to be here with him. i am senior fellow at and why you which gives me academic freedom to speak my mind. i am not speaking for the u.s. government. a year ago in prague president obama warned that nuclear terrorism poses, quote, the most immediate and extreme threat to global security. the president vowed to lead international effort to, quote, secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years. this month's nuclear summit is intended to advance that goal. like president bush and president clinton, president obama recognizes nuclear terrorism must be at the very top of our national security agenda. to prevent nuclear terrorism w

more boring than usual which i would be because i agree with just about everything ambassador gregory schultesaid. i am tempted to liven it up by talking about the nuclear deal where we do disagree. but that isn't our topic today. the implications, they carry over the personal dealings with pakistan, by the nuclear program and certainly with our effort meaning the u.s. government to try to get agreement around the world and a treaty to stop producing additional nuclear weapon material which does come to our subject today that if we are talking about nuclear security and the security of fissionable materials, that can be made into nuclear weapons, one of the ways overtime to limit that problem and get a handle on it is to at least get states to stop producing more of it. there is an ongoing effort to negotiate such a treaty which pakistan adamantly blocks with an argument that this sound is not persuasive that because of the nuclear deal india is in a position to produce dozens more nuclear weapons per year than it would have been before. pakistan has to keep up with th that. stay tuned to tha