the last lines are important.for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there, and most of them, by bicycle. -- and most of them come by bicycle. many companies give their employees the

that is the most important thing. in the end, we can't compel israel and palestine to reach peace between themselves. they have to want to do it. >> as the prime minister knows i've called for several years for an inquiry to rendition but i have to say the preparatory work -- is the prime minister aware he has already decided not to follow the same certification process used by lord butler in his inquiry to ensure that he got the right papers? he has decided against appointing an independent investigator and the country to the spirit of the reply the prime minister gave when setting up the gibson inquiry he will not be looking at detainee transfers in theatre. will he look again at the protocol to ensure that mr. gibson can do a proper job? >> i will look very carefully at what my honorable friend says because he has been pursuing this issue with dogged determination over the years and quite right, too. what i would say, though, in relation to this, is we are dealing obviously -- this is an inquiry almost entirely con

that is really important to us. one of the things we need to prioritize is that making sure we focus on the nuts and bolts of government. a lot of the calls we get involved fixing alights, replacing a pothole. i think it is really important to make sure we get those things right and we try to work very closely with the city agency to make sure government is responsive. if we do not do those things right, those little things, which are big things in life of a neighborhood. >> how you reconcile the needs of your district with the needs of the city? supervisor campos: i think it is possible to do that. even though we have these great districtwide elections, i think district election still allow you to deal with larger issues. we feel that we certainly have demonstrated that as a board. individual supervisors have demonstrated that. one of the pieces of legislation we worked on last year that we are very proud of is the health services master plan, which is legislation that for the first time has a city like san francis

kosovo ethnic tension is rising after pristina seized two border checkpoints to enforce a ban on imports from russia the move has sparked outrage with local ethnic serbs who claim their rights are being violated by kosovar albanians. well when times are hard heritage is at risk of the un head of protecting historical sites and relics tells r t why social upheaval is threatening the world's most valuable sites. you know bocal the you know secretary general it's really great to have you with us now well over two centuries ago george byron reflected and asked and saluting you would think that two centuries later and twenty first century is because we think we're more civilized things are better but are they really better for instance in egypt or libya i would say definitely much much better of course a very very ekta comparison says the danger of thing but let me first say that the overall concept the feeling of the necessity to preserve the chimp culture. of course it's an old one but at the same time we have it has the need to have you know reading and meaning so i believe we are very suc

very important from that approach in the plea we see conflicts or we see internal us try. we see. very often. such monuments which are on the world heritage least or even important monuments we try not to set on the world heritage which are being affected by the destroyed. or there are some disputes and of course it's it's only deplorable that this is happening now and to really want to accentuate alleviate just because it's on everybody's mind right now do you know if you know ask the sights there have been damaged or bombed from the very first a man for size this is of the conflict i have wrong appeals to all the involved parties. i have spoken but. then the twenty top i have spoken also to the to the libyan side have appealed to believe in people. to preserve this monument you know after the i called beginning and end of the conflict will be sending commissions there but there is another aspect also obviously a train such cases which i think is important apart from their meeting among humans . is an aftermath of of such a conflict it's another tendencies emerging and another i

the worst in general in the arab world in the arab street because this is very important the the the psychic of the arab street as far as i understood from from what you wrote and people like you say experts wrote after the after the worst supported the anti kadafi. movement in libya the reputation of the west has risen to a well to record high on the arab streets may change today or tomorrow in case the west will not support palestinian bid big oil down to one it can go down because the sentence in there it's easily changed. and they're very emotional. we are talking about the motions not rational then it means that any unfavorable move on the part of the west can bring. image of the west the arab street you. said about about his his pre-election interest will certainly the votes of the the israeli community was left are very important for the president's maybe they are even more important than the future of the middle east what do you have a chance that the first couple of years of the second term is office in office these will be the years when a barrier may fulfill his his promis

that very important. with the respect to reach facilities over seas more, that is obviously very important and we recognize you know, in this economy, our resources are going to continue to be an issue. our office overseas are helpful. we have at this point 13 posts around the world and they do some inspections. they do also a lot of work to collaborate and work with our foreign counter parts. that is part of the answer. and they are, more likely than our u.s. inspectors to make an unannounced inspection. in foreign countries, in particular in china, there is a rule we need to have a letter of invitation from the company before we can come in and inspect. before we can enter the country to inspect. it is very difficult to do an unannounced inspection. what that means is that playing field is not level between the foreign manufacturers and domestic manufacturers. with domestic manufacturers we can show up at their door any day. they will usually let us in. if we don't, we can get a warrant and get under. o

this makes defense more important and it's most important in the united states intelligence community. we have seen tremendous innovations and skeeses over the last ten years. good intelligence avoided attacks, put proliferaters out of business and led to the take down of osama bin laden. they were attributed to sufficient funding, attention from the white house, and also the integration of all the instruments of intelligence against the target. create the institutions and processes that enable the rep cation of these successes as we move forward. the dni should institutionalize greater flex the to have the ingenuity in the a.q. kaun operation and the bin laden raid. amidst debates whether the dni is a leader or coordinator, i offer a new model. the dni should be an enabler. marshaling them and stand aside to have the operates, find, fix, and finish the target. this is critical reflecting the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and what we learned about the enemy. the dominant characteristic is what they say is a state of constant evolution. in the years after 9/11, al-qaeda was interested only

so that is the very important piece of this. once they begin to realize there is a possibility that they can learn to manage their recovery and that they are better off staying in treatment, they begin to really engage. if an individual voluntarily seeks treatment, right from the beginning they are more invested in it. they already recognize that they have a problem. the phoenix house program was a life changing program for myself. it totally changed my behaviors and helped me to appreciate the person that i was, and help me to really like myself better.

such monuments which are on the world carry picture east or even important monuments we try not to see it on the world here if you are being affected by the destroyed or damaged or there are some disputes and of course it's only deplorable that this is happening now or to really want to accentuate a libya just because it's on everybody's mind right now do you know those to you know ask the sites there have been damaged or bombed from the very first a man for size this side of the conflict i have raunch the appeals to all the involved parties. i have spoken to. then that to nato i have spoken also to the to believe me and so i have appealed to believe in people. to preserve this monuments you know after the i called the mean and tenth of the conflict will be sending commissions there but there is another aspect also when so true in such cases which i think is important apart from damaging monuments. as an aftermath of of such a conflict it's another tendencies emerging and another i would say very unfortunate it's muddling i will get to that later but i really want to ask you. after som

the issues which are the most important to accommodate -- they choose which were the most important to accommodate, and those are pedestrians and cyclists. i think we're doing what is necessary to reach the goal. this is our mayor, a photo opportunity. it is a possibility to be seen. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. our next speaker is peter. peter is supervisor and senior adviser of the traffic and transport division at the chamber of commerce, amsterdam. they are partners with businesses and public authorities to develop a robust and economically healthy region. they supervise a team of professionals in the port industries, barge, rail, and road transport. sounds like mta. the chamber of commerce amsterdam is known as an element of innovative approach to connectivity and mobility. he is strong and establishing unique partnership to create groundbreaking solutions. he started a task force formability management for employers and employees to reduce car trafficked by 10%. -- he started a task force for mobility management for employers and employees to reduce tra

and it's very important. the only other entities that have this kind of technology are the political parties. and we at the naacp, will be able to deliver it to you and train you on it as well. mobile messaging campaigns to target people on their cell phones, social networking campaigned on facebook and twitter, upload to uplift allows folks to upload their contacts, and send them an electronic motor registration form. we used this to great success in 2008, where we registered over 20,000 people in a few short weeks, mostly students. we will use this technology to make this happen. finally, we of partnerships we are developing around the use of 10-866-myvoteone. it is a hot line that will communicate to people around election protection and other issues. volunteer. each delegate, we need everybody here to commit to volunteer five hours a week k for your local unit civic engagement program. let's do the math. check my math. you got 2100 delegates, 5 hours a week, and between january 1 and election day is 44 we

. >> thank you for this very important question an extremely important project for the future of san francisco. i have always been a strong supporter of this project. many people forget that the third straight line and central subway project work product of extensive community feedback and planning. it is a promise to low-income communities of color that stretched back for decades. we made a commitment to create a world class, stated the our transportation link between neighborhoods in the southeast, downtown, and chinatown. the central subway project, when completed, will use clean, renewable energy to carry nearly 44,000 passengers daily and serve as a vital transit link to underserved areas of our city that continue to grow and where 68% of households are without access to a car. combined with bt line, we estimate 65,000 trips a day and travel time reductions from 20 minutes 8 between chinatown and the call center station, all while creating 30,000 local jobs. we need to remember the big picture when we talk about the central subway project. phase one of the project was the third

again, it is important to have a recreation site at that area. the documents for acquisition emphasizes the importance of leveraging. as the policies adapt, it will go right to the head of the list. because of the acquisition recommendations have not been implemented, on this particular item that not appear prior to being on the agenda. i hope that in the future, as the policy is adapted, and it will provide an opportunity to facilitate a more meaningful exchange on future acquisitions. >> anyone else that wants to comment on this item? commissioners? >> i think there is no question that this is an underserved area and it is a un

and this is important to keep in mind. we have done a good job with the 2008 bond and we have to continue to make these investments in the neighborhood parks system. between 2000 and 2008, there was a lot of work but also a lot of hunger that grew up for the additional bonds. we are trying to think about the next bond to continue to meet these needs, as we make a choice between the election cycles and what this will look like with the stakeholders. and this last slide is a summary of those three potential election cycles. in the 10-year capital plan, we were set to go in 2013 and then we were moved back to 2014. and in the parks and recreation department approached the capital committee and were successful in getting them to move this back to 2012. the logic was wanting to be opportunistic about a favorable election cycles and also taking advantage of the momentum. we will still be in the process of implementing that, just like we were still in the process of implementing the 2000 bond in 2008. to capitalize on the scale o

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it's very important for the country in my judgment. thank you. >> thank you. >> let me take that just very briefly if i could, chairman dicks. >> of course. >> the bottomline is first of all, director clapper and i have known each other for years and years in a variety of positions for each of us, worked together closely, cooperatively, and smoothly. secondly, before my confirmation hearing, i went out, sat with the dni, and we talked through some of the issues that emerged as friction appointments with previous individuals in positions, and i watched this at various times, first as a central command commander at principles committee meetings and so forth, and then, of course, from afar in afghanistan, and we talked through those, and i like this think on both sides there's pragmatic approaches to this. as i mentioned in responseo an earlier question here today, i think the time has come now, the focus should be on making what intelligence reform has brought about in terms of organizations, processes, and various elements work, and the

the fourth one is very important. one thing you have all told us from your own experience writing this system -- riding the system is explaining it to the public. the reason we have confusion right now is we still have, even with the advent of clipper, a a number of 25 or 26 different possible affairs of all kinds. we have a confusing system. -- possible fares at all times. if you do go all door boarding to -- if you do go to all door boarding, you're subject to inspection. on rail, there is still some confusion. also, that people understand where they are and what we are asking of them and what the expectations are and finally, the other issue on how to best handle the cash that will be left and remaining. the next several slides are steps that are necessary, no matter what the plan, to make sure the machines are up and reliable, that people understand them and we encourage people to use the rear door when we have that and they begin to turn the message around from a negative to a positive. if we go in this direction

very, very important. and i want to remind our audience that september is national recovery month and every individual in recovery, their families, their friends, and all the individuals in the community can get together, host events and activities to help celebrate those in recovery. thank you for being here. it was a great show. for a copy of this program or other programs in the road to recovery series, call samhsa at 1-800-662-help, or order online at recoverymonth.gov and click multimedia.

the most important thing to him is the most important to our customers, transit and parking and traffic. pedestrians, the whole thing. is a comprehensive view. we are confident we have chosen exactly the right person at this time. the next part of the agenda was to invite mayor lee to say a few words. that actually, he is on jury duty. i would think it would be a benefit of mayor that you do not have to do that, but evidently not. he is a real citizen, the mayor. instead, we have from the board of supervisors, david chiu. [applause] supervisor chiu: thank you, and first of all, i want to thank the incredible men and women who are serving at the leadership of the mta. many of us at the board of supervisors were anxious and curious about the position that would be announced today. i can tell you from the board and, we are all incredibly gratified with the wonderful decision made today. congratulations for that. i also want to obviously say a few brief words about ed, and then we all want to hear from him. i have known him for three years. before i was elected to the board of supervisors,

such monuments which are on the will carry east or even important monuments which are not as yet on the world heritage are being affected by the destroyed or damaged or there are some disputes and of course it's it's only deplorable that this is happening in our case we really want to accentuate alleviate just because it's on everybody's mind right now do you know this can you ask the sides there have been damaged cold bombs from the very first a man for size this of the conflict i have raunch put peals to all the involved parties. i have spoken. then that to an aide to a wife has spoken also to be to believe me and so i could have appealed to the libyan people. to preserve this monument you know after the i hold the main one tenth of the conflict we will be sending a mission there but there is another aspect also in situ in such cases which i think is important then apart from then reaching a monuments. as an aftermath of such a conflict it's another tendencies emerging and another i would say very unfortunate it's my view i will get to that later but i really want to ask you. after so

ethnic tension is rising after pristina seized two points to enforce a ban on imports from serbia the move has sparked outrage with. the pain rights are being violated by kosovar albanians. risk next to the un's head of protecting historical sites and relics tells r t why social upheaval is threatening the world's most valuable. you know bocal though you know it's close secretary general it's really great to have you with this man. over two centuries ago george byron reflected and asked and saluting so you would think that two centuries later and twenty first centuries because we think we're more civilized things are better but are they really better for instance in egypt or libya i would say definitely much much better of course a very very wrecked the comparison says the danger of thing but let me first say that the overall concept the feeling of the necessity to preserve culture. of course it's an old one but at the same time we have the need to have a new reading meaning so i believe we are very successful on the whole of course you mentioned something also very important from the

that will be important to think about. in the meantime, i wanted to underscore the economic impact policy. we were hopeful to be more further along. i will ask that you be prepared to engage in that study when the survey instrument it's done. it will probably be an online survey that should be fairly easy. the more people that fill it out, the better the data we will have we think it will likely be in the billions. the more you that it involved and give the data that is asked of you, the more accurate it will be. i will leave it there. the other thing i was hoping to do today, just a power play instead of the actual web site. many remember when, about one year ago, we had some violence going on. the mayor shook a finger in city hall and talk about fixing the night life and policing yourself. it was passed by david shu, regarding promoters. it started a few years ago ended did not go anywhere. basically it wound up being a listing of promoters. so, we are pretty close to launching this website. it will look like that. not b

i think history's important.you can reimagine, you can rethink about things, but history plays an important role in the way societies view their own interests, and it takes time to change. ask so for rush -- and so for russia this region has been if not a sphere of influence, certainly a sphere of interest but privileged interest as president medvedev once put it. and the reasons for this are obvious. what we call the former soviet space, as sam has noted, is also the former imperial space. it's this region that gave russia geopolitical heft for the past 300 years. it's this region that the russia elites rightly or wrongly still think is critical to their own security. and i would argue today there's even a very deep psychological aspect to this, to russia's own sense of it role in the world, its role as a great power. because what do great powers do if not radiate power into neighboring regions? so russia, moscow for the past two decades has looked askance at any other power's penetration into this part of the w

they are important things. when jefferson writes, one of his complaints against england and george the third was that he had sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and he out their substance, sounds familiar. very relevant. in the constitution, you have to know the tenth amendment. congress is only given about 20 powers. the rest are left to the states or the people. so those are things it is important for conservatives to be aware of. the federalist papers is a great source. how to protect minority rights in an majoritarian system. the anti federalist arguments are also very important for conservatives to know. the first principles that were drawn from john locke, adam smith, very important to go back to those original sources to get a firm grounding for our beliefs i also recommend the writings of people like david mccullough, david hackett fischer who write about the founding time. historians to know how to write and bring his real-life. those books have been bestsellers, thankfully, and our cou

personalities are very important. dni has done tremendously good work and forcing the sharing of information. several of them have made very significant progress over a peri im of time. we are not there yet. you do not have the seamless sharing of information you would like to have but it seems to me a lot of progress has been made. my personal preference would be to see a law enacted making its unambiguous clear that this man is in charge becibse someone has to knock heads within the intelligence community to get them to coordinate and integrate their activities. i think almost the same thing could be accomplibased if the president made very clear repeatedly his support for the d dnit mapresidt mat ma dni. president bush and president ob thaa have done that but not as forcefully and repeatedly as i think theors ob requires. so work in progress. a lot of progress made and the lot to do in improving ng intelligence sharing and the government. >> secretary ridge come anything to add to that? >> one brief comment. i appr

it is important to wait in -- way-and -- weigh-in. i think also of san francisco has a good way to show that if you have an immigrant rights commission and you are in accenture city, civilization does not end. you actually forage and you get stronger economies. i think that is invaluable. when we were all briefly speaking about how can we make san francisco happen in the middle of the central valley -- that is the million-dollar question. i do not have that answer. i just know the optimist in me what is working toward that. taking into account the things that we have seen in the past have been unpleasant, when it comes down to paper, but again, we need to look at speak your community. everyone who calls get an appointment. everyone who writes to get a response. we do that in order to know the pulse of our community is, as well as the country. >> so, nellie, as an activist and organizer, what would be your recommendations on how one can really leverage reform? >> i think you should go to community centers, all the city leaders. how man

it was obvious she had not had time to read a lot of important information. the planner informed us she was following current department policy referring to requirements typical for ground floor activity areas. these are rooftop areas that require tailored commissions -- tailored permissions. nowhere else should such a thing be allowed. the full and complex record and history was not part of the staff recommendation to the commissioners. the job fell on the neighbors to compile the legal brief and exhibits that lead to a recommendation to vote no. i would also like to point out that they currently have a 7700 sq. ft. large legal restaurant and bar. i do not feel that closing the rooftop will have any detrimental effect on their continuing business. i feel it will be prosperous even without it. thank you. >> hello, my name is meghan and i am a member of the san francisco buddhist center. i have taken off the afternoon to express my concern about the possible permits being issued. this project is at a neighborhood commercial zone. it was established with the in

it's the home of fort of ir do that you know well, one of our most important if not the most important resort city in mexico. it's the home for probably 50, 1000 american retirees who live there and spend a wonderful time and are extraordinarily well received by their mexican neighbors and friends. in this city at this time, to be that insulting to americans means there's something going on which is not right. doesn't work. that's part of the problem, the relationship with the united states. now we've got the drug wars, which the united states is helping on, but not enough. >> you describe those drug wars as unwinnable. >> absolutely unwinnable. it's a ridiculous war. we should not have started it. we will never be able to win it. it has now cost us more than 40,000 lives, more than $50 billion, widespread human rights abuses, and a tremendous damage to mexico's image abroad with no results to show in exchange. there is nothing that can be done with drugs in mexico as long as the united states keeps consuming what it consumes. and it hasn't changed its consumption patterns. probably th

this issue is so important to so many people in all of san francisco. it is not missed on me that we need to spend more time and thoughtful conversation around this issue. i am in favor of a continuance and look forward to working with the partners in this change. supervisor chiu: supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i want to thank supercampos and his office to bring this here. i think we are all in consensus in this room that the loop hole that was discovered was not in the original intent of the health care legislation. however, there is obviously varied opinions on the best way to address this. that does not small businesseses or workers. >> i want to speck -- speak on several sngs. we came on a platform to support small businesses. we know that small businesses contribute to 60% to 80% of the job growth here in the city. they are what feeds our jobs here in san francisco. we all want to see this happen. however, when i was running, i also made clear we don't support small businesses at the expense of our workers. . i support our minimum wage as many of

i think it is important to remember that. our report that we're going to review now is on the topic of the ethics commission, the sleeping watchdog. i am going to turn this report over to mr. bryant clemmons, who was the juror who chaired that subcommittee for us. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. and thank you for your service, and welcome to the meeting. >> thank you, supervisors. when i started on the grand jury, and never thought that i would be investigating the ethics commission. initially, it was not even anything we were thinking about investigating. we were looking at something else, and that investigation brought us into the ethics commission for part of that other report. some of the things that we saw other kind of surprised us. because the ethics commission is supposed to be the organization that is watching out for the citizens and making sure that the rest of the government is functioning in the way we expected to. we found a number of things, and like we said in our report, we're not trying to be a comp

it's difficult to stress how important that it is. it's difficult to stress that to the degree that the domestic policy council is talking about this issue -- all of this work is going on to read it may be behind the scenes. it may be overshadowed by health care, but it is a reality. it is up to all of us throughout the country to be able to help create the atmosphere where it is going to change from something that people are talking about to something that people are doing. it's very timely that the conversations, that if you want to have, groups within san francisco can make a difference. the more voices and the more voices from different parts of the communities -- elected officials, interfaith groups, law-enforcement officials -- different voices saying this matters. that is the kind of thing that members of congress need to hear to be able to have the gumption to lead into the immigration issue, as opposed to run away from it. >> thank you for the invitation. i want to continue along those lines. one of the issues that adrian ask

another way in which they were politically important was that they become very important sources of staterevenue. by the late 17th century, tobacco, that taxes on tobacco become the single greatest source of revenue for the spanish state. more important at that point then returned from gold and silver. so the tradition of taxing tobacco to bring in state revenue has a very ancient history. and, in fact, tobacco, and chocolate entry but not in practice, become state monopolies in spain in the 1630s. and chocolate does really go anywhere, but with tobacco the state becomes the exclusive purveyor of tobacco in the kingdom of castille started in 1632. the state officials themselves don't handle the. in modern language they outsource it. they basically have contracts for the tobacco monopoly that get leased out. in fact, the people who have this tobacco monopoly throughout the 17th century have run-ins with the inquisition the whole time. most than being incarcerated because they are seen as being secret jews which become kind of a subplot industry. so inquisition records were actually a rich

very important. good relations with with the middle east with. iran and with muslim countries i believe it's a priority and that is why mr obama will have to take into consideration not so much probably the sentiments of the arab street but the sentiments of the arab rulers who are still in place i mean this year or last year he kind of the last year we witnessed. there. actually the replacement of of many western province and that is why mr obama will have to think twice what will you say reestablish good relations with israel and other countries are going to get but this is the big single year as well but the truth israel is pretty smart for many many years israel acts. like. a young. during the honeymoon she says it's not only your others it's either me or . all the other risks and it makes me watching them make make a choice isn't it. actually we're not discussing. the relationship between the united states and this film because it's a very very sensitive and a very complicated relationship but there comes. from the very beginning. and the je

one of the most important lessons learned from this latest war was the importance of culture. as was alluded to, great cultural society is between civilian and military culture. and only 1% of the population actually serves in the military. and that makes them particularly isolated and vulnerable population. so my question is, is there a resource, maybe a handbook or a field manual, that bridges the cultural divide and educates, as mr. ortiz suggested, service members so that they can own their psychological, their own psychological adjustment and well being, both belong and getting back to employment? and by the way, i believe mr. schmiegel with the phone suggestion, and that is left is not a reliable source. [laughter] >> if anyone would like to answer that question. >> let me just tell you something that is important to us, because before we hire anyone at wal-mart, whether it's a very senior person or very junior person, we feel very confident that they can make, that they will be comfortable in our culture, and that we will feel comfortable and confident that they will be

very important, yes. liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the other side of that if you will, letting us do what we want to do, letting us go where we want to go. keeping taxpayer dollars as ourselves. taking the dhs's advice, which is 100% security is not our role. we have to in congress and elsewhere, counterbalance the arguments come forward from security agencies like dh s&t sa. so, i have asked myself over the years how would you do airline security? hey, smart guy, how would you do airline security? i tell you thinking i've put into it and thinking should go into it. it boils down to risk management. risk management is probably one of the most boring subjects you can find but i will bore you with it only briefly, go through the thought process that should go into homeland security. first of course, you've got to decide what you're trying to protect. choose what it is that you're doing. that is called asset characterization, literally what is it that you're trying to do, security agency will go t

this global help some of its is a very important and -- held segment is very important and it is important that we meet here in washington. the united states of america has always been at its best in international affairs, always been at its best in the world. the view that no man, woman, or child to doubt to live in tyranny caught in poverty, or disease is a moral case. it is a case that we who are fortunate enough to live on the right side of history must make for those still trapped in tyranny, poverty, disease. it is a moral case, but i want to say to you that it is also a practical case. it is a practical case because places where government and leaders will not or cannot provide for their people are ultimately dangerous places. we have just come through the 10th anniversary of september 11. we learned the hard way on that bright september day that the danger to us, the greatest danger to us, came not from the marching armies of large states but from a stateless group of terrorists, a network that plotted and plans in the world fifth poorest country, afghanistan, and launched a devast