. >> jeddah you mentioned the skills gap -- mr. khanna from you mentioned the skills get. is of the counties don't want to pay the necessary wages? in other words, there might be shortage, but if the table people our our worth, there might be more engineers. khanna: paula kerger makes this argument all the time and i think it's obligated. if you talk, they will take the ballot is filled with middle-aged folks of high skills and they're not being able to get a job. not because they don't have the skills but because ageism. folks are going to our people who are younger kids i don't think it's just a skills shortage. we need policies that are going to have tax credits for companies to have a partnership programs, to are those where middle-aged workers who have great skills, to bring better and faster work. >> moderator: i would like to have -- next question is for congressman honda. you serve the people in this area for decades in various capacities. some people do fear you might be burnt out. how do you address those concerns to those people? honda: i'm not burnt out. i've g

bit and talk about the governance and the financing of response to emerging infectious diseases in jeddah. the theme that has been emerging over the past several months in relations to ebola has been that the international kindred has done too little, too late and it's been poorly quartet at it has approached this. it might seem ironic that it's just less than 10 years ago that the international kindred came together to basically reinvent the framework by which they come together and mobilize against emerging infectious diseases. that framework is the international health regulations which were revised in 2005 and came into effect in 2007. now that framework when it wasn't revised expanded w.h.o.'s mandate in the context of the public health events of international concern, and it set minimum requirements for country to build the capacities to prepare for, detect and respond to emerging events of international concern within their borders. and so in theory the framework was there, but clearly in reality the investments have not been made over the seven or eight years since that document w

beginning this month with the nato summit in wales and following meetings in baghdad, jeddah, cairo, paris, and last week at the u.n. general assembly in new york, we've worked hard to build a coalition unified around shared goals, objectives, and actions. president obama appointed john allen, a retired four-star general and one of our nation's finest public servants to oversee this effort. and already, more than 50 countries from all corners of the globe have joined the coalition and we expect others to join in the weeks and months ahead. together, we will deny isil a safe-haven by continuing to conduct carefully targeted airstrikes against its leadership, and logistical and operational capabilities, and we will impede its ability to plan, prepare, and execute attacks. we've already conducted more than 200 such airstrikes in iraq, and last week, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain, and qatar joined in strikes against isil targets in syria. while we target isil from the air, we will strengthen the capacity of our partners to push back against isil on the ground. p