henry kissinger, secretary john bryson, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, i am delighted to meet you friend from various friendly organizations during my official visit to the united states. the national committee on u.s.-china relations and the u.s.-china business council have been promoting friendship and cooperation with china long before china-u.s. diplomatic relations were established. the normalization and development of china-u.s. relations would not have been possible without your tremendous contribution. i salute you for your efforts. and i wish to send warm greetings and express heart felt appreciation to all the friendly organizations and american friends from various professions who have valued and supported the growth of u.s.-china relations over the years. [ applause ] i am paying an official visit to the united states at the invitation of vice president biden, and i have come to further implement the important agreement reached between president hu jintao and president obama and advance the building of a cooperative partnership between china and the united states based

speakers at this event will include commerce secretary john bryson, national economic council gene sperling, and john leibovitz. it should get underway shortly. president obama is not at the white house this afternoon. he is in florida. he will talk about energy policy. we will cover that live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. as we wait for this event to get underway, we will take you to this morning's "washington journal." here's michael article from the "l.a. times" yesterday. he writes -- a loss by romney in a michigan would only increase such speculation. the number who are not very satisfied or not satisfied at all are 44%. more republicans raided the gop field as weak than strong. a new gallup poll shows that 55% of republicans and republican- leaning independent voters wish someone else were running. but that same poll found that those voters would much rather have a nominee who had secured enough delegates to win the nomination before the august convention that to have the nomination decided in tampa. so republicans only this morning for this segment. a brokered convention or the g.o

house also outlined its new internet privacy initiative and we will hear from commerce secretary john bryson the white house economic county director. >> it is our cause to dispel that which avoids our decisions in the delusion that a world of conflict will somehow mysteriously resolve itself into a world of harmony. or we don't rock the boat irritate the forces of aggression and this is hogwash. >> we look back at 14 man who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, c-span.org/ the contenders to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact on american politics. >> this is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to the rebuilding of our own nation. america must be restored to their proper role in the world but we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves. >> c-span.org/the contenders. >> the smithsonian institution program as they on the national museum of african-american history and culture. here is president obama's remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony. he is introduced by the smithsonian board of regents chairman, france cor

it is my pleasure to introduce our secretary of commerce, john bryson . [applause] >> it is a pleasure to be with all of you here in the room today. i thank all of you here. in my years in my private life and what i did prior to coming here, i had many opportunities to meet with congresswoman mary bono mack. we work together across issues in southern california on issues that had to do with water and other issues. i know that she is a sound an awful legislator. -- thoughtful legislator. [applause] we have not seen each other for some time. it is a great treat. i think you know that the work we are addressing today is the result of bringing together a broad representation of privacy experts, consumer groups, internet companies, and many others. i thank you for being with us. as we all know, millions of americans shop, sell, a bank, learned, talk, and work on line- learn, talk and work online. the online portion of sales are nearing $200 billion annually. the challenge here is that we have also seen stories of consumer data being lost, compromise, or stolen

i had a chance yesterday to talk with secretary of commerce john bryson, so the u.s. commerce department has recently kicked off a new mission called select usa, and if you think about what the president has talked about with the idea of in-sourcing, and more companies coming back to invest here, select usa is an opportunity for companies around the world were thinking about expanding outside of their home market to make sure the u.s. is on their radar screen, and we as governors want to make sure our states are on the radar screen. >> governor heineman, there have been some governors, especially republicans, that have voiced concerns that federal government is getting too involved in education through the race to the top program, stimulus funding, and even no child left behind. what is your view on federal and state roles? >> state and local governments have the primary role for education in our country, ok? it goes down to local school boards. the federal government has a limited role. i want to be careful here. most school districts welcome their funding. they woul

with that it is my pleasure to introduce our sector of commerce, john bryson. [applause] >> well, it's a pleasure, a great pleasure really to be with all of you here in the room today. and i know there are many listening in deeply concerned and deeply interested in this critically important subject. i thank all of you here. i want to say, as gene did, in some ways a wonderful coincidence, but i do want to say that in my years in my private life, and in what i did prior to coming here, i had many, many opportunities, to meet congresswoman mary bono mack, and we worked together in southern california. and issues that pertain to water in many subjects, and i want to say thank you very much for your interest. thank you for your leadership. and i know and that absolutely do know that she's a sound, very thoughtful legislator. it's a pleasure -- [applause] we haven't seen each other for some time, so it was a great treat. well, i think you know that the work that we are addressing today is really a result of britain together a broad representation of privacy experts,

from the secretary of commerce, john bryson.rom the counsel to the digital advertising alliance, from the chair of the federal trade commission, jon leibowitz and then, finally, from the federal policy director of the consumers union. we're thrilled to have them all, and i'm going to turn it right over to gene so we can get started. thanks. ms. . [applause] >> thank you very much. thanks for being here. obviously, i want to thank a few people. i want to thank our great science adviser, john holdren, our former cto there, iowa niece chopra. i want to thank secretary bryson and, for his leadership on this and so many things since he's came. and i hope i'm not breaching the independence of the ftc to thank chairman leibowitz too. [laughter] but you can find ways to stick it to us if you think -- [laughter] you know? compromised you in any way with that thank you. and i'd like to thank congresswoman mary bono mack for being here and her leadership and are looking forward to working with her on advancing this blueprint. and, of cours

in the center of the screen getting his photo taken is new commerce secretary, john bryson. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] . . >> it's a very busy schedule for xi jinping. he's being hosted at a state department luncheon. we're expecting to get underway shortly. we're asking your opinion about the importance of u.s.-china relations. go to facebook.com/c-span and share your thoughts. also this afternoon on c-span3, the congressional executive commission on china will hold a hearing on chinese human rights. they're going to hear from the wife of a chinese human rights activist who disappeared 20 months ago. that hearing coming up at 2:30 eastern and that will be live on c-span3. vice president biden at this event today at the state department. he also welcome the chinese vice president to the white house earlier today. here's a look. maude anyw [inaudible] >> and we're a step away from the oval office. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i welcome your entire delegation. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i hope in