he has been deeply involved in the g-20 process and after a bit of back and forth between two them kamal will open the meeting up to all of you so madame lagarde thank you soap for being with us today. [applause] >> i'm fine. thank you. thank you very much and good morning to all of you. i'm delighted to be here and i can a sure assure my slight disability has nothing to do with living in washington, d.c. which is a full-time town to be in. i would like to thank the brookings institution as well as you kamal for having invited me to speak here today. this institution actually provides an ideal forum in my view to address the issue of global economic future and to look beyond the immediate imperative of dealing with the crisis so expect me today to actually deal with the short term issues we are facing but also try to look a little bit beyond that and have a slightly longer term view of what we are facing and how we should face it. in fact, talking of the ideal forum i think both brookings and imf were formed by visionarys at the time of a big crisis. robert brookings here and john keynes

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i would like to think the brookings institution, as well as you, kamal for inviting me to speak today. this institution applies the ideal forum to address the issue of the global economic future, and to look beyond the immediate imperative of dealing with the crisis. expect me to look beyond the crisis, and have a slightly longer term view of what we are facing and how we should face it. in fact, talking about the ideal form, i think both brookings in the imf were formed by visionaries at a time of the big crisis as well. robert brookings' here, as well as at the fund, they took the opportunity to think about the future in the midst of a crisis, to think beyond the crisis, and they seized the day, to use the carpe diem. you are also characteristic decided to seize the day, seize the moment. you, with the work you did at the time when the soviet union fell into pieces, and you, in turkey, when you implement the reforms that helped your country to be in a better position following the crisis. that spirit has also inspired the g-20 leaders at a time when they congregated in 2008 and late

image of the arab spring but in reality demonstrations often resulted in crime and violence in egypt kamal journalists were sexually harassed as protesters demanded more rights in libya a soldier was lynched right between calls for elections for theory and there are fears that rallies may be deliberately used to derail the peace process i am very concerned that in case of sort of large gatherings of people the possibility of publications will be greatly enhanced so instead of instead of talking about demonstrations opposition leaders must finally formulate their attitude towards political dialogue demonstrations here i'm not banned but those who hit the streets without permission from the interior ministry swiftly arrested and while this official admits some heavy handedness on the part of the government he says it's borne out of the security challenges serious crimes are facing when one of the challenges the government is facing is distinguishing between democratic protesters and armed groups we're not afraid of the peaceful opposition because it's created by the government's own supporte

i would like to think the brookings institution, as well as you, kamal for inviting me to speak today. this institution applies the ideal forum to address the issue of the global economic future, and to look beyond the immediate imperative of dealing with the crashers -- crisis. expect me to look beyond the crisis, and have a slightly longer come -- longer term view of what we are facing and how we should face it. in fact, talking about the ideal form, i think both brookings in the imf were formed by visionaries at a time of the big crisis as well. as wellrookings' here, as at the fund, they took the opportunity to think about the future in the midst of a crisis, to think beyond the crisis, and they seized the day, to use the car pd m that is probably known to most of you, -- carpe diem. you are also characteristic decided to seize the day, seize the moment. you, with the work you did at the time when the soviet union fell into pieces, and you, in turkey, when you implement the reforms that helped your country to be in a better position following the crisis. that spirit has also inspi

he is speaking about the irs, better customer service, better enforcement of the tax code kamal coming up as the modernization. >> as the person in charge of collecting taxpayer dollars, his words are closely followed by lawmakers and by many of us in this room today. doug chelan oversees nearly 100,000 employees and a budget of almost $12 billion. he has managed a $300 million balance -- budget cuts and challenges that have raised questions about the irs's ability to inform tax compliance, conduct audits, and provide quality customer service. just a few weeks ago, he requested an 8% budget increase from congress to make up for those losses. i'm sure we will hear more about that today. commissioner showman came to the irs from the financial regulatory authority. the private sector regulator of security firms doing business in the united states. he also served as vice chairman of the national association of securities dealers where he played an integral role in restructuring the organization. he led negotiations of the sale of nasdaq stock market and the american stock exchange, oversaw