as we close for today, please join me in giving our sincere thanks to governor kitzhaber for his time with us today. and we are adjourned. >>> the nation's governors are headed to washington, d.c.

as we close for today join me in giving our sincere thanks to governor kitzhaber for his time with us today. [applause >> and we are adjourned. .. >> and on "after words," -- >> the book follows these two muslim women of about the same age who became complete opposites, and it tries to sort of tell the story of the war on terror through their stories. >> deborah scroggins looks at islam and the war on terror from "wanted women." sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern. >>> ashraf khalil talks about the january 2011 egyptian revolution and what has happened in that country over the past year. it's about an hour, 15 minutes. >> welcome, everybody. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> we're glad to see everyone here. we have c-span taping this event. we will begin with a conversation. we have with us, first, let me introduce myself, i'm leyla halal directing the middle east task force here, and we have with us today two very distinguished guests, and we're very excited to have this conversation at such a timely period in egypt's history as we see from the news that it continues to face turmoi

[applause] [applause] [applause] >> oregon governor john kitzhaber delivered his state of the state address at the portland city club wary discussed reforms happening in the state's health care and education system. following his remarks the governor took questions from the audience. this is 55 minutes. remarks, the governor took questions from the audience. this is 55 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much for that warm introduction. if i might. i would like to take a moment at the beginning and ask you to join me in acknowledging our friend gail and the tremendous contribution she has made to the city club and our state. she is obviously not able to be here with us today. if anyone is listening and would like to say thank you for you have given to the state of oregon. [applause] when i was working on my remarks last night at home apparently i was talking out loud and my son apparently overheard me and wandered in, taking the unit on shakespeare and had a quote i think you should put in your speech. so here it is. it is not in th

sullivan said, unions and an arm to groups that have no equity in this work at kitzhaber members in the there is an understatement -- have kicked our members in the teeth. we will not sit at the table with people who this story our members' livelihood. a labor unions issued a forceful statement condemning the decision as politics at its worst. mr. john sweeney, the director of global labor institute at cornell university, who did a study about that job that this would create, made it clear that -- he said this decision was about the president being reelected. the president's re-election is at stake. he said there is more at stake here than a simple pipeline. in closing, i would like to quote from an editorial in the chicago tribune. keystone should be approved. this is a good project. it will give us energy and give us jobs. you want stimulus, this is it. this is a $7 billion project to be done with private dollars. taxpayer dollars will not be used. president obama made a decision that we think is the wrong decision. with that, -- does anyone seek recognition? >> i will recognize you l