it is with a deep love for leadership and for san francisco kids that i have returned to teach at leadership after taking six years off to stay at home with my daughter. my 10th grade english students are reading james baldwin's essay, "a talk to teachers," which they find quite relevant today. baldwin writes, "to any citizen of this country who figures himself as responsible and particularly those of you who deal with the hearts and minds of young people, must be prepared to go for broke." all of us in this room are here because we want to nurture the hearts and minds of young people, because we are prepared to give our all so that our students can create for themselves a future that may look very different from their past or present reality. what i see as leadership's greatest success is the ability of this school to make good on our promise to students that schooling can, indeed, enable them to transform their lives and, in turn, the lives of their families, communities and our world. this is not just a lofty promise. we do it student by student, day by day. we do it by design. we do it w

leadership, i know exactly what it's about. i saw ninth grade students grow sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, sometimes with ease, and sometimes with tears, into 12th grade leaders. leadership staff and teachers provided my daughters and their classmates not only with the academics they needed but with life skills, leadership skills and the kind of passion that it takes to carry on after on to college. both of my daughters took what they gained from being a leader and used it all to be leaders in college. they are both now in the field of education. one daughter is a leadership high school teacher, the other works for san francisco unified school district. [applause] the drive and excitement that my daughters still carry from their days at leadership is incredible and they give it to me. i am also an educator. i'm a fifth grade teacher in san francisco unified school district. i have many students whose parents call me and come to me and ask me for advice on where to send their children. some of my students are students that

his leadership. his extraordinary willingness to find common ground with his colleagues and his prioritization of bipartisan ship is historic and we are very, very grateful that he continues to inspire us today with his deeds and with his words. there are others that i also would just want to call attention to for their presence today and my gratitude to them for being here, former colleagues, chuck rob, dirk kentthorn, dan glikman, and charlie, it's a real pleasure to have them with us as well. i'm always inspired from the lessons of leadership of our american heroes of the past. john quincey adams once said that if you your actions inspire others to dream more, to learn more though do more, to become more, then you are a leader. i think that definition describes most leaders, even those in congress. lincoln had a lot to say about leadership. he once said that nearly all men can stand adversity. if you want to test a man's character. give him power. i think there's so much truth into that sense of w

leadership, i think, has never been higher. whether because of the issues raised by the arab spring, by nuclear proliferation, climate change, particularly the challenge of iran and the middle east. budget realities, however, have placed a premium on projecting u.s. power. not only effectively, but efficiently. i think that more than at recent moments we need a smart, coordinated and strong budget in order to safeguard the american people. particularly to fund the administration's pursuit of opportunities and to face the challenges that we are all too well aware of. obviously for anybody running for office, i know you know this, madam secretary, cutting foreign aid and talking about a comparison between some particular community at home where you're standing and our commitment abroad is a pretty easy applause line on the stump. and needless to say it is good foreign policy to correct an unsustainable fiscal course. so we need to do what we need to do in order to put our house in order. but at the same time, it seems to me that

we have to look at broadening our leadership. it is time that both sides of city hall have representation at the top leadership. i have great respect for commissioner o'brien's service. he brought himself very well, and his advocacy along with the work of every commissioner and the work of the small business community that didn't turn out in force with the very important issues -- when the small business community gets a b and thereby, they turn themselves out just fine. -- gets a bee in their bonnet, they turn themselves out just fine. i have to give the credit to the broader hong small business community and business community there. from retail, we have not had a business leader at the top, the executive positions, as you would say, is from ground-floor retail. we really need to look at that and we need development in city hall. the liquor lobby is very strong. there is a lot of money there to have that advocacy. little retail stores don't have the same power. they don't have the same resources. they don't have the same organi

people are looking for leadership.y are not getting it from president obama they are not getting it on iran, not getting it on the debt and not getting it on oil prices. if anybody could break out and say here's what i am going to do they would win. am i wrong mary anne? >> no you are not. you are assuming obama isn't going to do anything else. >> how long you going to give him? more than 3 years now. >> on this topic you are going to see over the next several days everything you said what i suggested and more. i cannot believe that will not happen. number one -- >> appoint me secretary of energy. i am not going to let him steal my ideas i have to be in there. i will solve the problems. it's a leadership thing. he's not leading. president obama is not leading. unfortunately most of the voters, 4 and a half million watched the debate last night. that's all. that's all that watched it. more people watched the dopey kardashians instead of watching this stuff. i think it is one of the most uninformed electorate in the last

again, i want to congratulate and thank leadership. i appreciate the opportunity to be here this morning. thank you. [applause] >> now, i would like to bring up mayor lee and lt. gov. knew some, and paul gillespie. there will be a presentation. after that, we will go outside and do some things with the taxi cabs. >> who would have thought we would be saying thank-you four years ago? with that said, on behalf of all the tax to companies in san francisco, we want to thank lt. gov. gavin newsom and mayor lee for their generous support of the taxi industry, and your vision to not only make san francisco the best city in america, but the greenest. with that, lieutenant governor gavin newsom, thank you for your vision. we would like to present you with this plaque. [applause] mayor lee, we would also like to thank you for your vision. we look for too many years working together. we would also like to present you with this plaque. [applause] >> we have new decals that will be on some of these taxi cabs. i am a hunter who has them. here they a

monday morning a ballot for the labor leadership will be conducted. following kevin rudd's resignation yesterday, i have formed this view that we need a leadership ballot in order to settle this question once and for all. i believe it is in the interests of the labor party that it be determined once and for all. but much more importantly i believe it is in the interests of the australian nation. >> there's been speculation about this for months and months and months. would kevin rudd make a challenge against julia gillard or not? what's this all about? it's all about kevin himself who was ousted by the prime minister from the job of prime minister in june, 2010. and he's never got over it. he remains bitter and angry about that and he wants his job back. a short time ago mr. rudd spoke about his intentions. >> i am pleased and encouraged by the amount of positive support and encouragement of me to contest the leadership of the australian labor party party. i have many more calls still to make. the overall argument to me is that they regard me as the b

i would like to acknowledge our leadership sponsors this year. leadership world and htc. give them a round of applause. [applause] we are greatly indebted to them. this year, we are also sponsored by promethean. please help me welcome the vice president of marketing for prometheus. [applause] >> well, good afternoon. one word comes to mind. courageous. courageous is the word that i used to describe the work that alas is leaving and we are proud to support. you have demonstrated to courage and advocation for this nation and more -- most historically underserved. especially in these economic times. you are this nation's greatest hope as we educate children into the future of this nation. we are passionate about education and are delighted to continue our support and commitment for alas. we were the first to say yes to the leadership academy. we listened, responded, and learn from you. we are in the middle of a transformational. . -- period. achievement for all students is our common goal. regardless of background, nationality, language, or economic status. promethean and th

again, i want to congratulate and thank leadership. i appreciate the opportunity to be here this morning. thank you. [applause] >> now, i would like to bring up mayor lee and lt. gov. knew some, and paul gillespie. there will be a presentation. after that, we will go outside and do some things with the taxi cabs. >> who would have thought we would be saying thank-you four years ago?

our mayor has already shown his leadership ability to all of you. you know, what he has done -- i do not have to repeat what he has done. you have your own judgment, and he is a visionary mayor. he has done everything for us. not only chinese americans, but the city and every part that is involved. we're so grateful that the mayor, together with our president of the board of supervisors approved this program. we started talking about it maybe three weeks ago. can you imagine within the short time, three weeks, the department of public works, under the leadership of director -- in oneand last night, we had a meeting from 6:00 to 8:00, and we completed a detailed plan of how we would do the celebration of the fair. this is something we have to give credit to all the department of public works under his leadership. [applause] and, of course, his assistant, the bureau chief, that he should get credit as well. in the way, thank you so much for your great effort. also, do not overlook the senior help supervisor, lisa o'malley. she has been spending a lot

could you join me in thanking all of their leadership? [applause] the last thing i want to say is we have been celebrating our heritage for 163 years, and i look forward to another 163 years of celebration. thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me and joining claudine cheng for her remarks on this year's celebration. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us for our celebration this year. the theme of our celebration is celebrate heritage, celebrated community voices. the community is selected this team for two reasons. one -- the community recognizes we care about this city, that we want our interest to be addressed, and how do we do that? we need our voices to be heard. the second reason -- we would like to inspire and encourage the next generation of leaders to be engag

leadership, and in a time of great change. that is exactly what prompted his president, president obama, panetta to undertake a comprehensive review of the defense strategy and the forestructure at this time. the department, the title of the guidance of the department recently released sustaining u.s. global leadership, and principles for the 21st century, and it was chosen very deliberately, and with with the emphasis throughout the review from president obama to secretary panetta on down has been at the size, structure and capabilities of the military must be driven by strategy, and not the other way around. to protect our country and maintain u.s. leaderership, we need to set smart sensible priorities for the future. at the outset of the review, secretary panetta laid out four main principles to guide us which in turn also guided plan rolled out last week. first he said we must maintain the world's finest military and one that supports and sustains the global leadership role of the united states. second, we must avoid hallo

. >> we are more involved than others in operation in atlanta, and we have an official leadership role. we do not need to hide our light under a bushel. >> there were also strong words from u.s. defense secretary leon panetta over iran. even before arriving at the conference, he said, "we have all options on the table." there is also growing speculation israel might attack iran with or without the u.s. the german approach is very different. >> we want iran to clearly in verifiably show that it is not seeking nuclear weapons. that is why we have implemented sanctions. the sanctions are unprecedented, and the more states that participate, the quicker they will have an effect. >> participants will be debating a whole host of security issues right through the weekend, but iran remains number one. >> our chief political correspondent is in munich right now. we spoke to her earlier and asked about some of the main themes. >> one of the main themes that is emerging is the link between economics and security at the opening discussion this afternoon. speakers noted that germany, as the continen

i want to thank you, fred, for all your wonderful leadership and your commitment here.ause] i know that college is going to be a reflection of everyone's success here and from the years that i worked in upward bound to now, i want to congratulate the kids who are here right now. because, guess what, not only have you joined a very successful program that will work very hard on your behalf to deal with things like academic affairs, college affairs, student aid, to get you where you need to have a sustainable economic forecasting so that you can be successful there, but you're also joining a a very exclusive club that i think will be more and more kids coming from this neighborhood. you have just committed to joining the million dollar club. did you know that? the million dollar club, do you know what that is? the million dollar club is the difference between a high school diploma and a college degree. it's the difference in economic income that you will earn relative to those who don't graduate and go to college. that's the million dollar club. you're joining that club a

that is leadership. thank you. [ applause ] >> i'm john ford, director of the projects here at the bipartisan center, and i'm here to hock some books, as you can s see, and to lead some discussion with the senators before we open up the questions to the audience. we mentioned the john jackson foundation and "hurting cats, trent lott and "like no other time, 107th congress, a time like no other that changed the country." i bring those up, and partally senator daschle's term of 2001, and of course, that began with gore v. bush election, and then you had a 50-50 senate, and intending negotiations that you had over power and the switch of the parties of senator jefferts and then 9/11 and several of the periods were very different and you were both in the rooms at the same time, and can you say something about how you came to an agreement of sharing the power and what the challenges were of doing that? what the senate looked like and what leadership was after the switch of power, and then finally thry time af

we need even more leadership. i will take this opportunity to personally thank darius for his wonderful years of work. [applause] no one has ever said it was easy, but we are out there every day on market street, third street, a town -- chinatown. every single day he was out there asking for help. he got that help. he said he wanted a little break to go to dpw. he is going to be a continuing partner as a result of that. when he left, we immediately thought about who we could find who would care enough and also embrace the direction we have been talking about, the fulfillment of more promises, the fulfillment of a long promised we made, and also have the sensitivity, passion, and compassion that will lead us into the next generation of work that we must do to end homelessness. that is our goal. it is not about temporary shelter. it is about our long-term goal. that means we reach out to people. we try to make life changes. we tried to get a situation where better decisions can be made. we want to get people support

it will be leadership, enforcement, all the things that you know we have to do to change culture. what i've been doing is talking with a lot of residents on the west side of this city who are challenged because they're so used to being in their cars and they feel that righteousness of having an expensive vehicle and having paid for it and all the insurance and all of that i used to have when i had my three cars. that we only needed one. maybe a half a car and i had three because i was in that culture myself, and to think back about what really led me to feel that way and trying to pierce that culture that we still have very much in the city, that it's my road and that those who want to introduce something different, it's their responsibility to be more safe than i because it's my road. that's what we have faced up with. and a lot of these corridors do have a direct connection to the ramps that go to our freeway. so it's very hardcore values and culture that we're facing to really make that change. so i want to work with you. i am very excited to learn from these two day of intense

and it will come down to implementation and leadership and it's great to have a sort of down to earth approach during these two days. working in teams on i think three important places in town. market, mid market. there's a lot going on. last week we had people from one of the biggest and the greatest argument tech yurl firms in the world, the colehouse firm here in san francisco. they talked with people from twitter and people in the city about mid market developments and good infrastructure for bikes and tradition is a part of it. i'm so hope that polk street is in it as well. it's my daily commute. i hope that in the next two years that i have the honor to be here as well to get some profit off this workshop as well. the third one with wiggle i think is a quite interesting one. we don't have a wiggle in the netherlands. we don't need a wiggle in the netherlands. but i -- i thought what an interesting word that is, wiggle. where does it come from? is it a san francisco-invented word? so i looked it up yesterday in the oxford dictionary. to my surprise i found the origin of the word

leadership part 2. the subject of.hen i watched the factor last night you saw me run down a number of crucial areas where american leadership is lacking. we posted that tea points on bill o'reilly.com. the main point is that president obama's leadership is lacking in a number of areas. the gas situation being the latest. but the republic within a democrats have not seize the advantage because they are squabbling over minor i of the next g.o.p. vote is tuesday in michigan and arizona. out front of in michigan. arizona rasmussen says romney leads with 42%. santorum 29%, gingrich 16%, paul 8%. seems like mitt romney has gained momentum this week. if he does win in arizona it will be very hard to stop him as super tuesday system do up fast on march 6th. let's be honest. mitt romney has ♪ shown enough leadership to make americans feel comfortable with him. caught defending his record in massachusetts. what we he the people really need are candidates that will look to the future. right now there are three areas of great conc

and fifth and finally, leadership. and leadership at the local level that's invested in drawing outcomes which is inhibited when that's kind of a mind set of checking the box. i think it's a big issue that you're rightly addressing. specifically i think what can be improved about the bill, one is matching i think what the schools need. the insistence and the requirements of standards is so important. not that that's federally proscribed but having something, most of the schools do not have the pexpectations. the second, the competitive grant programs foi cus -- focused on talent. the great principals that try to train them and support in exchange for performance accountability for the institutions. third is the low achieving schools which is a disgrace that they're achieving in such low levels in the country. and finally i do think that it's important that you have to fix some of the prescription and detail and regulatory mind set in order to remove the culture of compliance. and i think those are really good. two issu

, the obvious leadership roles in the committee structure. there is also significant time commitment. i am concerned that both the president and vice-president -- or the structure simply flip flops, the time challenge will be continued. many meetings have been canceled because both commissioners had no time because they both have very significant of full-time jobs and they are simply not available or maybe not interested, i don't know. there have been many missed meetings. i really am confused why the strongest commission can't be formed. i don't believe this is the strongest team, and i believe it will be a much stronger team if we had an actual small business owner on the seat. you know, it is in the interests of the strongest commission, and frankly, it is easy enough for a majority of the board the marginalize this position. there are two very strong positions for dea lot of work de very few opportunities and very few places for the really small business people to make their voices heraard at city hall. this fear, this reluctance doesn't

we're on our mez zeen at the center for education and leadership. this is actually where visitors to the site will enter the center and take the elevator to the fourth floor to experience the first exhibit. so people will come through the peterson house, across the back porch into this area. and this way it's a continuous flow from that third act to that fourth act. people will come here, and they'll learn a little bit about what the center is. then people will load on to the elevator and take the elevator to the fourth floor, which is what we're going to do right now. >> going up. >> we like to think of our elevator as time travel. as the elevator doors open, we step out on to the washington streets of april 15th, 1865. visitors get an opportunity to hear the street sounds of horses and carriages traveling along, tolling bells mourning lincoln's loss. we also hear the telegraph sending out confirmation of abraham lincoln's death. >> president lincoln died at 22 minutes after 7:00. j. wilks booth was the assassin. >> visitors have the opportunity to

and the last year once again, he has demonstrated his prowess, his leadership skills, his courage andhrough that effort and work, built on the extraordinary legacy of kamala harris and the victims unit and the work on truancy and building his own reputation, bringing community courts into the districts and into our neighborhoods, distinguished himself so much so that the voters overwhelmingly chose him as our new d.a. in san francisco. so, george, congratulations and i'm just honored to be up here and honored to be participating in this important day for you. [applause] >> now the reason i was asked to do this was to introduce your mistress of ceremonies. as all of you know and all of you do know dianne feinstein, there are probably many less, well, a few of you clearly do, more of you i think do quietly, you know, what an extraordinary use big to us -- ubiquotous in this city. kissinger says no one less needs an introduction than henry kissinger. no one enjoys one more. that may have been better introducing willie brown saying that than dianne feinstein. i digress. i was just reminde

i do not think it is the inclination of the current army leadership very sensitive to the independence of the military in not doing that. >> let me ask one last question. would you describe -- i know you speak in plain english but i will put it that way as well -- the magnitude of the cyber threat facing the country? we were privy to some important briefings that you participated in these last few weeks. >> both of the us -- both of us have spoken to it, and it is quite profound. i highlighted the fact that counter-terrorism, proliferation in cyber are concerns we highlighted in our testimony. national counterintelligence executive, which is part of my staff, issued a report on the impact of economic espionage in this country, which was put out in october which called out both russia and china particularly china because of the grand theft of intellectual property in this country is quite a profound threat. that is one reason why we are supportive of the rockefeller- feinstein bill. >> you included it in your central remarks. thank you for spending the morning with us. >> thank you. sen

i want to thank the political leadership behind me and the amazing leadership of the family around me. we're so proud to be part of the bond passing. i bike regularly on 17th street. this is a very welcome news of the bond funds to repay the 17th street. it is a great example of how far our money can go. these planes were strike less than a year ago. we have seen noticeable increases in the number of people biking on the street. this has happened throughout the city. every time we have dedicated space to biking, we see increases in the number of people biking. we will see the same kind of improvements and changes in safety when our roads are paved and smooth. it could not matter more to someone on a bicycle. the numbers of people boking in san francisco -- the numbers of people biking in san francisco are skyrocketing. that is good for our environment, public health, and quality of life. it is also good for our local economy. more people biking and walking means more people visiting our commercial corridors, shopping, eating, in the local economy. that is for all the neighborhoods in

for individuals, awards for emerging leadership and lifetime achievement.rganizations, we have the community impact award. more than 30 nominations were received in the top finalists in each category were submitted to a panel of three distinguished judges to make the final selection. now, the three judges are dafney quack, chair of the president's advisory commission on pacific americans and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o. of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islander american affairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school i

first, i'll discuss the policies and procedures that the current leadership team at arlington put in place to begin to address the deficiencies that became apparent, and i'll identify some of our recommendations to assist in that endeavor and secondly discuss factor that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs. the v.a. here's the bottom line -- i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery to address the deficiencies and make improvements. the army has made progress in a range of areas, including chain of custody procedures to ensure proper accountability over remains, better providing information assurance, and improving procedures to address inquiries from the families and the public. however, we believe some steps are still needed to ensure that these changes are institutionalized and will prove lasting for the long term, long after the s

meant to introduce him to the leadership and the american public. the trip comes at a time of growing grow economic and military tension between the two countries. early today mr. xi jinping met with officials. they realize the importance between the two global powers. joining me from washington jon huntsman. he was previously the outs ambassador to china and governor of utah. i am pleased to have him this evening to talk about something he knows a lot about which is china. he in fact speaks the language. welcome. where do you think china and the united states is at this moment and what will be the most important conversation to take place in washington? >> the back drop as we sit here today is one of pau politics whr you're in washington or whether you're in beijing. it's an interesting time in the history of the bilateral relationship in the sense that we have politics playing out this year right at the same time that politics are playing out in beijing, so not promisingly you're hearing from time to time a little bit of political rhetoric coming