we're still in the cold war was fear and it's rather strange when you when you you know remember the lisa rice who stated the cold war was finally over when nine eleven have after nine eleven happened you know bush they work with the russians very well you know when when we went into afghanistan saw this coming back to some kind of a very cold war. you know atmosphere is a very strange strange phenomenon to my view. and i don't find go to you you wrote in the american conservative an article entitled or putin's philosophy and you said the russian leaders paradoxical strong state liberal conservative is and what is that and by the way i love the article and that's why we have you on the program how would you describe that to my viewers. thank you very much well there's a long historical tradition in russia which sees a strong states not as being in a call to liberal reform but as essential to it and up without the state the result will probably be anarchy whereas we might say benign autocracy can initiate political reforms social reforms and economic reforms to move the country forward so. puti

on the council on foreign relations task force which was chaired by secretary continue continue lisa rice and joe client. it was a very bipartisanship and mixed group. for a higher educator, what really was to me the heart of the recommendation, was the call for a national readiness audit. which would help understand the very things your statement and your questions and this committee have been asking about for a long time. how prepared is the nation and what levels are we teaching all of our citizens to have proficiency in another language? now it's easy for us in higher ed international education to forget, just how many of our citizens aren't connected to the world and don't get the chance to study it. 70% of americans today don't have a passport. it and that's about the same percentage of americans with a college education that can't find indonesia on a map, can't find iran on a map, and believe that south suzanne, the newest -- south sudan is in southeast asia or south america. most who do study abroad 0 go to a number of english speaking countries. they study abroad for a short peri

secretary of state hillary clinton senior advisor valerie chad, -- jared, janet nepalitano, susan rice, lisa jackson, kathleen sebelius, susan rice, lisa jackson, home lan security -- -- homeland security -- [cheers and applause] -- to the eta. -- epa. your wisdom in these selections comes as no surprise because after all, it is these extraordinary women in your life that shaikh did most profoundly. the strength that you learned -- that shaped it most profoundly. the strength that you learn from your grandmother as well as for constancy and capacity for wonder. the special bond with your terrific sister and barred alumna -- barnard alumni, miami. -- mya. and your devoted partnership with michelle and sasha and melia, who give us hope. clearly, mr. president, you know something that the graduates seated before you are well on their way to discovering, that there is no opportunity that they cannot embrace, no dreamyou have demonstrated that you have stayed true to your own amazing story, your own compelling example, your own irrepressible spirit. it is a profound honor for us to come together

and all three female secretaries of state continue lisa rice madeline albright and hillary clinton as well as sandra 0'connor, i have nice williams,. including feature leaders here in the audience. becky town send and members of troop 4006 from virginia. yesterday the ptd honored low with the presidential medal of freedom. today anna maria chavez brought her here her is a scholarship to yale and a career in public service counseling then public arizona member on different areas. she spent some time here in dc as well in senior roles at the u.s. department of transportation, the small business administration and the federal highway administration. she became the ceo of girl scouts u.s.a. a year and a half ago. and she quickly found out leading a national organization means dealing with politickings. so even as she leads the 100th ankers are i are celebration she is dealing with political fire from some who say scouting promotes sexuality and even abortion and the u.s. conference of catholic bishops said they are investigating the organization. it means taking the organization into the

clinton, senior adviser valerie jarrett, janet napolitano, kathleen sebelius, hilda solis, susan rice is, lisaon, women running everything from homeland security to the epa. your wisdom in these selections comes as no surprise because after all, it is the extraordinary women in your own life who shaped it most profoundly. the strength and level headedness you learned from your grandmother toots, the values of honesty is, fairness and independent judgment that your mother anne instilled along with her capacity for wonder. the special bond with your terrific sister and barnard alumal maya, the devoted partnership you share with first lady michelle obama who awes us in her own right and sasha and malia who give us hope. clearly, mrs. president, you know something that the 5949 bar nartd graduates seated proudly before you are well on their way to discovering, that there's no opportunity they cannot embrace, no dream they cannot make real. you have demonstrated this truth through your own amazing story, your own compelling example, your own irrepressible spirit. it is a profound honor for us to co

senior adviser valerie jarrett -- [ cheers and applause ] janet napolitano, hill do solis, susan rice, lisan running everything from homeland security -- [ cheers and applause ] -- to the epa. your wisdom in these selections comes as no surprise because, after all, it is the extraordinary women in your own life who shaped it most profoundly. the strength and level-headedness you learned from your grandmother, toots, the values of honesty, fairness, and independent judgment that your mother, ann, instilled, along with her constancy and capacity for wonder. the special bond with your terrific sister and barnard alumni, maya, the devoted partnership you share with first lady michelle obama who awes us in her own right, and sasha and malia, who give us hope. clearly, mr. president, you know something that the 594 barnard graduates seated proudly before you are well on their way to discovering. that there's no opportunity they cannot embrace, no dream they cannot make real. you have demonstrated this truth through your own amazing story, your own compelling example, your own irrepressible spirit