michael chertoff was with the justice department then came number to a homeland security. the only gave the chief of staff but from what is then and is still now alvarion and inexperienced department and went into private practice to consult with companies that wanted to invest those sitter being bought in the same secret world. we're all familiar with you cannot get into the circle of people unless you have security clearance then you have the trust you are in it for life unless you screw something out. it is not like the fighter planes were we could hear that debate. all of this is classified. you have contractors you are now letting those outside the government one of those who call the self like being a ice cream call. [laughter] -- ice cream count. [laughter] >> one of the things that you mentioned was the plethora of information generated every day by the apparatus and how difficult it is. it is one thing for borders but for those two it is their job it is difficult if not impossible even for them. even a general who was scrolling down on his computer the in box is o

three million dollars worth of these machines for our airports former homeland security director michael chertoff who played his part in hyping up fear while working for the bush administration went on to become a lobbyist and then went on t.v. telling the american people that these machines were needed to keep us safe and guess who is one of chertoff lobbyists rapid skin so we all bought it hook line and sinker and now we're all being a radiated when we board airplanes a little regard to the health risks and there are risks. according to research as many as one hundred americans could get cancer from these scanners every single year and in boston union reps at logan airport worry that these scanners may be responsible for cancer clusters that are showing up among t.s.a. agents and despite requests from the union the t.s.a. has yet to provide individual dosimeters to t.s.a. agents to wear or to measure the radiation they're getting hit with from the scanners so senator susan collins is introducing legislation this week to call for a new independent health study of these scanners and some people m

and i really want to, their committee on homeland security co-chaired by jane harman and michael chertoff, a number of the members are here today, and it is part of our ever maturing process had homeland security to really think strategically about its role domestically and in the world, and how we serve the people of our country in the best possible way. i'm also glad to be here with my friends, jim jones, john mclaughlin, and i think we'll have a very interesting discussion about homeland security and its role in the international sphere. and let me, if i might, turn briefly to that to kind of set the stage for our discussion. we have personnel now stationed in 75 countries around the world. we have the third largest international footprint of any agency of the federal government. our work in international sector is increasingly substantial. it's essential and innovative. it recognizes that in today's world, domestic security and international security are inextricably intertwined. a security decision made in one part of the globe can rapidly impact security half a world away. and that

institute, which i co-chair with my very good friend, former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff, seems to do. we are a bipartisan group with extensive expertise and strong opinions, no surprise to meet periodically to discuss homeland security and counterterrorism issues and make recommendations and policy numbers. many of the group are with us. i can't be sure that i have everyone sitting in front of me but i see many of you. let me just list you have the clich chiarelli allen. this charlie allen here? zoe baird, who i know is here. stewart baker. richard ben best day. p. jay crowley. steve had lee, brian jenkins all the way from california, michael liter who was a marvelous head of the national counterterrorism center and poppa to be. stuart levy. jim hooley, paul mchale in the united states congress. bill mudd. eric olson. marin strameki. guy swan. evan wolfe. gary hart, former senator gary hart, a good friend and member of the group here from colorado, and the director former homeland security inspector general corker -- clarke ervin. we're pleased to partner with the aspen

this activity and just say that i am very proud to cochair the aspen group with my dear friend michael chertoff thank you again for coming. [applause] and. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] according to a recent report u.s. metropolitan areas have regained the jobs they lost an economic downturn. those results and the real estate market were discussed at the annual conference of u.s. mayors earlier this week. this is 40 minutes. >> in an effort that we have got a huge agenda this morning to keep things moving along i see that jim diffley is here the head of the regional economics at ihs global insights who will provide our traditional metro economy update. let me add that we finally added mature economies to the name of this council. since we are now in our 11th year, of issuing these reports for this conference so jim, i think i saw you back here. he is right here. i will put off the final results of the iowa caucuses until he has finished. [laughter] >> thank you mr. mayor. a pleasure to be here again. we release this repor

took over at the dhs i am only the third secretary, and i have got to build with tom ridge and michael chertoff today and they did the work on getting this huge department of and running, but we continue to evil and mature and one of the themes that really has evolved and mature over the last years as the international region of the department. we have people now and 75 plus countries that can clear the third largest international footprint of any federal agency. i spend a lot of my time on international work and what i spend my time on is exactly what the question is about which is forming these international partnerships that allow us to do things like screaming as far away from our physical borders as possible. that maximizes our ability to prevent something from actually getting into the country or someone getting into the country that we don't want to. so over the course of the next year, yes, we will be working very extensively on global supply chain security with a number of countries partnering with some and we have pilots going on with some of our allies on code screening of things a w

and to say that i'm very proud to co-chair the as person institute group with my dear friend michael chertoff. thank you, again, for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the u.s. conference of mayors is holding its annual winter conference in washington focusing on jobs and the economy. speakers included labor secretary. this is a little more than a half hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. let me welcome you once again to our preconference session of job creation and employeability crisis, preparing the future work force as a competitive city strategy. again, i'm mike rawlings and have a jam packed afternoon for you with speakers and five sessions to cover a gamet of things we want to talk about. howfully we'll give you best practices and strategies you can take back to your cities and implement. we're working as well on codifying and pulling together the best thoughts to be able to present to congress and some of the things that we think how this should be funded in the future. let us move today to the highlight of the day, and that is i'm

when i took over a at only the third secretary and i have gotten to build on what tom ridge and michael chertoff did. 's work.reallyyeoman one thing that has evolved and mature over the past few years is the international regional department. we have people now in 75 + countries. i think we are the third most large international but britain and other government agency. what i spend my time on is the question is about which is forming these international partnerships of -- that would allow us to do things like screening as far away from our physical borders as possible. that maximizes our ability to prevent someone from getting into the country or someone getting into the country that we don't want. over the course of the next year, yes, we will be work very rigid be working very s ascent -- working with partners. the whole pre-clearance issue i described for you is an international partnership. it is all designed because the nations of the world have an interest in making sure that people remain safe and the global economy can truly move safely and securely. taking advantage of that joint intere