you were there that day, i know, we should build a teaching hospital outside of port-au-prince becausehe teaching infrastructure had been destroyed, you know? i think most people here know that almost all of haiti's federal buildings were damaged or destroyed in the earthquake. imagine that happening in washington. in any case, so the reimagining was just like the reimagining of health equity. a lot of people said, well, you can't really build a teaching hospital in central haiti, and why would you have a university hospital? there's no university? that's exactly the point. you don't think the people in this town, this city want a university? and then there came all this partnership which moved me deeply, you too. people from all over the world saying we'd like to help. now, yes, it was chaotic and, yes, there were problems, but i'm just talking about the citizenry -- particularly of this country, corporations who i'd barely heard of said, oh, we'll build your i.t. backbone. that was hewlett-packard. i had heard of that, actually. [laughter] and on and on it went, you know? some of the

educational process of how to move forces and yet support usaid and the role of the country team and port au prince. so, it was very informative there. and to back up when we had the first no fooling hurricane that worked its way up the entire gulf coast, the principal committee calls that were generated during the haiti response were then turned around and then bringing all of the governors into a conference call with the president to make sure that all their needs were being met in the advance of a hurricane arrival. so, we really had all of government, from local all the way up to the white house, fully included in that response. but the haiti response was certainly informative in bringing all these disparate entities together to provide unity of effort during a response. >> we need general spiese. >> okay, thanks. i would offer a little bit from an institutional perspective at the tactical level in the marine corps. that's an area where we could use some improvement. our forces deployed to the western pacific certainly understand this, and they pass it on among themselves. the forces we deploy

and another place called center for the arts port-au-prince. we do some work there.ow education, empowerment, leadership skills, it spreads out into the community. like it spreads out -- girls will take what they have learned in school, and they'll go back to their village or their hut or community or cul-de-sac and they'll spread that knowledge. they'll teach it to their mom and to their aunt and cousin and younger sisters. but i truly believe that the key to the success of transforming a culture or upraising a culture is -- lies through the education of its women and girls. >> thank you very much, rainn wilson. and to learn more about his foundation visit monafoundation.org. and tonight, make sure you watch "girl rising." it's at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> it's the last day of bonaru. couldn't make the event? we've got you covered. >> hi, don. coming up a little later today, bonnaroo. woo! >> the celebrities themselves will fill you in on what you missed. ♪ with so much competition, finding the right job is never easy. but with the nation's largest alumni n