aid rajiv shah, a great friends of ours. usaid. and rajiv has not spoken here in two months, no, 2012, not 2013. whoa, in 14 months. he spoke on what then secretary of state hillary clinton called the economic state-craft, something i think everyone agrees is a crucial part of the tool box we use to project a u.s. narrative in the world. as raj put it, quote, harnessing american inagain newt to advance global development and in the process strengthen our own nation's economy is what we should be doing. the numbers tell the story. since 2000 one aid formed more than 1600 public/private partnerships with over 3500 partner organizations with an independent estimated value of more than $20 billion with a b in public and private fund but the work of usaid and public/private partnerships doesn't just provide a bounce to our economy and our jobs picture. it also enhances our security at a time when too many see our foreign policy in kinetic terms like drones and special-ops and guantanamo bay prison, soft power diplomacy or i would call it

rajiv shah.tive gohmert, for that incredibly generous and kind introduction. wow, this is a big room. [laughter] mr. president, mr. president, mrs. obama, secretary kerry, members of congress and distinguished guests from around the world, thank you. i'm so happy my wife is here with me this morning. this is a great change of pace for us. as the parents of three young children, most of our breakfast conversations are about keeping toys off the table and sticky hands off each other. [laughter] so we're pleased to be here. president obama, thank you for the opportunity you've afforded me to serve our country. and i see my friend, senator inhofe, here today. we make quite an unlikely pair. at one point we were traveling in rural ethiopia with several close friends when our van got stuck in the mud. after a pause, the senator generously suggested that everyone under 70 should get out and push. [laughter] the next thing i knew, i was covered in mud and once again because of congress. [laughter] [appla

with rajiv shah, he's the head of the u.s. agency for international development. he's joined by oregon representative earl blumenauer who serves on the house ways and means committee. from the wilson center in washington, d.c., this is an hour. >> good afternoon. happy valentine's day. and welcome to the wilson center. i'm jane harman, the president and ceo of the wilson center. i'm a recovering politician, and if you're noticing these bicycles, they are gifts from our visiting politician, earl blumenauer, who heads the congressional bike caucus. and all of you and all of us think that this is a marvelous thing to support. so, earl, thanks for the gifts. and to all of you, an extra brownie point for braving the weather to show up. i was predicting we would have ten people in the audience. it shows how valuable my predictions are. but it also shows how valuable this panel is. so we are delighted to see all of you and to see an extended audience through all of the social media that will take the events today and show them across the globe. two of our scheduled panel

rajiv shah.presentative gomer for that incredibly , generous and kind introduction. wow, this is a big room. [laughter] mr. president, mr. vice president, mrs. obama, secretary kerry, members of congress and distinguished guests from around the world, thank you. i am so happy my wife is here with me this morning. this is a great change of pace for us, as the parents of three young children, most of our breakfast conversations are about keeping toys off the table and sticky hands off each other. [laughter] so we are pleased to be here. president obama, thank you for the opportunity you have afforded me to serve our country. and i see my friend senator in hofe here today. we make quite an unlikely pair. at one point we were traveling in rural ethiopia when our van got stuck in the mud. after a pause, the senator generously suggested that everyone under 70 should get out and push. [laughter] the next thing i knew, i was covered in mud, and once again because of congress. [laughter] [applause] and in

eastern we will go to the wilson center to hear from rajiv shah. he will discuss ways government and corporate america can form partnerships in developing countries for infrastructure investment and create new markets for american goods and services. >> and on c-span the institute for corean-american studies will hold a symposium on u.s. national security concerns, and about and around the korean peninsula. white house national study council director for korea is one of the participants and that will be live at 1:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> one of the things that we worry about, there's a cyberattacks but physical dangers and what i always think is what teeth me up at night when a think about what could happen next -- what keeps me up at night. and it would which are greatest fear is astrophysical thank you in our country. general? >> i just would answer it by really two things. on the cyber site i think an attack against our critical infrastructure that would have potential damaging effects on our transportation, health care, clearly financial i