the regional lead counties have listed in item 1 for the regions. to reiterate what the responsibilities are ensure the trainings on lcff are made available. regional lead in two are at the county. they need to make sure that training rubrics are made available to all the districts in modot county fixed and they will train the school districts and support of the content library. it's $70,000 per regional lead. that's item 7. any questions? >> can i make a comment? the counties in the region talk together and they collectively come up with who they would recommend to be the lead. >> that was the process used, yes. >> for clarification purposes, los angeles is its own region. >> like some regions like region two, for example, like northern california, they have a number of counties. i can't remember how many they have up there. there are maybe ten or so. region 3 has sacramento and the surrounding counties have similar. i think michael's region has only four counties. so i only say that just to show off my knowledge of counties, but also to ask the qu

also opportunities for regional -- if egypt could change its government, revive its regional role and embark on the most ambitious program of political and economic reform in its modern history without undermining the integrity of the state, so can our brethren. this principle continues to guide the approach to our region. revived democratic and reform nation states are the answer to the aspirations of the civic uprisings that swept the region some five years ago. sectarian militias, bloodthirsty war lords are been contrast the product of the civil wars that the democratic aspirations of several countries of our regions have regressed to. ladies and gentlemen, if you would disagree that orderly change based on rejuf nation reform and dem ca ti sags of nation's states would probably be the best way out of today's turbulence in the middle east and indeed this continues to be the guiding principle that governs the policies toward the region. take syria for example, half a million syrians killed, millions of refugees and disz placed persons and unprecedented rise of war lords and terroris

of oldest conflict in our region.egypt as you all know was a pioneer of peace in the middle east. our vision is and still is nation statehood for everyone in the region. we are committed to bring successful end more of six decades of this conflict which we cannot shift resources of the region to more productive channels. to do do the palestinians cannot and should not be denied the right to independent nation state. the alternative to a two-state solution is open and the turmoil even if in the short-term things look deceptively quiet and manageable. desperation and lack of any light at the end of what is, indeed, a very long tunnel could only be detrimental to any hopes of stability and prosperity in the region. the structure thereof are quite self-evident, what remains is a return to the negotiations in good faith. i would like here to remind you that president has offered publicly to support any forthcoming negotiations and to provide if needed post agreement security guaranties. ladies and gentlemen, large scale de

so that's on the region. second, i think we need to look at the internal dimension, and take this agenda that the afghans have put forward, now been endorsed in the brussels conference and london conference before that, to take the self-reliance agenda forward. what the afghans are asking for is not a blank check, an unlimited support but it's the catalyst investment that will allow them to shoulder this. in the security lane it's now well rengd that the afghan security forces are bearing the brunt of the fighting, and the dchbls of the country. what does that mean in the governance and economic tracks? it means that they're able to manage their own budget, to deliver their own programs and shoulder that burden themselves and what does that mean for policy? i think first reform isn't the icing on the cake. the eight really a core strategic element. if the grievances of the people are to be addressed, if peace is to be established, it's not a question only of just cutting a deal. it's a question of really addr

both locally here as wells regionally including at the mtc. we are particularly grateful for your advocacy transit core capacity issues that really enabled a deeper and more substantive work to address those issues as of the last be steady work committed to seeing that through in the next plan bay area. your leadership was also important and much appreciated on late-night transportation to address those needs for the late night and early morning workers and visitors to our city. thank you for your work on affordability, on fares, working with mta, working with sf state and students on affordability issue to an affordable housing of course. as well as our long-range rail and transportation plans. i want to thank you for your outstanding leadership in the tickling on rating funds for transportation weather was the advocacy we did at the national level for new transportation federal bill last year with colleagues around the region weather was developed of the bart bond or passing the sales tax thank you very much for you and your study were grate

, the sunni dimension, the saudi-iran regional balance. and i think it's trying to bring them to the table to look at the primarily iraq, syria and yemen, and how we can get to a sustainable enduring outcome for those conflicts at the political level, but also at the military level. and it's going to involve tradeoffs. but i think that having that sort of holistic approach, leveraging u.s. leadership to bring everyone to the table is very important. >> let me ask a question question and i'll have mr. mcinnis tackle that first. but if you want to add in something in the proxy war, i would appreciate it. iran let to conduct bombing operations in support of the syrian government. traditionally there's been some wariness, suspicion to hostility between iran and russia. are you worried at all about an iran and russia growing into a more cooperative military partnership? or do you think that would be an unlikely think to have to worry about much? >> i'll tackle that one first. i think the iranians and russians have an enormously difficult histor

both locally here as wells regionally including at the mtc.rticularly grateful for your advocacy transit core capacity issues that really enabled a deeper and more substantive work to address those issues as of the last be steady work committed to seeing that through in the next plan bay area. your leadership was also important and much appreciated on late-night transportation to address those needs for the late night and early morning workers and visitors to our city. thank you for your work on affordability, on fares, working with mta, working with sf state and students on affordability issue to an affordable housing of course. as well as our long-range rail and transportation plans. i want to thank you for your outstanding leadership in the tickling on rating funds for transportation weather was the advocacy we did at the national level for new transportation federal bill last year with colleagues around the region weather was developed of the bart bond or passing the sales tax thank you very much for you and your study were grateful for th

and it was important to the internal politics of many other countries in the region. but i think there is now a widespread recognition, certainly among the goals arabs that the principal threat of their sovereignty comes not from israel but from iran and that they in fact share with israel a common goal of resisting iran's drive in the region which has gone on for a very long time. most americans have a general familiarity a with the sunni and shia difference, but not many comprehend the length and depth of animosity between persians and arabs. there's one story and i don't know if it's true, i read it that when saddam hussein was hung after he was defeated, captured, tried and convicted, his last words as the noose was whipped around his next work, damn the persians, there is an ancient long-standing hostility between arabs and persians. when you layer that on top of the sunni shia divide top of the sunni shia divide in the many other conflicts within islam it will be turbulent for quite a time to come. >> host: everything in the middle east last for centuries. nothi

that's on the region. i think we need to look at the internal dimension and take this agenda that the afghans have put forward having been endorsed in the conference and take the self reliance agenda forward. what they are asking for is not a blank check and unlimited support, but it's the capital investments that will allow them to be in the security lane. we've now recognize that the civic duty forces in the defense of the country, what does that mean on the economic track? it means their variable to match their own budget and deliver their own programs and shoulder that burden themselves. what does that mean for policy? i think first reform is nice to have, it's it's not the icing on the cake. it's really a course for strategic element. if the grievances of the people are to be addressed, if pieces to be established, be established, it's not a question only of cutting a deal, it's a question of addressing the grievances by cleaning up the corruption, i attaching the predatory nature of some of these ins

this is an interesting model to watch in the region. it is so interesting that asked on my count there were over at dirty countries of the pacific alliance including many countries in asia and a think in the future, this is an important connecting point between latin america and asia. second that i wanted to highlight is that there has been balderas backlash in some countries, some countries in latin america are in the opposite direction. this is the case in argentina there are other major transitions in economic positives. they have reduced export taxes. they have streamlined and and words and remittances in the country is in a full-fledged effort to integrate global markets and attract foreign direct investment. i think that is a very important change in the region. as a matter of fact, the country reunited again the negotiations for the e.u. that has been sold for a number of years. so the word feature is that there are still others in the region that are not part of the effort. notably venezuela, bolivia and ecuador. ecuador also ne

right now, the taxes of the region get redistributed to the neighboring regions that are having a hard time. is it permanent or temporary? president putin: you just said we need to implement that project. will you be able to do it on your own? no. you need support too. the practice by the finance ministry which calls for leveling out the income of different regions is the appropriate one. there might be regions that get extra income thanks to mineral resources. we need to also keep in mind that all of this belongs to the people. all of the russian people. you can only ensure their rights through that leveling out practice. evening out the incomes of regional budgets. so that the redistribution is necessary to keep economic growth. you are absolutely right we should not have any freeloaders in russia. we need to stimulate regions to increase their tax base. i don't want to go into detail. there are a lot of ways to do it, but it has to be done. we have been trying to do that. we will continue to do that. as for the specific project you referred to, when? well, once it's deemed economica

and i think the questions both for the region and those of us outside who care about the region and have a stake in the region, that questioning of assumptions is even more important today than it was when we started the project. so i really want to thank you both for a fantastic process. i want to thank my fellow working group members in the region and all over the u.s. and europe. we managed to meet virtually and in person and i learned a great deal from all of them and they're listed in the report. so i hope you'll take a look and share my appreciation. it may seem as though today's topic is an odd choice for focus. maybe it's not a good time to talk about governance in the middle east, after all we're dealing with a region in violent turmoil, the vicious civil war, the u.s. and its allies are invested in new military conflict in syria fighting isis. i came back an international security forum up in halifax where the only discussion of the middle east there was framed around terrorism, isis, civil war and refugees. these are the urgent problems that are seen by many governments around

another question, right now the taxes of the donor region get redistributed to neighboring regions that are having a hard time. should this be permanent or temporary >> you just said that we need to implement that project. will you be able to do it on your own? no. you realize that so you need support two. so the practice by the finance ministry which is called leveling out the income of different regions is the appropriate one. there might be regions that get extra income thanks to minimal resources. we need to also keep in mind that all of this belongs to the people. all of the russian people, and you can only ensure their rights through that leveling out practice. evening out the incomes of regional budgets, and redistribution is necessary to kickstart economic growth. you absolutely absolutely right that we should not have any free riders in russia. we need to stimulate regions to increase, i don't want to go into detail. there are lots of ways to do it, but it has to be done and we've been trying to do that so we will continue to do that. as for the specific project that you referr

general hospital our it professionals make guilty or innocent available and support the house/senate regional wear-out system your our employees joy excessive salaries but working for the city and county of san francisco give us employees the unities to contribute their ideas and energy and commitment to shape the city's future but for considering a career with the city and county of san francisc >> all right. good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the to the personnel meeting of the wednesday, november 30, 2016, i'm katie tang the vice chair and we're waiting for commissioner wiener and to my left is commissioner mar and steve and thank you phil jackson and leo mr. clerk, any announcements? >> no anonymous. >> roll call commissioner mar commissioner tang commissioner wiener is absent we have quorum item 2 please approval of the minutes of the december '40 meeting an action item. >> i move the approval of minutes why not public comment first on the minutes and seeing none, we'll close public comment is closed. and commissioner mar has made a motion to adopt the minutes and i guess we'll do a

policies support more regional and greaterperation regional conductivity. i think this is the future for afghanistan, the only way we are going to achieve stability in this very, located region. let me just say a few words about the regional politics area it will also be addressed. how can the afghan and pakistani governments return to some of the goodwill that they experienced in the first year of the gummy government. as we all know, president gummy reached out to pakistan and we started to see the fruits of that effort. but unfortunately, the increased taliban violence in afghanistan and the failure of those nascent peace talks, which started to get under -- underway in 2015 have underlined -- undermined these efforts. is there a way to get that back on track? certainly, the smooth transition two weeks ago from one pakistan army chief to another has sent a positive signal to the region. it has provided a bit of cautious optimism that we might see increased efforts by the pakistanis to reining in the taliban sanctuaries in their territory. certainly only

parts of the region. i think this is of mutual interest and it should not be in callsy thought that the for stability is a call for the confirmation of the status quo. it is a call for progression of societal demands of the , whichion of the region have clearly indicated the desire forge ahead in a new democratization, respecting the old rights, and a more inclusive society free from the scourge of terrorism and sectarian threats. when you talk about that, and you spoke quite eloquently in the beginning about the need for orderly change, the difference between the kind of radical change that the region has experienced two revolutions, particularly in egypt. quo andhe status rejecting both and spoke about this model of orderly change. again, i assume that the implication is egypt is going to be this model of orderly change. what this that mean actually in terms of a reform? political reform, economic reform, within egypt? openhoukry: i think it is to the necessary involvement of to segments of society phra

agencies on the action plan that the region adopted one thing we were not able to do. >> commissioner mar. >> i want to thank you for spending the time on the regional planning committee i think your voice in the leadership you provided there and many of the members on the committee really it is valuable inside point of view you bring to that. >> thank you it was my honor to serve on that with you and others in the region now, one thing we were not able to moot with the transportation authority was the funding of the vehicles we'll continue to work on the project with the regional partners and to keep moving forward on the downtown exception with the area region and a number of other objectives in the transbay area regionally we spent a lot of effort and established a nice working partnership with the santa clara and this is looking at whether an hov car lane on the transit side in the transbay corridor we move forward with the mtc and bart with the planning department and caltrans and meeting to on the study so again, our emphasis is as agencies to really spearhead and coordinate tha

project if we can't for the region. for the region. we know there has been a lot of pressure on the environment. coal -- everyone has been saying we need to switch to alternative energy sources. everybody is working on that, wind and hydrogen and solar energy too. it.re into just recently, i went to a plant . they've been implementing high-tech technology. the european commission reduced substitutes to the injur industry because it is extremely expensive. we need to modernize and improve the technology. miners and other workers, the world uses much more coal than oil and gas. i think even more than oil and gas combined. ofl remains an integral part the world energy system. a considerable part. you rightly said we need to decreaseechnology to the impact on the environment. i know your region is moving in that direction. many enterprises switching to new high-tech processes technology. create a coalould powder that is used. i'm sure we will move in that area then your region and miners from other regions will have a promising future. the

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two very interesting regional story.r is facing global competition. -- uber is facing global competition. its biggest competitor is valued at $1 billion. let's bring in the korean cofounder. great to have you on the program. you just came out of this fundraiser, you are saying you'll use it for expansion. as it stands, you operate in 11 countries. how many more are you looking at? talk to me about this expansion. >> thanks for having me. we focused on the broader middle east region, are spanned from pakistan to morocco. in this and there are about 20 countries, and there are a lot of cities. countries and even those that we are in, there are still major cities. there are a lot more that need to be entered. yousef: when i look at how many you entered in 2016i'd say you might be going into another five or six -- how many countries are you looking at? >> the focus is probably three or four in north africa that are still open. then maybe one or 2 -- the ones that are open are algeria, tunisia, we just launched turkey a month

the major stories driving headlines from the region's -- region.he world bank approved a new loan to egypt worth $1 billion. it is the second of three and it will create thousands of new jobs. we spoke with investment manager of the implications for markets. the interview is coming up. months of cheap oil is forcing many to consolidate. this week, three banks in qatar announced that they are in initial talks for a merger and we will go over their plans later on. and president putin called for a crackdown on terrorism after the russian ambassador to turkey was shot dead. andrey karlov was murdered at an art exhibition on monday. our managing editor took us through what happened. riad hamade: as you remember last year the turks took down a , russian warplane, which had crossed briefly into turkey. that has really damaged the relationship and turkey suffered , the turkish economy suffered. and more recently, they have worked hard to bring the relationship back together to a place where they are talking about syria, partly because the situation in syri

trade negotiations and initiatives in the asia-pacific region.anabel gonzalez is with the world bank group and surface coaster rica's minister of foreign trade which led efforts to join the oecd on the major trade agreements to contribute to attracting over 140 new projects. her time has more than 15 years of service with the foreign trade which has various positions. damien levie is the head of the section of the european union delegation here in washington, d.c.. before coming here he was a member of the cabinet of the trade commission and also the head of the usa canada team of the director general fodirectort the european commission since 2001. bobby pittman is the managing director focused on africa most recently he was the president of infrastructure private sector and regional integration development bank from 2009 to 2012. he previously held the positions that the government agencies where he also worked on a variety of issues including the national security council, the treasury department, state department and the white house and last b

argue prior to 1980 the us had no policy in the region.e did have a policy, we had interest in the examples you cite of the cia's involvement in the overthrow in iran, very good example of how misguided our policy was even before 1980. >> host: next call comes from daniel in california. go ahead. >> caller: don't know whether to direct my question to professor, doctor or colonel. did the concept, does the concept of radical islamic terrorism have any relevance in political discussion? it was made quite a big deal of, what is russia's policy? >> let me focus on the first one. i am hesitant to get bogged down in this debate about terms that can be used or cannot be used. there certainly is a strain, i would say, relatively small in the larger scheme of things, a strain of islam as an ideology to which some people adhere and finds expression in violence directed against the west, violence directed against muslim and anti-state institutions in that part of the world but i would hasten to add the problem more complex than that, that the sources

what we have achieved in other parts of the region. i think this is a mutual interest that we share with the administration and it shouldn't be in any way conceived that the call for stability is the call for the maintenance of the status quo. but it is a call for an organized change and progression of a societal demands of the population of the region which have clearly indicated the desire to forge ahead in a new fashion of inclusivity of demock zags of rights and inclusive society free from the scourge op terrorists and sectarianian pressures.

the manufacturing plant will not come back to your region. if it comes back will be done, and many cases most of it will be done by robots and not necessarily by the people that you are thinking of. so think of the policies that would address some of those concerned and work actively to implement them. >> i'm laura wright, thank you to all the panelists today for an informative answers. have a quick question. knowing that their strong interest in the u.s., u.k. bad lateral post brexit, how possible is the that t2 could resume before brexit is completed? 's thank you. >> i think the difficulty for any country to negotiate a trade agreement with uk's that you will want to know what other preferences you need and your negotiating from. what is the tariff schedule. was opening that the u.k. is giving to the rest of the world and the rest of the world has agreed with u.k. and last but not least, what is relationship between the u.k. in the 27 european union, what are the passport and rights of financial firms of insurance companies and banks. are

i went to the middle east region and i've been back many times since. but by remember seeing the progress and seeing the effort that we were makin making too td security force in the west bank and how it was growing into something effective. we had training camps and joint exercises and many of them were quiet and so forth. then as i understand it, they were forced out. what was that it is that evidence of the fact that they really don't want somebody like him to bring them to a more advanced state so one would think it would be a more effective deal? >> guest: internal politics is in every society we should be pretty well aware of that. but so that would be the first to tell you the state building enterprise, the creation of institutions that would be able to govern effectively was viable and sustainable only so long as there existed a parallel process that brought hope that there would be a palestinian state and that the economic aspect was not sustainable if it didn't have a realistic horizon in the states but this could fulfill so i think it is lack

the second is the region is a bit conservative, which means that in most parts of the region, women arertable driving, and in some they do not even drive. big need to a provide women with a safe and reliable means of transportation. our services cater to those differences in the region, and overall if you look at the service, you will find that it is the better service for this region. yousef: we understand this might last fundraising round before an ipo? should be.t at that scale, we should not need more money after this. yousef: when with the ipo come? mudassir: we haven't thought about that too much. the focus is on building and growing the business and at the right time that will come -- become a possibility. if you want an estimate, probably 2018, 2020 when it becomes more feasible. yousef: and the dubai listing would make the most sense? it is hard to tell. yousef: that is an open invitation. and some of the services and abu dhabi were suspended. is this a tougher market to open in? are the restrictions more that you have to take into consideration? more and more the region is ope

the advantages of tpp, you have a region that would be the region that's going to be the engine of growthover the next few years years, over the next 5 years asia-pacific will add almost 1 billion and have people to the middle class. these are consumers and you want to be in the front line when that opportunity opens up and it's already opening up. we will continue either through the tpp an and/or looking at options whether it's why laterally or other collateral arrangements. mexico is able to engage in a fully open manner with countries in latin america that have the same values and same pursuit of an open trade environment and economy. there's a lot we can continue to do in that region and that's what a lot of these countries that are observers to the pacific allies are interested in what's happening. given a lot of the changes taking place domestic in brazil and argentina, there's an increased engagement with these two countries to look at options to really enhance our trade with them. as damon mention the effort were making to modernize and strengthen our free trade agreement with the

throughout the region and the world. so everything from the trump penetration policies of continued progress to build upon what has already been achieved so far. [applause] [inaudible conversations] co. >> somnus situation embargo so will quickly give you some more abbreviated information. and to get through all of the interests spend as much time as possible. and ss senior fellow to a afghanistan. from the ambassador from -- through 2012 and answered the distinguished diplomatic post including the u.n. and nato. and as the senior mediation / -- advisor in director of afghanistan and central asian programs. and on the united nations focusing on afghanistan and. in from the heritage condition enjoining irritated 200 the director of the allison's center for for a national security policy. and with a special adviser to the british defense secretary. and into reagan leave of the country in the u.s. army. florida is yours. >> so just to focus on the three things that the administration will address with those security challen

we are a regional newspaper. over the last week, our region became top news for a tragic region -- a tragic reason. now our province is leaving the fight -- our province is leading the fight against illegal circulation of alcohol or substances containing alcohol. there are a number of measures that will be implemented to achieve that and it is comforting to know that it is not only our problem. there are other regions suffering from the same thing. so, one of the suggestions is to increase excise duty. there is no proper control. and another big problem is the umber of drunks. it is not only people at the very bottom, but people with low income. they cannot afford to buy alcohol in stores, so they go to illegal traders. first of all, what is your take on the measure suggested by the authorities? and are there any measures going to be taken against the alcohol addiction on the population in general? >> first of all, what happened is a tremendous tragedy. certainly this is an outrage. the inspections and other agen

so all of that threatens stability of any country in the region and principally israel. one of the things that it's important to maintain the two-state solution as a viable option and the united states should continue to promote and add view cait for -- odd voa cait for it that israel's long-term interest is best served by being accepted in the region by the arab states that share comoon interest with respect to iran. the demographics in the region, for population trends are decidedly dangerous from israel -- >> no question. how can it be a jewish state where the birthrate is higher with the exception of orthodox jews in the arab population. >> guest: consequences of the birthrate, the numbers of people are changing dramatically and it is likely by 2020 in the area between the jordan river and mediterranean sea there will be more arabs than there are jews and if there is a so-called one-state solution which we do not believe is a feasible result but if that were to occur, israel would have to face the choice that a who barack has said israel should not have to face choos

our media is the freest in the region. our jobs for peace program is in place in 5,000 communities and has created 2.6 million paid days of labor. our national economic empowerment plan for women launches next month with new education and training opportunities and stronger legal status for women. to combat corruption, we have replaced 25% of customs officials and more than 600 judges. 95% of government officials have publicly declared their assets. the commission has saved $220 million by rejecting corrupt contracts and blacklisting 71 companies. and, we now have a five-year strategic plan, the afghanistan national peace and development framework, that was endorsed by the international community at the brussels conference on afghanistan in october. it lays out a long term economic and human development plan for afghanistan. it our ticket rates -- it articulates our immediate needs and highlights key reforms and investments needed to achieve our goal. afghanistan is not just hoping for a better future. we have a solid road

encourage permutation through regions and municipalities. would like to emphasize that some businesses such as infrastructure and right of establishment must be in compliance to the federal legislation and best practices in every region. met to discusswe this. this is not a sideline issue. it is a key direction of our activities. we will follow very closely what is going on in the various regions of russia in this regard. we will assess the qualities and performance of regional governments largely based on this indicator. this is a task you need to address next year. this will enable us to ensure not only a common but commonly high quality of government services in all regions across russia. we discussed with you and improvementof -- an of oversight authorities. we have discussed this with you for a while. over the next year, we will seriously increase transparency. all of the data about who has supervising home and checking on whom will be there and there will have access to prevent abuse of power. we must look at some of these -- we must e

tracy: let's stick with the region.against saudi arabia central-bank, transportation ministry, and the agency which runs the airports has highlighted flaws in middle east cyber security. now --ave bush joins us let's start with the most recent attack. what do we know about it? walk us through it. will, this -- well, this happened a couple weeks ago and targeted a few thousand computers at the minister of transport, the central bank, and the authority that runs airports. we don't know much about the attack, but what we do know is that it hit a few thousand computers, that data was damaged. luckily, the ministries were able to restore some of the lost data. comesttack, in a way, just four years after another attack, which carried a similar name. aramco and hitdi 35,000 computers. you are talking about an the fact that left laptop prices up for a quarter because aramco officials scrambled to buy laptops to bring operations back to work. tracy: that's an amazing statistic. i know it is early days, but do we have any clues a

what we have achieved in other parts of the region. i think this is a mutual interest that we share with the administration and it shouldn't be in any way conceived that the call for stability is the call for the maintenance of the status quo. but it is a call for an organized change and progression of a societal demands of the population of the region which have clearly indicated the desire to forge ahead in a new fashion of inclusivity of demock zags of rights and inclusive society free from the scourge op terrorists and sectarianian pressures.

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i'm sure we will move in that area then your region and miners from other regions will have a promising future. they will be in demand. they will have a lot of workload in the positive way. that will help drive our economies, the metal sector. the metal sector is going through downs, but i'm sure it will have a bright future. >> following up on that question, i'd like to ask about oil. what is going to be the economics of the oil prices? right now, it is $45, $50 a barrel. is the russian budget ready to -- when we decrease the oil production as we agreed with opec? president putin: well, as far as i know, crude is not $45, it is $55 a barrel. i looked it up this morning. our budget was based on a conservative forecast of $40 a barrel. so, we returned to the first few questions we had on our agenda today, as bureaucrats say. we can see the results we have achieved were achieved because the real situation turned out to be more complex than we expected because our 2016 budget was based on the assessment of $50 a barrel. the actual price was $40 a barrel. we saw a positive change in liquidi

we are a regional newspaper. over the last week, our region became top news for a tragic region -- a tragic reason. now our province is leaving the fight -- our province is leading the fight against illegal circulation of alcohol or substances containing alcohol. there are a number of measures that will be implemented to achieve that and it is comforting to know that it is not only our problem. there are other regions suffering from the same thing. so, one of the suggestions is to increase excise duty. there is no proper control. and another big problem is the umber of drunks. it is not only people at the very bottom, but people with low income. they cannot afford to buy alcohol in stores, so they go to illegal traders. first of all, what is your take on the measure suggested by the authorities? and are there any measures going to be taken against the alcohol addiction on the population in general? >> first of all, what happened is a tremendous tragedy. certainly this is an outrage. the inspections and other agen

they are an important player in the region, they have been, they will continue to be. they are the most populous country in the region, we have to recognize that, and they sit a very critical point. so looking for ways to cooperate with them, looking for opportunities, big and small, where we can work with them i think is extraordinarily important. and i think as we've looked at things like our presence in the sinai as part of the multi-national force there, i think we've been able to do some things with them that have helped to ensure the stability and security of that mission, that critically important mission in the sinai. i think we have to continue to stay engaged with them, we have to look for opportunities to move forward with them and we have to -- we have to weather through the political -- political waves that do take place. >> one or two follow-ups on egypt before i swing over to the arabian peninsula. of course we had a complicated period in dealing with egypt in 2011 through 2013 and everything from the slightly confusing signals about when president mubar

the impact would be felt beyond afghanistan and throughout the world extended across the region to the police and southeast asia the u.s. and our partners have sacrificed greatly and more than 35 countries u.s. and allied troops have been killed since 2001 and since they have taken the lead in the security operations they have shown and they have suffered greatly more than 5,000 forces of afghan troops and police killed inps action and over 14,000 wounded in 2015 and records show that the figures this year may be higher. our continued support weather training, or equipping the forces is crucial. now was not the time to turn our backs on afghanistan are the people. before a turn the floor over to our guest idol tell you about his background. before being appointed ambassador to the united states he served as deputy chief of staff to the president of afghanistan. baches at phd in bachelor's degree with honors from cornell in the united kingdom before joining the government he worked for the american university of afghanistan and intel corporation as an active leader of civil society of t

the arab peace initiative also envisions enhanced security for all of the region. it envisages israel being a partner in those efforts when peace is made. this is the area where israel and the arab world are looking at perhaps the greatest moment of potential transformation in the middle east since israel's creation in 1948. the arab world faces its own set of security challenges. the israeli/palestinian peace, israel, the united states, jordan, and egypt together with the gcc countries would be ready and willing to define a new security partnership for the region that would be absolutely groundbreaking. so, ladies and gentlemen, that is why it is vital that we all work to keep open the possibility of peace. that we not lose hope in the two state solution matter how difficult it may seem. because there really is no viable alternative. now, we all know that a speech alone won't produce peace. but based on over 30 years of experience and the lessons from the past four years, i have suggested i believe and president obama has signed onto and believes in a path that th

agencies on the action plan that the region adopted one thing we were not able to do. >> commissioner mar. >> i want to thank you for spending the time on the regional planning committee i think your voice in the leadership you provided there and many of the members on the committee really it is valuable inside point of view you bring to that. >> thank you it was my honor to serve on that with you and others in the region now, one thing we were not able to moot with the transportation authority was the funding of the vehicles we'll continue to work on the project with the regional partners and to keep moving forward on the downtown exception with the area region and a number of other objectives in the transbay area regionally we spent a lot of effort and established a nice working partnership with the santa clara and this is looking at whether an hov car lane on the transit side in the transbay corridor we move forward with the mtc and bart with the planning department and caltrans and meeting to on the study so again, our emphasis is as agencies to really spearhead and coordinate tha

to develop a companion local transportation funding measure that can integrate closely with the regional measure in 2018. to fund our local contributions to bart caltrain and high speed rail, as well as to fund critical local investments in infrastructure repair and main nens, and safety, and paving and transit and neighborhood, traffic management city wide. before we turn these efforts over to the 2017, transportation authority board, however, we have one more piece of business to finish in the 2016 term. thank you colleagues for being so flexible in scheduling our special meeting on january fifth to consider environmental and planning approvals for the geary corridor. bus rapid transit project. this prop k, signature project has been ten years in the making. and it has been coordinated with the van ness project which has just gone into construction, i am really glad that these milestones to be over seen by this transportation authority body, which has reviewed and supported this comprehensive out reach and technical work on both projects as envisioned in our county wide, transportation

we have to think trans-regionally. we have to look at threats that span the whole region. if we limit ourselves to thinking about how we organize to just bureaucratic boundaries, then we limit our options on how to address those threats that we had. i think there has been some did the done largely through leadership of the chairman to develop a national alternative strategy that capitalizes on the trans-regional aspect of all of our threats. begin to change how we think about command and control, and how we think about our various relationships with combatant commanders. my advice to the incoming administration would be to build upon that. i think it is the right direction for us to go in the future. moderator: thank you. we now go to the arabian peninsula. ask briefly about yemen. that is an extraordinarily obligated conflict itself. our saudi arabian friends have likely learned the same lessons that we have learned historically. i would be curious as to how you see the evolution of the war in yemen? we have a transition coming up in the united states. it is important to

a busy week ahead in the region.eep an eye on the continued fallout from central bank decisions around the world including the federal reserve. we will be right here for the start of the trading week in the gulf. do join me then. this is bloomberg. and here innesday hong kong we have an update of the top stories. estimates for china are right -- are rising. optimism is increasing with stimulus and better prospects for global demand. point --ng up to six 6.4%. --sident clinton is president vladimir putin is holding more talks with prime minister abe. investments foreign while japan needs to diversify its energy supply. singapore's exports