of the board of trustees and the staff to this very special program with the honorable hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state, to celebrate the legacy of ambassador richard holbrooke. let me add to that welcome a small group in san francisco who is live broadcast from here, and as you might not be surprised to know, richard holbrooke was one of the great advocates of the digital age and moving this organization into the modern era, so i couldn't be more pleased to have my colleagues in san francisco today live along with the many thousands of others on webcast. much has been written about this giant public figure, richard holbrooke. today i would like to focus on his extraordinary contributions, briefly, to the asia society, an institution that he loved very deeply for more than four decades. richard holbrooke was first spotted as a young with man with real promise by our founder, john d. rockefeller iii. mr. rockefeller invited this young diplomat to participate in our annual williamsburg policy die hog in 1972 -- dialogue in 972 and stayed in touch with him through the late '70s when ri

ladies and gentlemen, please join me anin welcoming the 67 secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you all very much and good afternoon. it is a pleasure once again to be back on the campus of the george washington university, a place i have spent quite a bit of time in different settings over the last nearly 20 years. i would like especially to thank president knapp and provost lerman because this is a great opportunity for me to address such a significant issue and one which deserves the attention of citizens, governments, and i know is trying that attention and perhaps today in my remarks, we can begin a much more vigorous debate that will respond to the needs we have been watching in real time on our television sets. hundreds of thousands egyptians had marched to demand a new government and the world, on televisions, laptops, cell phone, and smart phones have followed every single step. pictures and videos from egypt flooded the web. on facebook and twitter, journalists posted on the spot reports, protesters poured edit their next moves, citizens of all str

ladies and gentleman, please welcome the 67 secretary of state, the honorable hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. it is wonderful to be back here at the asia society, and i think vishakha for that introduction and for her strong leadership. i also want to thank jack wadsworth and all of the board members and supporters who are here doing what i think is very important work -- continuing to build ties between people across regions and continents, and looking for opportunities to find those points of common concern and common cause. it is always a pleasure to be back here. i tell vishakha that it is mostly because of the gish -- the gift shop. [laughter] i am always coming back. i gave my first major's speech as secretary of state here. and i am so pleased to be back here today to celebrate you and all you do to strengthen relationships and understanding. and i also want to say a special word of greeting and acknowledge meant to kabul -- kati marton, the wonderful partner in the life of richard holbrooke and a dear friend and colleague to so many of us here. if t

up and peddle, to the effect that, because so many of the protagonists in this story-- hillary rodham clintonam dash--so many of them came of age during watergate, and actually some of them had a role in it as young people, young lawyers--that this was basically payback for watergate. this was the pendulum of history crashing back. - well, you know, there was a certain amount of truth to that. when i interviewed henry hyde, who was the head of the house managers and really propelled forward the impeachment, he told me quite explicitly that he came into office just as richard nixon had been forced to resign, and that he would never forget those moments, and that he said to himself as this was moving forward, "well, by god, richard nixon was forced out of office for his conduct, and bill clinton should be forced out of office as well". so i think there was a certain amount of that. very honestly, watergate was a piece of it; iran-contra, even more so, in my view. there was a lot of anger by republicans about the investigation of president reagan and vice-president bush having to do with iran-co

so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 67th secretary of state, the honorable hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. well, it is wonderful to be back here at the asia society, and i for thatshakha deasai introduction and for her strong leadership. i also want to think jacket all the board members and supporters that are here doing what i think is very important work, continuing to build ties between people across regions and continents and looking for opportunities to find those points of common concern and common cause. it is always a pleasure to be back here. vishakha deasai that it is mostly -- i tell vishakha deasai that it is mostly because of the gift shop that i always come back. [laughter] i gave my first major speech as a secretary of state here, as she said, and i am so pleased to be back here today to really celebrate you and all you do to strengthen relationships and understanding. and i also want to say a special word of greeting and acknowledgment to kathy martin, the wonderful partner in life of richard holbrooke, and a dear, dear friend and collea

hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you. thank you all very much and good afternoon. it is a pleasure, once again, to be back on the campus of the george washington university, a place that i have spent quite a bit of time in all different settings over the last now nearly 20 years. i'd like especially to thank president knapp and provost lerman, because this is a great opportunity for me to address such a significant issue, and one which deserves the attention of citizens, governments, and i know is drawing that attention. and perhaps today in my remarks, we can begin a much more vigorous debate that will respond to the needs that we have been watching in real time on our television sets. a few minutes after midnight on january 28, the internet went dark across egypt. during the previous four days, hundreds of thousands of egyptians had marched to demand a new government. and the world, on tvs, laptops, cell phones, and smart phones, had followed every single step. pictures and videos from egypt flooded the web. on facebook and twitter, journalists posted on-the-spot