but there is a main male character who's name is tony ramos. i've already said he's the will smith of the state department. we have already cast that role. now some have -- some who have misguidedly assumed that the person in the book who is senator john billington is somewhere like me then ask why if he was your alter ego did you kill him off in such a dangerous , violent way so early. the answer is that the person that will play billington is going to be robert redford. [laughter] >> and redford's daily fee is very high. so in order to keep the cost of the movie down, we couldn't afford to have him on screen very long. thus poor mr. billington had to be dispatched. yes? >> you said you do a lot of commencement speeches. what's your sense of the future here? do you think we're going to have a symmetrical warfare forever can terrorists threats or something to get a grip on? >> well, forever is a long time. i think we're going to have it certainly for the foreseeable future. and one the challenges to the united states is really a change in menta

[inaudible] >> there is in the title character but there is a main male character whose name is tony ramos, and i have already said that he is the will smith of the state department, so before we cast that will -- we have already cas that role. now, some who have assumed that the person in the book who is senator john billington is somewhat like me and then ask why if he was your alter ego due to did you kill him off in such a dangerous, violent way so early? well, the answer is that the person that will play billington is going to be robert redford. [laughter] and, bradford's daily fee is very high. [laughter] so in order to keep the cost of the movie down, they couldn't afford to have him on screen very long. so poor mr. billington had to be dispatched. yes? >> you said you do a lot of commencement speeches. what is your sense of the future here? do you think that we are going to have asymmetrical warfare forever with terrorist threats or is this something we can get a grip on? >> forever is a long time but i think we are going to have it certainly for the foreseeable future, and one of