u.s.c.ing was -- we were drawn to his creativity and vision. his extraordinary vision and commitment to u.s.c. and schwarzenegger institute is unmatched. to be honest also, great being the only one that speaks here with an accent so there's a big advantage we have here. as a matter of fact i'm looking forward to appearing together over and over all over the world leaving audience scratching their head and saying what the hell did i just say? seriously, though, he's a great leader. great leader for u.s.c. and we're very lucky to have you. [applause] thank you. i also want to say thank you to bonnie reese, the new global director of the u.s.c. schwarzenegger institute. she's been by my side for decades helping to coordinate an after-school program, working on president's council and fitness anding adviser when i was governor and, of course, also the most important, being a great, great friend. so thank you very much to bonnie reese. thank you to professor nancy stout, esteemed economic directo

to the u.s.c. stored in an organization in istanbul at the summit in one thousand nine there was a charter adopted them the organization equipped itself to live within its new security challenges the more global challenges to security and starting moving in a different direction a couple of years ago or at the summit enough. there was a new concept the surface the concept of a security community we need to flesh out this concept and develop it better and my view there is a need to update the agenda of the organization to yes to introduce a certain element of reform here and there you said you said that the organization has been changing over the years this is true every organisation is changing over the years but since people started talking about the need for rufu or does that mean that something's wrong inside there are those issues can you can you can you prove them i won't say that something is wrong i would say that there are some some mechanism procedures. and those are some agendas the need

when i think about u.s.c. schwarzenegger institute working together, i know great things are in store for us. collaboration is outstanding for so many reasons because primarily schwarzenegger institute will foster teamwork and new partnerships with various centers and institutes in and around u.s.c. and other universities and around the world. this inaugural symposium marks the beginning so many alliances and relationships. today is special not only because of the incredible people who are participating as panelists and audience members but because today will showcase what the institute will do for years into the future. we will collaborate with people inside and outside u.s.c., discuss the critical issues of the day, debate ideas and learn. we will learn from each other. when provost beth garrett let me know the schwarzenegger institute was coming to u.s.c., i was more than a little thrilled to be invited to join the institute team. why is the schwarzenegger institute so exceptional, so distinctive and so unr

politicians they also have unlimited free speech within the workplace citizens united struck down u.s.c. section four forty one b. which prohibits employers from threatening job discrimination if employees don't contribute to certain political cam candidates and campaigns so here we are with new rules that make it possible for bosses to use their positions of power to encourage employees to be politically active for corporate friendly and worker hostile politicians and their parties and make no mistake about it in this era of employer provided health insurance the power to withhold a job is in many cases literally a power of life and death mitt romney a corporate king himself immediately jumped into this opportunity provided by those five unelected right wing supreme court justices and held a conference call with many of america's most powerful corporate bosses encouraging them to push their employees to vote for him. i hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future and he pointed out tha

a challenge for us because the u.s.c. is a very transparent organization you're seeing crudes as you know or all european countries it has a transatlantic dimension because of who's the north american countries they say you're asian they mention because it includes the central asian and this community which is a very diverse community in itself is going through a phase where perspectives do differ and where you sit that's matter and and you tend to view things in a different light and this is something we perceive within the organization and in our debates very often we do see differences so. this is a phase in which i think there is perhaps even more need for an organization like the u.s. see that being so everybody around the table when there is more. there's more topics to discuss and there is more need to try to develop common but that did that the discussion is also more difficult because of the difference we'll always see means are in control human rights security elections it's the truth there isn't such a widespre