president and ceo and welcome to this evening's commander series with the commander of the united states pacific command admiral timothy keating. i know many of you have attended our commander series on a regular basis. let me just say a couple of words about what this series has been about. we have created with this and i must say it's one of the most popular things we have introduced a public platform for senior u.s. and global leaders to share their views with the washington audience. the programs become an authoritative opportunity for military leaders to shape the security debate in washington and beyond. since the beginning of this series, we've had the commanders of uconm, northcom and two of the most recent commanders in afghanistan. it's a flagship program for the atlantic council and i want to think saab, ab and the ambassador, a board member of the atlantic council for the support of this series. i'm also delighted with the turnout today which says a lot as well about the popularity of the series now. admiral, i do have to mention one thing. some people ask me why is the atlantic coun

as for the united states pacific commands, asw policy, we would -- i got to keep remembering the tapes are rolling. [laughter] >> we would like to have more than less submarines in the mask command air responsibility. now, the united states navy and the department of defense, they've together make decisions as to how they apportion those assets. we've got -- i think it's a 60/40 split pacific command and the admiral is shaking his head and the intel admiral is shaking his head, that's encouraging. we regard maritime -- freedom of access to the maritime domain as absolutely essential to everything we want to get done. all of us want to get done in the pacific command aor. so guaranteeing right of free passage to anybody that wants to in accordance in international law put containers on ships and move them we would support. those who would develop submarine technologies that might be used and capabilities that might be used against to deny maritime access we would view with disfavor. so we want to be sure that we can provide adequate defense if we need to in the terms of our nuclear subm

guam facilitates the daily transiting of international passengers to destinations in the united states, other pacific islands, major cities in the pacific rim, including, japan, korea, taiwan and australia. the security arrangement requires significant resources to be expended in constant around the clock monitoring by security personnel to prevent the co-mingling of transiting and departing passengers. the security enhancements made subsequent to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, particularly with respect to preventing the co-mingling of passengers at our airports all across the country have been costly and in some cases difficult to fully implement. moreover, the current decrease in tourist arrivals and departures due to the economic downturn erodes the financial capability of small airports to implement such security improvements. the guam international airport authority has been operating from a waiver from the t.s.a. for several years. the t.s.a. and the guam international airport agree that the temporary solution which amounts to placement of removable par tissue ons and use of secur

again, kind of going back to my point on being a global navy, the ability for the united states navy in the western pacific to be able to maintain contact on that ship is a function of being there. you know, you don't whistle it up from the continental united states and send it forward. so the fact that we have some very good information is no coincidence. you made the comment about no enforcement. and i think that the resolution that is in place has significantly closed down on a lot of options for that type of proliferation to occur. because the ship is prevented from bunkering for either fuel or water. and there are some provisions in the resolution that call for states to do more than they have in the past, and i'm -- i believe that it has been helpful, in that regard and we'll see how events play out here, in the coming weeks. but, i do believe that the resolution with the added aspect of not giving a ship a place to go, gets pretty lonely out there, and you only have so much water and only have so much gas, and you have to make some decisions. yes, sir? sn>> sir, david bachman, sic corporation. you m

that he shared with lafayette that the united states was going to win the war of revolution and see the borders of the united states extend all the way to the pacific ocean. is that true or that ms. ology? >> i think that is just methodology. washington certainly looked to the west. he owned 60,000 acres, he had fought to win in the ohio country. generally the midwest, what would later be ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, wisconsin, washington's certainly hope that the united states would gain that area even after yorktown. washington proposed to rauchambeau a joint invasion of canada, rights to congress, in his letter he talks about all that great land in canada, securing the frontiers, securing the american national security by keeping great brittan out of canada in the postwar years. most southerners, i think, they were quite interested in what they called the southwest, what we think of as the southeast, alabama, mississippi, and whenever. i don't think very many people, at least anytime soon, thought of going beyond the mississippi river. they hoped to get to the mississippi river. many of the loyalists argued that one of the great reasons fo

pacific on espn, the united states will play for its first international title of any kindt in soccer or as they call it the rest of the world football. alexi lalas, u.s. soccer hall of famer, played on two world cuphu teams for the united states. here to break down what happened to the u.s. and what his prospects are against brazil which overcame south africa. haka and robino. kaka has an opportunity. >> the south african goalkeeper was all over everything. south africa had the better of h the plays for me in the first half. 0-0 at halftime.>> second half, 81st minute. anne minutes left in regulation. donny alves comes in and makes magic work. >> you don't necessarily think of brazil in terms of free kick. you think free flowing.ree but he can hit a free kick. check this out. boom. thank you have much, five minutes of work. >> that's as effective as you get.m has nothin beckham has nothing on him. wase >> a good performance from brazil, but south africa playedt a great game. >> as expected the brazilians g. get to the confed cup final.he coedsir as expected they'll be playing the uni

our president has said he is satisfied that the pacific command and the military of the united states is well prepared to execute whatever did mention he gives us. you can read whatever or not you choose to read into that. as far as the launch from north korea, the recent launch following by a couple of years the july of 2006 launched, the secretary of defense just said a couple of weeks ago -- i think he said it very well, we are prepared to protect americans and american property and american citizens and american territories. we do not want to tip our hand too much. we want to indicate specific areas of readiness for operational patterns, but we are prepared to execute whatever direction the president and secretary give us. yes, sir. >> thank you for your time today and sharing your wisdom with us. one to get your assessment of the joint special operation task force operating in the philippines. what have been a positive takeaways? do you think those forces should be sustained in the philippines, even grow, what is it time for them to go home and let the filipinos take over? thank

and also in the pacific, it took teamwork to defeat japan, china's role, britain's role, the united states and australia with key roles as well. host: we've been talking with john mcmannis. and right now we're watching president barack obama getting ready to make a speech at the normandy american cemetary and memorial. and he will be followed by the leaders of france, great britain, and canada, and thousands of veterans and active service men and women who have come to attend this service. we're going to take one more call from maryland. caller: i just called really to -- my family,, my grand mother had five sons, my uncles who were all in the war. my one uncle lost his arm. and then my dad's side of the family, my grand ma she had three sons in the war, including my dad. he never talked about the war. he did always give accolades to general paten. and he obviously never also spoke about a mental breakdown that he had that would only be years later that he ever -- he still never talked about it. my other uncle that was in close prompt -- prompt -- proximity to him, he said my dad was in a

secretary gates said last week about moving different systems out into the pacific in order to ensure the protection of the united states of america. i'm speaking more about the sort of outer edge of the united states. >> in the face of poll numbers indicating the american people have increasing concerns about some of the policies of the administration and democratic senators such as dianne feinstein saying she doesn't think right now the votes are there and the democratic caucus for healthcare reform bill and what does the president plan on doing to firm up more public port and more support among democrats on capitol hill for his healthcare plan and for other plans? >> well, i think the president will continue to speak every day about the issues that he believes are fundamental to us laying a foundation for continued economic growth. obviously throughout the week the president is going to talk about the importance of cutting costs for families and small businesses as it relates to healthcare reform. i think we have seen progress over the past many weeks on getting comprehensive energy legislation take steps to get that

united states navy. is less job in the military was as commander in chief of the pacific command the highest ranking officer over u.s. forces in the asia-pacific region. previously was the director of the joint staff and served in a budget-- for idf policy positions on several navy staffs and the national security council. he was also the first associate director of the central intelligence-- director of central intelligence for military support. after returning from the navy in 2002, admiral blair l.t. national security studies at the national bureau of asian research and the general of the army omar n. bradley strategic leadership at dickinson college and of the army war college. he was also the president of the institute for defense analysis, a federally funded development corporation focused on national security and serve as deputy executive director of the project and national security reform. i can't say anything more admiral blair, you have done it all. we became the third director of national intelligence on january 29, 2009. directors blair has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the i

united states navy. his last job in the military was a commander in chief, the highest ranking officer in the asia-pacific region. he was previously director of the joint staff and served in a variety of budget and policy issues. he was the first associate director of the central intelligence for military support. after retiring from the navy in 2002, he worked at the national bureau of asian research and a general of the army at dickinson college. he was also president of the institute for defense analysis focused on a national security. he served as the deputy director of a project on national security reform. i cannot say any more, admiral blair, you have done at all. he has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community. if we are lucky, we will get some insights from his recent trip to asia which he had stopped in afghanistan, pakistan, and singapore. please welcome our guests. [applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here >> thank you. it is good to be here this evening. there are many friends. ong, so i will have to make it up here as i go along. but, it is a

united states is enhancing our military capacity. what are our options for doing that. >> we have a very strong defense posture in the western pacific. i don't mean to be evasive but i am not going to get into the business of my colleagues in the defense department and the president's business to decide how we might do that if it is so desired. >> are we taking any small steps? have we taken any small steps over time that have improved the u.s./north korean relationship in any respect? and i ask you about employment across the border. in my home state of mississippi, we have entertained medical doctors from north korea. i don't know if that accomplisheds much except for an exchange of ideas. those are 2 small steps. is there any reason for us to be encouraged by some other things that are going on? >> one of our strengths as a nation is our willingness to engage in humanitarian activities aside from political considerations. i would applaud the experts -- efforts of any american entity to try to bring about some improvements in the very desperate condition of the north korean people. it is the basis on which a number of private non g

pacific is extraordinarily high. the cost of the asian power to maintain the atlantic presence is extremely high. but the cost for the united states to maintain both, while high, it is not extraordinary. therefore i would argue north america became particularly with the fall of the soviet union and the end of the centrality conflict in the same way that europe had been the center of gravity for 500 years from 1482 1/3 1991 when the soviets collapsed almost exactly 500 years europe had been the. >> . now to become north america and as it happens, the united states is the dominant power from this century in north america therefore it is the center of gravity. that does not necessarily mean it is the eternal or that it is powerful by itself just means by the geographic facts the way the world works, it is in the right place. it is also an extraordinarily powerful country because it dominates a united continent, it has no continental enemies, it is not in the 100 some odd years have a domestic war to devastated to which almost differentiates us from all of the powers and therefore extremely wealthy. but we speak of all the crises of t

pacific commander, admiral timothy keating, he will talk about this and other issues of maritime security. introductions are now under way. this event is live, hosted by the atlantic council of the united states. >> i know many of you have attended our commander series on a regular basis. let me say a couple worried about what this is about. this is been one of the most popular things we have introduced. a public platform for senior u.s. and global meant rigid military leaders to share their views and concerns. it is to should the security debate in washington and beyond. since the beginning of this series, we have the commanders of the vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff, the chief of staff of the army, and two of the most recent commanders in afghanistan. it is the flagship program for the atlantic council. i want to thank saab, a.b., and the board member of the atlantic canceled for their support of this series. i am also delighted with the turnout today which says a lot as well about the popularity of this. admiral, i have to mention one thing. some people ask me, why is the atlantic council floating its boat in the pacific? the answer is pretty simple, it is a matter of history, mich