it includes michael o'neill and ursula burns. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our first panel to remain competitive in global markets. we have ursula burns, michael o'neill, and general james jones. >> good morning. my name is steve pearlstein. i'm a colonist at the washington post. i'm also a professor at george mason university. that is where i spend most of my time these days. it is a privilege to be here again.

ursula burns. she joined xerox corporation as a summer intern in 1980. it is safe to say she has moved up the ladder. she is now chairman and chief executive. she's also vice-chairman of the president expert counsel. next to her is general james jones. former -- in the marines and security advisor to obama. he once worked for the chamber of commerce working on issues. to my right is the president of the center for american progress. shall we say, a centerleft think tank in town. she worked on the obamacare at the department of health and human services as an advisor. at one time she worked on senator clinton's presidential primary campaign. and michael, whom you know very well by now. if you can focus on month in, what should we focus on? >> normally i would focus on education, but i'll don on my hat and speak about exports and shipping them around the world in an effective way. >> ok. >> general jones, what is the thing you want to focus on? >> it is important to realize just how the world of energy figures in our future, both from a competitive aspect,

we have ursula burns, michael and general james jones. good morning. .y name is steve i'm a colonist at the washington post. i'm also a professor at george mason university. that is where i spend most of my time these days. it is a privilege to be here again. here last year. we have an interesting panel. is paid double today because he is doing two of these sessions. >> just that i prepared for. >> good. larry summers. >> toughed out. >-- toughjob. job. >> i will introduce each of the speakers and they will briefly introduce what subject they would like to talk about. opus on one thing about on onetiveness -- focus thing about competitiveness. moveyou guys on the end in a little bit so we can see each other? feel free to jump in and ask questions of each other. i'm not the only one who has questions. we will start on my left. burns. she joined xerox corporation as a summer intern in 1980. it is safe to say she has moved up the ladder. she is now chairman and chief executive. she's also vice-chairman of the president expert counsel. genera

participants include xerox ceo ursula burns, citigroup chairman michael o'neill and retired general james jones. and just looking ahead at the schedule, coming up at 11:00 remarks from transportation secretary ray lahood. and then at 12:45 eastern vice president joe biden will deliver the keynote address. live coverage today on our companion network, c-span. and, again, here on c-span2 we'll have more live coverage of day two of the society of american business editors and writers' conference when it resumes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> when the conference continues, the focus will be on how to landscape the business landscape has changed since the 2010 revamp of regulation. and until then the rule role of social conservatives in politics from this morning's "washington journal." >> host: he's with the southern baptist convention, he's president-elect of its ethics and religious liberty commission. good morning and thank you for being here. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: what is the southern baptist convention, and how does your role relate? [inaudi