it gave me freedom and gave my country dignity after wwii. i am here to cooperate with the president' obama as i did with president clinton and president bush. i hope we can build a friendly relationship. i will be more than happy to do so with president obama. i think we have a good start. >> absolutely. we have had a very good start. what i expect from the prime minister is an honest, frank sharing of views and their recognition that the united states and italy share common values and interests. our economies have very strong commercial ties. if we are acting on those mutual interests, then we will continue to see strong corroboration. as i said before, his assistants on our efforts to close guantanamo bay is very important. bermuda has done as a great service on that front as well. we are grateful to them. when it comes to afghanistan and pakistan, we are part of the same coalition that wants to make sure the afghan government is able and strong to sustain development for the afghan people and make sure they are not serving extremists. whe

challenge we confronted as a nation has been the need to lift ourselves out of the worst recession since wwii. in the recent months, we have taken a series of extraordinary steps, not just to repair the immediate damage to our economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting and sustained growth. we are here to create new jobs and unfreeze our credit markets, stemming the loss of homes and the decline of home values. all of this is important. even as we have made progress, we know the road to prosperity remains long and difficult. we also know that one is essential step on our journey is to control the spiraling costs of health care in america. in order to do that, we will need the help of the ama. [applause] today we are spending over $2 trillion a year on health care. almost 50% more per person than the next most costly nation. and yet, for all of this spending more of our citizens are uninsured, the quality of our care is often lower, and we are not any healthier. citizens in some countries that spend substantially less than we do are living longer than we do. make no mistake, the cost o

magazine issue, about twice as many people have died from not having health insurance as be killed in wwii and all of our conflicts since. it is past time to do something. this will be one of the great converses as of all time if you can pass this bill. we think the draft bill is such a bill. we are pleased to endorse its principles. we assume there will be some more savings and progressive of financing to make it budget neutral and sustainable. this is a bill that would bring health security and peace of mind, affordable and comprehensible -- and copper has of care to american families. -- and comprehensive care to american families. baby care was mentioned. that is a benefit on page 25. the other doctors who take on medicaid patients -- for primary care, you will be paid a lot more. i think that is important. major nursing-home reforms for quality, exposing the flood of drug and device money to doctors and medical schools that can distort medical practice. promoting primary care and the training of new doctors, the bill is filled with these kinds of provisions. our testimony lays out our

my grandparents grew victory gardens in wwii , and i am supposed to shop? it did not resonate with them. >> we covered certain things every quarter years. those things were very exciting. -- we covered elections every four years. those things are very exciting. there was a profound affect on the whole city of boston when president obama spoke. my son predicted he would be president in to thousand eight. i thought he was way too young for that. but he got it right. -- president in 2008. i thought he was way too young for that. but he got it right. >> there was a dramatic and memorable moment with the president had the last forum where he gathered and assembled party. >> thank you for your question. i will use this program to segue into our next clip. we started at the end of the carter administration. we did not have him best as a president, but he was a guest regarding the situation in the middle east. >> i was wondering, people from all over the world have different cultures and value systems. i wanted to know if there is something you found that everybody

entered wwii. we will continue to flow our boat in the pacific. so we will now have someone introduce our speaker and later moderate the q&a session. this man is a pillar of the atlantic council. he provides me and the rest of our leadership strategic advice as well as sound legal advice. i am still free and have not yet been incarcerated because of this advice. i am grateful for your service, walt. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. it is a great honor to be asked to introduce that roe keating. he has that kind of resume that mere mortals only dream of. he graduated from the naval academy in 1971. shortly thereafter, began a distinguished career as a legal aviator. the most impressive thing is not the stress on his sleeve or the stars, if he were wearing a slightly different uniform, but it is that he is carried out 1200 arrested landings on aircraft carriers. he was the did the commander in thewing during the first gulf war, and he was the commander during visiting gulf war. in between, like all senior military officers, he has to do the additi