Here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering on book tv. We will visit maryland for live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival with congressman tom davis and martin frost. We will close out may at book expo america where the industry showcases their upcoming books. And we are live for the printers row literature fest including our indepth program with glitter prizewinning author Lawrence Wright and your phone calls. Vice President Biden delivered remarks thursday evening at israel plus 67th Independence Day celebration. He talked about the long history and friendship between the u. S. And israel. The Vice President touched on the Iran Nuclear Framework agreement, warning that if iran does not follow through with guidelines, there would be no deal. This is about 40 minutes. [applause] our program will begin with the singing of the national anthem. The starspangled banner [indiscernible] the former lead singer of the Israel Defense force band. [singing the starspangled banner] [applause] [applause] please join me in welcoming ambassador john renner. John brunner. On behalf of the military at a deputy ambassador and all my colleagues at the israeli embassy, my wife and i want to welcome all of you to this israel Independence Day celebration. I want to especially welcome the many officials from the Obama Administration senators, members of congress and ambassadors who are here tonight to stop above all, i want to thank you, vice President Biden. [applause] it has been many years since a Vice President came to this event, so we deeply appreciate you being here tonight. I know that it reflects your personal commitment to israel which you have expressed in so many ways over a 40 year career as a senator and as Vice President. But i also think your presence here helps reaffirm the alliance and friendship between our two countries. Actually, alliance and friendship are probably the wrong words. Allies have common interests friends have common values. America and israel have both. We confront the same enemies and we are driven by the same ideals. But america and israel share a common heritage and common destiny. That is why Prime Minister netanyahu was perhaps more accurate when he said last month that america and israel are more than allies and more than friends. We are families we speak a little yiddish. All families have disagreements. Mr. Vice president , i dont know how it works in catholic families, but i can tell you in jewish families, those disagreements can get pretty heated. What helps us overcome those disagreements is the understanding that what unites us is far more important than what divides us. This is especially true of the relationship between america and israel. [applause] and it is something i think about every day as israels ambassador to the United States. We often speak about the unprecedented security operation and intelligence operations between our countries as if we are routinely checking off some inconsequential list. But i know israeli lives are safe because of that cooperation and, mr. Vice president , you know american lives are safe because of that cooperation. I know what america means to israel, what it means to have the most powerful country in the world on your side, and what it would mean to not have america on israels side. Mr. Vice president , you know what israel means to america and what it means to have a strong, stable, democratic ally in the heart of the most dangerous region on earth and what it would mean for america if there were no israel. Mr. Vice president , on Independence Day, israelis do not focus on our many challenges. We focus on our remarkable achievements. 67 years ago today, we established a sovereign jewish state in our ancestral homeland. The same land in which thousands of years ago our patriarchs prayed, our profits preached and are teams or old. Israel has gone from being home to just 5 of the world jews to being home to nearly half of the world jews. In 67 years, israel has gone from having an illequipped and undermanned military to having one of the mower one of the more powerful and capable militaries in the world. In 67 years. [applause] in 67 years, israel has gone from being a small, agricultural backwater to being a global technological power. Today is the day when we marvel at israel he technology that is powering the worlds computers irrigating arid lands across the globe, and helping paraplegics walk for the first time. Today is the day when israelis can take pride in having one a dozen nobel prizes and six european basketball championships. [applause] i know its not the nba, but it is pretty good. We can take pride in having developed a dynamic culture that produces worldclass museums and a country so excited exciting that israelis actually go to manhattan to unwind. Today is the day when we especially, we are especially proud of our vibrant and rambunctious democracy were concepts like freedom, equality and justice are not empty words. In israel, a daughter can grow up to be a Fighter Pilot or Prime Minister. And arab can sit in judgment of israels highest officials in our highest court. A muslim can graduate first in her class at our most Prestigious University and a christian can worship as they please in a thriving community. What is even more remarkable [applause] what is even more remarkable is that israel has achieved all it has during 67 years of multiple wars countless terror attacks and a continuous and unrelenting effort destroy it. Ladies and gentlemen, here in washington, israels independent day also gives us an opportunity to thank america for the partnership has grown so much stronger over these past 67 years. People forget, but in 1948, the United States faced an arms embargo on israel. Israel fought its war of independence with check rifles and flu french planes in the sixday war. Today, the United States help israel shoulder its enormous defense heard with billions of dollars in military assistance, provides israel with some of the most advanced was advanced Weapons Systems and jointly developed what is perhaps the worlds best whistle defense program. In 1948 [applause] in 1948, israel was exporting oranges to the United States and our bilateral trade was all of 34 million. Today, we export the most cuttingedge technology, our bilateral trade has grown by more than 1000 times 238 billion. This year, we will mark 30 years and israel became americas first freetrade partner. [applause] for over 67 years, america has stood by israels side in countless ways from airlifts that help israel defended health in war to loan guarantees that help israel stabilize its economy and absorb new immigrants, two vetoes of antiisrael resolutions at the united nations. Over those years, america and israel have had some serious disagreements, even on vital matters. But we have weathered all of those disagreements to go to grow closer and closer, decade after decade. I am confident the security challenges america and israel will face together and the innovation america and innovate america and israel will create together will pull our countries even closer together in the years and decades ahead. Ladies and gentlemen, as israel celebrates its independence, we give thanks today for what we have overcome and for how far we have come. We also give thanks to the American People, to their representatives in congress, and from president s two president s from harry truman to barack obama for all of the help you have given us along the way. [applause] we give thanks for all america has done to make israel stronger safer and more prosperous. For support that has enabled israel both to defend itself i itself against any threat and to forge historic peace agreements with egypt and jordan. As we celebrate israels Independence Day in the capital of this great nation, i am as confident as ever that despite all the challenges, israels best days and the best days of the u. S. Israel relationship are still ahead. [applause] vice President Biden i asked him i have . I think so. Mr. Ambassador, my name is joe biden. [applause] and Everybody Knows i love israel. I was thinking as ron was saying whether a catholic family argues as much as allegedly occurs in jewish families. I will settle all of that. Two of my three children married jews. You want to see what happens then . As a matter of fact, my daughter the dream of every Irish Catholic father is for his daughter to marry a jewish surgeon, and she did. That i want you to know, i think the only time i on record the Oldest Catholic Church in the state or the second oldest 1842, we signed to tuba in a catholic rectory not a joke. [laughter] i think thats a first. And we had a Catholic Priest father murphy, and a rabbi it was hard getting a rabbi, by the way. I had to go up to Montgomery County to find one. The reason he came is his mother loved me. My daughter asked me, she said daddy, what you want played at the wedding . I said maybe a concluding him could be on eagles wings. The rabbi was a wonderful guy literally presided over 75 of the wedding. The vows were administered by the Catholic Priests and as the Wedding Party was departing, as the bride and groom were the parting down the aisle i figured out the one way to and arguments is to marry. The fact of the matter is 77 years ago at midnight on may 14, 1948, against all odds, in the wake of serial tragedy, defiant in the face of overwhelming military numbers massed on its borders, the modern state of israel was born. What you did next [applause] what you did next was no less than miraculous. You were blessed with one of the greatest generations of Founding Fathers and mothers of any nation in the history of the world. Rabin they all fashioned israel into a vibrant democracy. In the process, you build one of the most innovative societies on earth. In the process, you defended your homeland and became the most powerful military in the entire region. All the years later, things have changed. But the danger still exists. The people of israel still live in a dangerous neighborhood. Just to be an israeli still demands uncommon courage. Much has changed but two things have remained absolutely the same the courage of your people and the commitment of mine. [applause] today, we celebrate your independence and our friendship which was born just 11 minutes after israels soundings. President obama and i are proud to Carry Forward the line of american leaders, democrat and republican who have honored americas sacred promise to protect the homeland of the jewish people. It is no secret that like the administration before us, we have our differences. I have been here for a long time, 48 president s. I have witnessed disagreements between administrations. Its only natural for two democracies like ours. As ron said, we are like families. We have a lot to say to one another. Sometimes we drive each other crazy, but we love each other and we protect each other. [applause] i suspect i know many of you personally. As many of you heard me say before, were there no israel america would have to invent one. Because ron is white you protect our interests like we protect yours. [applause] lets get something straight in this moment of some disagreement occasionally between our governments i want to set the record straight on one thing. No president has ever done more to support israel plastic your the then president barack obama. Just look at the facts. [applause] president obama stands up before the world and defends israels right to defend itself. Under president obama, with the United States congress, america has provided 20 billion in military assistance to israel and cutting edge weaponry needed to maintain a Qualitative Advantage against any potential opponent. You all know the stories of the iron down, but you may not know that next year we will deliver to israel the f 35 joint strike fighter, our finest, making israel the only country in the middle east with a fifthgeneration aircraft. [applause] and we continue to discuss as the Israeli Military here any Intelligence Community will tell you, we continue to discuss what more might be done in the near term and the long term to continue to strengthen israel so she can maintain that edge. Our commitment to protect israels security is not just political or National Interest it is personal. It is personal for me and it is personal for the president. You heard me say this but it bears repeating on this day it began at my father is a righteous christian and we assembled to eat and my father talked about how he could not understand why there was a debate among americans or why there was a debate among American Jews about whether or not we should recognize israel. What is there to debate about why we had not done more . When i first learned about bombing the railroad tracks. I learned from my father about concentration camps. And the first thing i did with my children when each one of them turned 13, i took them to europe, flew them directly to dock out. Ciao dachau and made them spend the day there. Ive continued that with my grandchildren. My young grandson finnigan. He was proud, proud to welcome the Vice President and his granddaughter. All you have to do to understand is to stand and look down. I remember when i first did that. All you have to do is wander throughout israel. All you have to do is take that helicopter ride up the entire length of the fence. At all you have to do is look at the map. All you have to do is say [speaking hebrew] i have had the pleasure of knowing every israeli leader since glory my hair gloria my hair. You raised me. You educated me. I know you. Believe me when i tell you, its not only personal to me. Its personal to president obama as well. The president was raised with memories of his great uncle who marched with pattons army to liberate jews from the horrors of buchenwald. I remember sitting in front of golda meiers desk as she was chainsmoking, talking about the losses in the sixday war, talking to the military at case you a attache at the time, a guy named rabin. Barack is 19 years younger and a young senator. He heard about it. As a senator, barack obama went to a small town in israel to see with his own eyes, the families who live under the threat of rockets. As president , he stood in jerusalem and declared to the whole world rejecting israels rights to exist, they might as well reject the earth below them or the sky above them, because israel is not going anywhere. So long as the United States of america is there, israel is not going anywhere. He means it. He means it. I mean it. That is my president. He understands the need for israel to have the right and the cast the capacity and the ability to defend itself. At the same time, he said, we have israels back. And you can count on that. The same commitment that is fundamental to our strategy for the entire middle east. Then we get into the controversial piece. Iran. Remember this is the president who made it through the first time declaring policy of the United States to use all the instruments of our power to prevent not contain prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. He has stated all options are on the table your head then he made sure of what did not exist before. He made sure we spent the time and money and the resources to develop the capacity required to act against the capacity to develop a weapon if ever needed. We worked with the u. S. Congress, our european allies. The u. S. Government refused to directly engage and insisted at the same time, iran dismantle its program. The result . By the time president bush had left office, iran had dramatically advances Movement Toward the ability to acquire a nuclear weapon. So, we take a different approach. We had unprecedented pressure with direct diplomacy. Negotiations began. We have all seen the parameters. He made sure that the commitments when and that framework for a final deal. If they do, the path to a bomb would be meaningfully verified. Iran would cut its stockpile. For years, the breakout time would be different than today. It would prevent the reactor from ever being a source all this is not a grand argan between the United States and iran. It is between britain, france germany, the eu, america, and iran. It is hardheaded, uncompromising assessments. If the final deal on the if it doesnt, no deal. A final deal will ensure a breakout timeline at least for one year at least for a decade. If it doesnt, no deal. It is meaningful. A final deal must provide assurance to make sure that the program is effectively peaceful going forward. If it doesnt, no deal. And if there is a chief at any time every option we have today remains on the table, military and more. Every major salt Agreement Start agreement and towards the end, i was deeply involved negotiating when brezhnev was still around. But just like talks with the soviet union another regime that was outrageous and unacceptable, another regime whose proxies were making trouble and we forcefully countered around the world. We negotiated to reduce the Nuclear Threat to prevent a nuclear war and it kept a safer. That is what we are attempting to do today. We also attempt to agree with israel going back decades from rabin to sharon, whose funeral i have the great honor of eulogizing. Consistent with our commitment to israel, the United States stays committed to help israel if they want our help in getting there. I will always remember what my friend and mentor and holocaust survivor who worked for me as my National Security adviser before he became the chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee, tom lycos, once said you said the veneer of civilization is paper thin. We are its guardians and can never rest. That is why we must never retreat from fighting every scourge of antisemitism as we find it. As we see in too many places legitimate criticism crosses over into bigotry and antisemitism, where an explicitly antisemitic attack assaults jews in the streets of one of the major european capitals. Some of you may remember how harshly i was criticized years ago. Emerson said, society is like a wave. The wave moves on, but the particles remain the same. Wherever, in whatever country, whatever circumstance or reason rears its head, we have to stop it. Enough is enough. We have to fight it everywhere we find it. I will conclude and my friends kid me and i imagine ron may as well telling you these story about my meeting with gold a my hair older my hair golda meyer. I think i met every major world leader in the last 36 or 37 years in the world. I remember meeting for close to an hour with her as she went through what happened in the six day war and the price that was paid and i had just come from egypt. They let me go to egypt and the suez canal. And i said that i thought they were getting ready to attack again. And everyone including my military and the Israeli Military thought i was crazy. I remember driving this car all the layout out to the suez. I could see these great big plumes of dust. It turns out there were maneuvers taking place in the desert. And i was really worried. And we went through and she painted a bleak, bleak picture. Scare the hell out of me, quite frankly. About the odds. Then all of a sudden she looked at me and she said, would you like a photograph . I said, yes, maam. And those doubleblind doors opened up into that hallway. That hallway, it looks like a fouryear foyer. We walked out and the press was standing there. We did not say anything. We stood sidebyside. She must have thought i looked worried. She spoke to me. She said, senator, you look so worried. I said, my god madam president madam Prime Minister. She said, oh, dont worry. I thought she only said this to me. She said, we have a secret weapon in our conflict with the arabs. You see, we have no place else to go. I was criticized in the National Press a couple weeks ago when i said that in fact every jew in the world means there to be an israel. It was characterized by some of the conservative press as saying i was implying jews werent safe in america. They dont get it. They dont get it. Israel. Israel. Is absolutely essential. Absolutely essential. For security of dues around the world of j around the world. That isews absolutely essential for security of jews around the world. That is why you have never farmed out your security. You have never asked us to fight for you. But i promise you, if you were attacked and overwhelmed, we would, fight for you, in my view. The truth of the matter is [applause] the truth of the matter is, we need you. The world needs you. Imagine, imagine what it would say about humanity and the future and the 21st century were israel not sustained . Vibrant and free . We will never stop working to ensure that jews around the world have somewhere to go. We will never stop working to make sure israel has a qualitative edge. The next american president , republican or democrat, will do the same because the American People are committed. The American People understand. So, i say, happy birthday, israel. Happy Independence Day. May god bless you and may god bless and protect the United States of america. Thank you all very much. [applause] that concludes our formal program for the evening. Happy Independence Day. Thank you for being here. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the swearingin ceremony for Loretta Lynch to be attorney general will be tomorrow at 11 00 eastern. We will have that for you live on cspan. Thursday, the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion on u. S. Trade policy. Analysts asked how congress could move forward on a trade deal and the influence of china and the greater Pacific Region in the stalks. This is just over an hour and the greater Pacific Region in these talks. This is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. If you will take your seats, we are about to get started. Do you hear me . Is that all right . Do we need a little bit more volume . Are we all right . All right,. Good morning. I am fred camp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council in your all joining us for what i hope will be a historic moment. Secretary of state john kerry will be joining us at 10 00 a. M. To provide keynote remarks for the launch of our new trade and National Security initiative. We are also building a Business Coalition for trade and security to help highlight the geopolitical implications of the Obama Administrations ambitious global trade initiative. To draw attention not only to the benefits of action, but the cost of inaction and failure. Anyone who wants more information, please contact me and my office. The secretary will discuss making stronger partners of our allies and strengthening their economies, which in turn helps us here at home. American leaders have understood the Strategic Logic of trade at least cents Franklin Delano roosevelt signed the reciprocal trade agreement of 1954. Do not forget what an historic moment that was in the history of the 20th century. Many years later president kennedy called the reciprocal trade program an expression of Americas Free world leadership. Present president kennedy made headlines with his speech as he stood up for free west berlin. Less remembered is his speech the same week, a bit earlier, at the st. Pauls church in frankfurt, where he talked about the equally vital need for an economic alliance. It almost sounded like a call for an economic nato. Said kennedy, indeed Economic Cooperation is needed around the world, by opening our markets by contributing our capital and skills, by stabilizing basic prices, we can ensure the platform for the diplomat of freedom and growth. And he added, this is an atlantic responsibility. Now we gather at a moment of new atlantic responsibility, the idea of trade being geopolitically important is not a particularly new one, but we do have an important new inflection point. We at the Atlantic Council and i have said this quite often feel it is important from the end of world war i world war ii, the end of the cold war in 1989 what galvanizes our work is a conviction each of those moments of history, it has been u. S. Leadership among our friends and allies or lacked thereof that has shaped the future. It is certain if we do not lead others will fill the void, as we have seen in ukraine and syria. They will be less benevolent. As you all know, president obama likes basketball. And he has referred to the last two years of his second term as the Fourth Quarter of his presidency. As the clock ticks down he is making big debts on Foreign Policy iran, cuba, and elsewhere. The completion would not do as much to shape a new world order and ensure its norms of behavior at this moment as the obama trade agenda, which could bring two thirds of the worlds economies under a set of strictures that are very friendly to what we have tried to the eight with our allies after the end of world war ii. That is what we are here to discuss as well. Timing could not be better. While secretary kerry makes his arguments here, the u. S. Trade secretary is in japan negotiating to close the remaining caps on the Transpacific Partnership and the u. S. Is hosting the fifth round of talks in new york city. A bipartisan bill was introduced in the senate. Republicans ted cruz and paul ryan interested in the wall street journal yesterday. Let me turn to for impressive individuals who are uniquely qualified let me turn to 4 impressive individuals who are uniquely qualified to discuss these trade arrangements and i will ask them to come to the stage as we introduce them. For audience and online, we welcome your participation. Our twitter hashtag is actrade. Brief introductions. Caroline atkinson is the deputy National Security advisor for Economic Affairs at the white house. No one Better Qualified to address these issues and provide insight into the Obama Administrations trade efforts. General jim jones, the National Security advisor to barack obama , former supreme allied commander europe. There is perhaps no one who has been a more consistent spokesman about the connection between National Competitiveness and National Security. Ambassador pollock dabrowski paula dobriansky. She will provide a republican view and an idea of how the trade initiative is being viewed from the other side of the aisle. This is the one legacy moment that gets made easier by the midterm elections rather than harder. She served as the undersecretary for state for democracy and global affairs. And we are delighted to be joined by australias ambassador to the u. S. , kim beazley representing an ally with which we already have a trade partnership. And also a former member of the us trillion parliament. Let me get this conversation going. The panelists do not have prepared comments, so what i will do is i will ask them questions down the line, but just to make it as informal as possible, if you see one of the speakers has said something you would like to comments on, feel free to jump in and we will do it in a less formal fashion. So, for caroline, how much of a legacy moment is this for the president . How does the president see this in the context of Everything Else he is trying to get done in the world, and how are you going to get democratic members of congress to give you the backing you need to get i through . I think im right thats more of a question at the moment than it is republican. Ms. Atkinson well, thanks very much, fred, and i want to say even though these are not formal remarks, thanks for your leadership in having this session and with all these terrific panel members. I believe this is a really important moment. Of course for the president and the president s legacy, but more important, for america and American Leadership around the world. This notion that you expressed of trade that will link our allies and partners covering 2 3 of global gdp, with setting standards by which trade will be conducted in this enormous area, first in asia, the Fastest Growing region in the world, and then with europe with our allies, is an important moment both for your economy, because it will be good for American Workers and companies, and others, and consumers, but also for our leadership in the world. You mentioned about democrats, and you pointed out at the beginning that there was a bipartisan bill introduced last week. Overnight, the Senate Finance committee reported out a markup of tpa and trade Promotion Authority and other bills with a 206 majority, which is very strong. Mr. Kempe congratulations. Ms. Atkinson thank you. So, many people working very hard on this. So, including the president. So i think we have seen the president s leadership. He was been very clear, very much out there arguing for why this is a good deal for america. Its also very important for everybody in america, and for our allies and partners. Mr. Kempe so talk more about that bill, and then well get the geopolitical arguments. If you look at the 206 vote obviously thats not a vote for tpp. Its a vote for tpa. What will be harder in the tpp Transpacific Partnership snow who does one have to convince and what are the most important arguments both for workers of america, and how do the its very interesting, most often administrations make economic arguments around trade. Were talking now about National Security arguments, geopolitical arguments. Talk about who needs to be convinced, what are the questions about tpp that need to be satisfied and how does the geopolitical argument work. Ms. Atkinson i think the first argument is an economic one. So, people need to be satisfied that tpp will be good for america and will be good for American Workers and american families. We believe and the president believes it will be. We know that exports support in our economy, 11 million jobs. We know that export growth has accounted for a third of the growth we have had since the crisis in 2009, and Research Shows that jobs supported by exports tend to be better paid than other jobs, by as much as 18 more than other jobs. So all of these elements are ones that are very good for american families. Beyond that, the tpp itself includes not just Market Access but a wide range of socalled disciplines that will spread from our values and standards on labor, labor rights, on the environment, on protection of intellectual property, which helps to promote innovation that americas the American Economy strong and other areas that will make if much more than an ordinary Free Trade Agreement. Its being referred to as a progressive trade agreement. In the sense that it supports american values. So the economic argument americans need to be convinced this guess for them, and actually recent polling suggests that a majority of american does believe that exports are good for them and that trade can be good for them. But of course, there is a lot of concern about globalization, stagnant wages. Those concerns are real, which is partly why we need to make sure that we are in the lead establishing a level Playing Field. We believe once we have that level Playing Field through the rules, america can do well and can beat the other countries in terms of being able to sell our goods. On the geostrategic, which links with the economy, first of all the products we make and sell, the openness of our economy, kim was speaking earlier how much American Investment there is in asia. All of these packets of our economy help to build our partnerships with other countries strengthens those partnerships. At the same time our leadership in developing and promoting and working with others on the agreement, helps to strengthen and deepen those ties, and if you allow me well hear from our nations chief diplomat on this, but i would like to remind everybody of what the secretary of defense, ash carter, says just a couple of weeks ago itch he asked to choose between tpp and an Aircraft Carrier, we choose tpp. From his Strategic Perspective how to keep america safe and strong. Mr. Kempe but wouldnt be able to land jets on that. Ms. Atkinson he can do more than land jets on it. Tpp does more than that. Mr. Kempe thats a good segue to the general. How do the marines feel about the choice between Aircraft Carriers and tpp and thats kind of a frivolous, but underlying serious question, you gave a speech to the National Defense industry Industrial Association where you said that the administration should broaden the National Security councils role to encompass more energy matters. We not looking comprehensive ly enough at first how we define National Security and how we use our National Security tools, and to this grabs nicely off of the Aircraft Carrier tpp. General jones i think this is really an exciting time. I am fully enthusiastic about what the administration is trying to do here. We have great u. S. Trade rep, in mike froman, and secretarys use of commercial diplomacy is one of the bright things that really going on in our approach to world affairs. I think it recognizes we made the transition from 20th century problemsolving to 21st century problem. The 20th century was a bipolar century. In the 21st century, globalization is the reality and the relationship particularly in this country between the and can private sector is on a course of convergence versus divergence. One of the sectors that is universally admired and recognize it is the American Private sector, and when you think about the developing world and the growth of africa and what is going on, even dealing with the problems of mr. Putin is causing, a large part of the solutions are economic. When you think about it. Energy security is something ive been convinced is not only going to be one of the United States strongest hold cards inside the future but a way of showing leader palestine a more globalized world that recognizes the important changes between the two centuries. This centurys problems are going to be solved not just by Aircraft Carriers and troops i think the formula is obviously you have to have security before you can have domestic development, but security and Economic Development and rule of law applied to each individual problem can bring about and prevent future conflicts, future afghanistans, future iraqs. Its a lot cheaper. Its also a way in which you can answer the radical threats it face us by showing families around the worlds, through the use of the internet and social media, that there are better ways and there are brighter opportunities for their families and their children, and the economic trade issues that were bringing to the fore now are indicative of the kind of potential the United States can unleash with it tremendous private sector. So the coming together of organizations like this, like the National Security council to encompass a much broader response to what are the traditional threats, the secretary of commerces aggressive program, the u. S. Trade reps work. I think this is really the way of the future. Im very excited by the potential. Mr. Kempe drill down on that a little bit, particularly in the Energy Sector which you talk a lot about and quite passionate about. The transatlantic trade investment partnership, tpp, what could that mean for expanded access to suddenly plentiful American Energy for our partners . How do we use energy as National Security tool . This may come back to you, caroline, because many of our allies would like an Energy Charter which is not on also they would like to have finance but thats another issue. Should an Energy Charter be in this . Is the u. S. Open to that . For caroline, and then to you. General jones i think that the way we use energy and the way we see energy in the future has to be a global approach. It cant just i cringe a little bit when i hear the term that energy is we have ours and everybody else is kind of on their own. I think that the difference between the russian president s position, which tends to use energy as a weapon, and ours is completely different should be completely different. We can use energy and our good fortune in energy and our technology to help developing countries skip the pollution stage of energy. Sharing technology providing American Leadership, and leadership of our friends and allies holistically to help jumpstart economies from struggling economies all over the world. You need energy. Those who have it are blessed. Those who dont need it. And to me, an enlightened american Foreign Policy should include the ways in which well try to make energy and climate an issue that is that typifies all of the best qualities of American Leadership. I believe part of the particularly where europe is concerned that europeans become less dependent and give them a choice. There are exciting projects discussed. The Atlantic Council has been involving at least 13 different countries, which if it comes to pass will have a u. S. European Transatlantic Partnership on using energy to greater influence on a geo sheep problem that mr. Putin knees to pay a needs to pay a price for strategically. Mr. Kempe the report is on our website atlanticcouncil. Org. General jones is on the chair. A question, caroline . Ms. Atkinson i would pick up on what the general said, which is that we need to do and we are working on with energy and climate, seeing that as part of our general and National Security and international work. And so this is part of the Global Economy and we are already seeing it in that integrated fashion, and we are working intensively with china on climate and clean energy and the link there, sharing technology and we are working with india and other countries especially on how to work towards this stage, as the general is pointing out. So the department of energy licenses, they have a very large quantities, and it depends on the private sector. And we also have a link with countries that have a pretrade agreement, if these agreements get done, so that will expand the most automatic licenses for projects in those regions. We have worked a lot with europe in the last 15 months and there is a g7 energy track with ministers. And we have also worked with in europe, especially in some parts of europe there is room for Energy Efficiency and room for breaking down the European Energy market. At the moment spain does not send the gas into europe because there is no way to transmit it. So they put it on to asia. So we have wind power in the north sea that cannot get to where its needed in the south. So there are many issues and we certainly believe in promoting a strong Global Market for oil and gas and other energy and of course the green energy as well. Mr. Kempe at this point there is not a particular need. Yes, exactly. Mr. Kempe ok, draw upon your career in government, talk about both about the National Security objectives that are locked in with trade agreements and perhaps you can also talk about how hard it is to get these deals done. And she said they had no idea what they are getting into, and it takes a huge amount of effort and a huge amount of concentration to push one of these quite ambitious situations through. Let me congratulate you and the Atlantic Council for bringing us together. Because the focus this morning is not just on economics, which i think is quite important, but its pointing out how these trade agreements are really absolutely crucial for our National Security and let me start with that one. Because obviously there are the political elements, because trade, Economic Standing, its so integral and interwoven with the military standing and the ability to show strength and to be able to achieve ones National Security objectives. I remember when admiral mullen the chairman of the joint chiefs, had said that we have to worry greatly about our economy. And the integration here is not just about the Aircraft Carrier and that matters, but it is also about your Economic Standing and what impact that has. So let me mention two others that are sometimes often forgotten, and caroline referred to the importance of values and standards and here there is also a paradigm that has been established and again, it is interwoven with other paradigms, military alliances and what they mean, but not just only that but also the kinds of humanitarian alliances that you have and the rule of law and the values that we have, oftentimes with the global challenges that we have around the world, you know, it does contribute in this case to the International Global order to that paradigm. And then there is one that i would put forth and that is one that we look at and also audiences in asia and europe and that is how you build a consensus at home. If you are able to ulster your economy, that leads to greater consensus in the arena, and that has been a challenge for us in the in terms of trying to galvanize that support and point out that stake that we have in events abroad. I believe strongly that these elements are interwoven, if we go forward, if we have the agreement, it bolsters this end and turn it helps to build a consensus at home for dealing with National Security challenges abroad. Mr. Kempe so you see a direct connection taking this a step too far between the conclusive and the strengthening of nato. Ms. Dobriansky there are direct connections and we know in regard to this one of the mandates we want to see is greater burden sharing and towards that and if you bolster the economy, youre going to have resources to be devoted in the National Security area as well as a deepening of things and there is a challenge here to the alliance. So this can only undergird our strength and our foundation of strength and not just in the military but economically. Even basic questions of transport. So when you think down to the details, these trade agreements can have a great impact. And i think that the important element here is the fact that europe is looking at a diversified approach, and i think that in that sense that only adds value, and it is interconnected clearly with the agreement. So its a winwin situation. The other part of your question is very difficult. I had it from the other side of the ledger that caroline mentioned, labor and environment, i spent my time when i was in government in dealing with environmental issues, which were interwoven in these questions. But let me just say that it is doable and it requires patience and it requires being able to listen, not only to put forth your own objectives, but also to listen and you have to have give and take. And i firmly believe that these agreements in the end even with the kind of giveandtake of challenges that exist like in the agricultural area, the bottom line is that everyone realizes wholl be around the table and who is around the table and they realized that you give this here, but you get benefits there. So patience, leadership, a multilateral perspective and of course looking at your own interests and also i think also two other important aspects. I think the executivelegislative relationship matters and i also think the Ngo Community and Business Community matters. So in that sense in terms of this, it matters greatly because you have to have the voice of the Business Community and also the nongovernmental community. Patience and openness really matters. Mr. Kempe i am just going to be part of the panelists for 30 seconds to agree. To add one other thing and that is 15 years of europe having had half the rate of growth in the u. S. Is actually not good for us and its not good for our security or geopolitics. So we are seeing potentially more resistance to the ttip in europe than in the u. S. The director of our Global Economics program is pushing forward to the Growth Initiative is not just an economic story, but a geopolitical story. Since you have been ambassador, you have been a strong supporter of free trade and concluded agreements with japan and korea and most interestingly with china. That is where i want to go with this question, with the Asia Pacific Economy growing faster than any part of the world, how have these trade agreements benefit australia, but you already have this Bilateral Agreement with the u. S. And so why do you need ttp and then what do you do about china . And that part of ttp . Ambassador beazley thats a totally different plan. We are going in place the asian nations that love organizing the trade agreements between them. They are not particularly exciting. And i think the three that we have negotiated with korea and japan and china are more exciting. But partly what is driven with by the education that is being delivered in the countries and the region following what has been happening with the ttp and getting an understanding of how much more they ought to be including in their trade agreements, that they may not have done in the past. The second point is that trade between this country and the asian region is intention and is intense and the character , has driven asian prosperity. It is selfgenerating to a considerable degree. Europe was the importer of last resort. One of the things that i point out to my friends in the trade union currently your effective rate of protection for manufactured goods is 1. 5 . After the ttp it will be 1. 5 . If ttp is not done, it will be 1. 5 . At what does that tell you . . These are part of the debates. You have driven the prosperity of those countries come to now you actually have an opportunity to get Something Back yourself. That is part of what has been bound up in the argument for the tpp, but it is not the argument. The argument is that asia was excluded in effect from the setting of the arrangements that were in place since world war ii. The United States finally cracked open the restrictive effects of the european empires and started to introduce a level , of principle into the way in which the trading arrangements were done. That is what came through with the wto applied in asia. The chinese and prostrate work the chinese and the japanese were prostrate at the end of the war. Now there is a chance for asian people to participate in rule setting. When the tpp goes through, and i believe it will, with the extraordinarily superior character of the rules being put in place, ecommerce protection, behind the border removal of restrictions on activities associated with the first reset, receptor not just , manufacturing and agriculture, a range of those sorts of things coming in through that tpp, that will be the potential for the asiaPacific Region. And the strategic significance is it will be a standard to which all will repair. The small number of nations, a very substantial economies come negotiating in it now. After it is put in place them many of the countries in the region will have as a first order of priority, and i include china, working out ways in which they might lays themselves within it. In terms of the strategic positions here that is the american interest, if you like. This is not ganging up on the chinese. This is putting in place of the the way it can make a real difference in the way in which the burgeoning trade of asia is conducted to introduce to center will rules and integrity and the rest of it. Theres one everything i would to say. We look at security differently from you. The starting point is not who contains him but how strong is our principal ally . How strong is the United States . How happy is the United States . I first gave public evidence here to your Foreign Trade commission, a couple of weeks after i arrived, and i said the happiness, the prosperity, the health of the United States and in particular the american middle class is in australian National Interest. The american middle class has been smashed. And the American Economy for years has been driven by domestic consumption by the american middle class. A combination of Technology Come combination of technology, a combination of the effects of other trade agreements, the changes in laws, a whole range of things have contributed to that. Basically i would identify , changes in technology that the american middle class experience is not unique. What is going to give them a chance to drive prosperity and Income Growth in the future . Theres only one thing, the acquisition of access, the product you produce to another middle class. In asia that now stands at 580 million. In 10 years time, it will be 10 3 billion. It will be 60 of the worlds middle class. You will prosper in this country if you can access that fairly for your product. You will not prosper if you cannot. Mr. Kempe that is wonderful mr. Ambassador. Its rare that you have someone who has been both a defense minister and finance minister. And so you heard him speaking as both. For those of you who are tweeting, happiness of america is in australias National Interest. [laughter] could you drill down deeper as defense minister, does tpp reassure asian allies and do they need that sort of reassurance now . Ambassador beazley you know, in asia, we like to see this. We like to see the americans around. And i often do point out this in this country, you have great courage where you are hated and you stick around where you are hated, and i admire you for it. Why dont you go where you are loved . The more you experience is lets leave the North Koreans out of this, but the worst you experience in the region really is a quizzical, cautious skepticism by the chinese, and that ranges through to outright love in australia, and everybody is in between those two markets. So the area is very accepting of u. S. Leadership. It is also very understanding of the value that the United States has been to the region in terms of the product being exported to the United States. The experience in the region of American Companies is ok. Theres an anonymous amount of American Investment in the area. You got 650 billion invested in australia directly and indirectly, which is twice what you have invested in china. We got 470 billion invested in you, rising 30 billion you, and a year and that is 30 times , what we have invested in china. Those sorts of stories, the notion that you are disconnected from this is a nonsense, of course. What you have not done is put the intellectual effort into it. You put intellectual effort into europe. You actually put quite a lot of intellectual effort into japan and we will see in the next couple of years a different sort of japan from what we have been used to, but also based on what you have been prepared to do with them, but you have not nearly put that effort into that Southeast Asia and south asia. This gives you the chance to do that. But more importantly, make the rules right. Or make the rules. There are no rules. There are agreements. And get a set of rules so the region can connect to. There has to be a principle behind them. Mr. Kempe let me go back and ask if general jones has any any comments on what they have heard, and then we will go to the audience. Ms. Atkinson yes, i want to jump in and thank you for your terrific explanation about happiness of america and that, of course, is what drives me. Two points. The first is that he is absolutely right about how welcoming and important it is to establish rules and norms and standards. And it has been put into that and it will come to fruition when we are able to close this on the basis of a strong bipartisan support, which goes to this functioning. The other thing is that if we do not do this, and i agree with you that i believe this will happen if one imagines not going forward, the world would not stay the same. Kim referred to the 5 million customers in the asiapacific that will turn to 3 billion in 10 years time. 95 of the worlds consumers are outside of america. They will go on without the rules and norms that we have whatever we do. If we are there, helping to set the rules with them, working with them to set the norms and standards, to set the level Playing Field, then we are showing leadership. If we are not there, that would he a great absence, which i agree with not make us less happy, but those nations also. Mr. Kempe in terms of windows a lot of things happened in the Fourth Quarter. We believe this is the moment for this one. I want to agree this is the window of opportunity, and i wanted to inject two words that i have not heard in the conversation, peace and stability, because were talking about stability. Here, as i was hearing you speak of that is also what undergirds all of this, because when you do have a paradigm you have rules, and you have in order here, it is only going to contribute to that, and it will counter conflicts, conflicts that can arise when you do not have been. Mr. Kempe general jones, i was surprised to your answer to a question i ask him a which is, what keeps you up at night . You did not say weapons of mass distraction. You said mask competitiveness. Is this part of that piece . General jones that answer vocalizes my believe that as you transition into this century and legitimate strategic question that we should be asking ourselves is where do you want to be in 2050. 1945 we chartered a course that got us to the year 2000 with some success. And i think the driver to that position in 2050 are different than they were in the 20th century. It is not as onesided as he used to be, it is not the problem on province of the Defense Department and a little but of the National Security council. It has a lot to do with our energy department, our secretary of commerce, and just the whole of government approach. And i think this transition of how we make all of these pieces work more in greater cohesion, and to understand that this century is not about any one department solving any particular problem, it is much more complex than that. And the problems arrived at in waves now that we have not seen before. You build a world in the 20th century to deal with problems, serious problems, but with a sense of order, and we had built the institutions that have dealt with those problems, and there is a sense of water as well. This world is more disordered. We have to deal with, not only with the National Community of nations, but also nonstate actors in the evolution and the importance of organized crime and drugs and illegal trafficking of arms and human trafficking, terrorism, and Everything Else, and these people are working much more closely together. The way we respond has to be much more holistic. And i think one of the things that i hope comes as result of this period is a reaffirmation of americas commitment to do what it can to lead and also convey the image that we are all in this together. And that the day where you can just throw it to the u. S. And say, ok, you guys exit, those days are probably gone, and that is probably a good thing. So i think there is a norm is opportunity, and this is a time and a moment where our friends and allies and the United States can Work Together and really adopt a spirit of what i would call conflict prevention. How do you prevent these things from happening . If you can get to that point the investments you make will be a lot cheaper, and you will really i think strike a blow against radicalism wherever it manifests itself, because at the end of the day come if you can show people there is a Better Future by using the to tell it the totality of your assets, your energy, your private sector might, and with the Publicprivate Partnership we are increasingly talking about where the United States it is United States is concerned, you can do Amazing Things in the century come in the century, and by 2050 the position of the united take in the terms of affecting things in the globe are going to be secure. Mr. Kempe thank you very much for that. Please identify your questions. I guess my question is for the whole panel. Given the importance of this trade agenda, Social Security agenda, are we going to use it as an opportunity to fix our own agricultural problems, with our subsidies, local content requirements . Many things that are actually in violations of the rules which make it difficult to change and i think that that would actually help the sense that we are in this together and there is a free and fair Global Trading system. Mr. Kempe also will what role agricultural situations will play. Ms. Atkinson agriculture is playing an Important Role and we look forward to getting American Farmers to be big supporters of trade in many ways. We have to with europe we share similar economic structures, and what is particularly important about that agreement will be the rules and standards based on values and understanding in the field of agriculture that we have sciencebased regulation. I dont want to get into the details of how we might be negotiating on some of the different topics. But i believe that we have very strong and ambitious negotiators and very good negotiators on the other side come and the commissioner really believes in making a good deal. And a good deal that we have to recognize has to be good in the end for both sides, and you have to believe that there is a whole that is in everyones interest. Mr. Kempe you are a wise public servant. Thank you very much. And thank you for putting this panel together. As someone who worked in the Clinton White house the last time a democratic president tried to get fasttrack through, i know how difficult this can be. Newt gingrich was unable to muster a majority in favor of fasttrack and it had to be pulled in 1997 before a vote and it went down in defeat. So facing the difficult congressional agenda today, you are faced with the fact that senator obama voted against cafta in 2005. How do you address those that address that . Ms. Atkinson i think that the president has addressed the remarks that he made about trento. And what we are doing is improving on trade deals. You know, you learn as you go along and never before have Environmental Standards been included as part of the trade agreement. Ambassador beazley referred to as all of the modern nature of this agreement that is being negotiated with the asia pacific and of course the politics are difficult, because when middleclass families have been disappointed and given stagnant wages for a long time, they are looking for what is going to make life better. We believe this will make life better, but we understand this has been a difficult time. The president came in with a terrible financial crisis. So i think our own this agreement is different from previous agreements. This is a better and stronger agreement. It may not read the final state of the arts. No doubt things could change in the future and will require even more improvement. But this is a step change from previous agreements including ranging from vietnam to japan but in its scope of areas it addresses. Ambassador beazley i think i heard the president trying to articulate as well, the u. S. Has already given us thought, in terms of the relationships not simply with the countries appear, but you have to remember that its not as important as the outside. And that is, it is the rules that ultimately impact them that will really count. So what we have is a cracking open with others left in place. Most that matter, in the manufacturing, this is your one chance to get into other folks situations as they are into yours. If it falls apart, it does not mean that trade agreements go away. We are involved in the negotiation which is by no means that comprehensive character of the rules concerned, but will be in the tpp, but will be the rules that going to place. These will disappear. It will reemerge probably about four or five years from now on the initiative with the chinese and their idea of a Free Trade Agreement with the asiaPacific Region. This is the last chance. Mr. Kempe general jones . General jones one of the most interesting things about was asked to do during my time as National Security advisor was to meet a delegation composed of the secretary of defense and secretary of state, the secretary of commerce to capitol hill to meet with the congressional leaders on both sides, to talk about the importance of u. S. Control reforms. And its not something that you would typically associate with a National Security advisor. But it gives us some insight into what the president is thinking even back in 2009 about the urgency of doing that kind of thing. I think that this is an opportunity for congress to do what is in the best interests of the American People. I think that most americans favored trade and free trade opportunity, growth, and they dont approve of anything that gets in the way and we have a lot of things that i think the congress can get together on to make it easier for the private sector to compete and enter the markets and so on and so forth, and also to make other countries willing to invest in the United States. It was announced not long ago in an attempt to invest 35 billion into the United States, that is remarkable and we are working to try to make sure that when that happens they get a fair return on their investments, that it also helps where we need help and perhaps reviving our infrastructure and so on and so far, it has really been an important not only economic issue, but a geopolitical strategic issue and an interNational Security issue. Mr. Kempe thank you, general. Let me go here as i saw these questions first. And i will pick up both of those questions. Thank you, chairman. My question about the aid, the chairman proposed it, how do you explain that the administration handling that your closest allies, germany, france, all joined the bank in defiance of the u. S. Governments position . Thank you. That question you can comment on as well. If i may, in a private conversation, the china policy is based on two words, greed and fear. And that was reported by the media. How do you explain that . Thank you. Mr. Kempe let me turn to the sort of a followup. Just to delineate differences between some of the other games in town and the u. S. Tpp. Please identify yourself. Tobias burns from northwest university. Ms. Atkinson first of all, i want to repeat what the treasury secretary has said. That we welcome this in infrastructure and asia and we see that there is a great need for it, we are encouraging the existing institution and the Asian Development bank, not just to move forward with their own plans for infrastructure, but to work with the Asian Infrastructure bank when it is established. We have to maintain that it is important that this bank complement the existing institution and that it is, if it is to be useful for borrowers that it has high standards of procurement, governance, for the Infrastructure Projects that are put in place, and we would like to see active discussions along these lines. We believe that it is important that this bank works with the other institutions and the other institutions work with it and that we are continuing to be engaged with china in that we are laying out what we feel is important for standards. Mr. Kempe before you go there do you have thoughts on this . We have christine lagarde, the imf chief here, she was actually pretty embracing and thought that this could be brought together with what they and others are doing and could be of additional value. Ambassador beazley you know when you are dealing with a situation like this, from time to time you do have to make way to see what we have to offer in terms of any thoughts that they may have and the way in which Global Financial institutions and the like should be conducted. I think that the main point here is to ensure that as it is developed that it does not include governments associated with arrangements in the region. And i think that the american position outside of the negotiation, our inside, and the europeans and others, is to try to get into the structure before this is finally settled. There are sorts of standards that will give you a level of confidence that what could be a instrument of financial importance and it ought to be put out in this way. Is very much a work in progress come from what we can see can the pressures from inside and outside are causing beijing to adjust quite a bit. But government arrangements they are putting in place for the bank. So i think something much more interesting and a great deal better than initial offers will be created out of that process. You asked me about fear and greed come and i will guard my i thank god my private conversations will not be broadcast to the rest of the world, because most of them would have meant my political demise a lot earlier than it would have happened. And greed and fear, it has to be said, are very strong motives in human intercourse and in relations between nations. I think we have a different view, actually. We see the rise of china in the region as positive in principle, positive in the possibilities it offers for financial prosperity in the asian region. It does not mean we accept all the judgments that are made, and emanating from beijing regarding the security interests in that region, nor the economic interests in the region. The chances are that it will be a much better discourse than otherwise. Mr. Kempe you had a part . General jones do either of you want to make a final comment . I want to thank our panelist here. This was a really rich discussion. There were many more questions that people would have liked to ask. Im going to ask you all to remain in your seats for short time. The security detail has asked us to ask you to do that while we change the stage and rearrange the stage, and then in a few minutes, secretary kerry will join us. Before we go off, i want to salute the team, that not only puts together this, but also is putting together worked in this space can argue initiative in trade and security and our Business Coalitions, and this is just an incredible cando team. I want to thank very much to the panel. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] during this month, cspan is pleased to present the student documentary competition. It is an annual competition that encourages middle and High School Students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. Students were asked to create documentaries based on the theme the three branches and you. The winners entry focuses on the individual disabilities education act. The discrimination of people with disabilities are is something we have all experienced in our own personal lives. Prior to the individuals with disabilities education act, or the i. D. E. A. , students with disabilities were not given an education. Ms. Romo you would not give are you down syndrome or disability like that. 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People with intellectual disabilities are now being included in gened classes. It is a fairly new development when you look at the grand scheme of things, and it is not surprising that a lot of people do not know much about how to go about doing it. My sister has down syndrome she is seven years old, and in her old school, she did not have special education classes, so she was just with everybody else, and she loved it. We find they are able to develop stronger communication skills, stronger interpersonal communication skills. We know that they display fewer inappropriate behaviors, and there more often likely to interact with their peers. Molly kerwick now she is at a new school that has special education programs, she is not included in general education classes. She is learning more, but she does not like school. I would say it is kind of disappointing. The problem that i am seeing is more with gened teachers, and they will be the first to admit it. 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