i got this. no you don t. oh! i won. i beat you. okay. of course that was fantastic. now i can t breathe for the rest of the show. fantastic for you. you didn t have to run in heals. and i lost one along the way. so happen to see black pump up and down the parkway, it is alex s. please it return to fourth and market. man, you can run fast, i know you ran track in high school. a long time since i had to run like that. i m limping. can you did you notice? you always walk with a limp. little bit. it is my meniscus, i tore it in 99. that s your pimp walk. that s how i see. well, here for the nnl draft, calling it good day on draft day. good day draft day. look at the stage. i was not sure yesterday, when we were over here, if they would get this ready or not. but looks really good. the future is n
policy testified on strategical relations with china, south korea, north korea and india. business 2.5 hours. in the fans and foreign policy testified on strategical relations with is this 2.5 hour. the committee meets his way to receive testimony on you as policy ends strategy in the asia-pacific region. i am pleased to welcome our panel of expert witnesses come all with deep knowledge and experience in the region. the senior adviser and korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies. aaron friedberg who is the professor of politics and international affairs at princeton university. and the former principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for asia pacific security irs and senior fellow am having trouble with my enunciation. strategic affairs at the endowment for international peace, an old friend of the committee. america s interest in asia-pacific region are deep and enduring, that is why for the past 70 years we have worked with our allies an
georgetown. some distinguished in fact, this audience is pretty much 100% distinguished, as i look out. quite an impressive audience. thank you very much for coming. a few brief safety and security announcements. i am your designated safety officer in case of an emergency. you ll find the exits are back behind you. and you ll go down one floor, exit down through the stairwell and we ll meet around the corner at national geographic which is just down left and left should we have to so today together with the japan center for economic research is delighted to host this discussion with three of japan s leading lawmakers, statesmen with particular expertise in national security and to talk about our alliance and the years ahead. i ll introduce the other members of the panel in a moment. but let me first mention they are all here in washington for the week as part of what s known as golden week, and to join discussions here and around town under the mount my friend ue which runs
and we ll have many more stories right here on outside source. you re very welcome to the programme. let us begin with relations between europe and russia. they have been rough. this meeting between german chancellor, angela merkel, and vladimir putin were meant to smooth things over. sanctions were brought up and the treatment of homosexuals in chechnya. the russian president reaffirmed support for the syrian president and denied interfearing with the us election. let s have a listen. translation: we need to do more in order to untangle the situation. u nfortu nately, we order to untangle the situation. unfortunately, we are not making much headway here. i think the central point is that we keep returning to the beginning of the minsk agreement which stated we need a ceasefire. ensuing from the ceasefire the relevant political steps would follow. in the meantime, we have started a parallel political process. the ceasefire is essential. of course, the questions surrounding th
[applause] thank you very much. thank you. my name is joe biden. i am jill s husband. [laughter] jill and i want to thank you for the wonderful welcome. we are both here for a simple reason, and i mean this sincerely, to say thank you. so many of you in this audience have been my friends for such a long time. i was a 29-year-old kid. the first speech i ever made on the senate floor, i stood between tom mcintyre s desk and another desk it s a long story, but anyway, i go back a long time and it s great pleasure to get to know so many people. we know, finally you ve earned the title granite state. you have four women running the show. [applause] thank god for small favors. all right. the amazing thing is i campaigned for all of them and they won in spite of it. i would also like to echo what joe said. it s so nice to be back here again among old friends that we ve known for such a long time. i want to thank everybody for supporting us through our administration, through o