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[inaudible conversations] are we ready to go . Great. Welcome to todays launch of the council on Foreign Relations and the pendant Task Force Report north america time for a new focus to rid the cochairs hear Robert Zoellick of course, somebody who i think last time i interviewed you we were both in sudan. So thank you very much. Shannon oneil, director and cochair, David Petraeus i think last summer i into the jew we were in iraq. So its good to be in a slightly more tame environment. I want to...

We continue to be focused on Aviation Security the new phenomena but i worry about are the foreign fighters and the threat of violent extremism here at home. I am ted hissen, a report with fusion. My question is, is the president still committed to taking executive action on immigration, and what sort of action is he considering at this time . Yes. The president is very committed to taking executive action to fix our broken immigration system. In the absence of action by congress and so am i. An...

Is, we are a nation of immigrants. And proud of it. Our rich, diverse heritage would not have been the same without the contribution of immigrants that have come from around the world. Contributions that have become a very part of the very fabric of our lives and our society. Millions of foreignborn millions of foreignborn who have come to the United States legally have become successful, patriotic citizens of the United States and we have been the beneficiary because of the opportunities that o...

To iraq, his last memories as he dove onto of his soldiers to cover them from a rocket propelled grenade was that you would never see his wife or his child again. While he would survive, his last words proved to be prophetic. The blast cost him his site. But despite his injuries has pursued his education and is planning to start a new business. Though he may never actually see his firstborn daughter, he and his wife, heather, have added two more children to their growing family. In a sense, vete...

State. When we act others follow. Lets shape that action together and fashion a carbon plan suited to the genius and capabilities of our great state. [applause] we can do this. It has already been done successfully in many other places including ten american states and 35 countries. I cannot tell you today what our joint effort we will produce, but i can but i can say that after six years of no progress on this front washingtonians deserve access. And developing my budget i took the same approac...

Government . First, chairman, i can thank you for the opportunity to appear in front of you and thank you for the work that you are doing in taking an interest in not just the region, the country, but the middle east as well. It helps my work, our work, the governments work, that British Parliament is engaging and trying to understand these issues in furthering british influence. Im very grateful. I understand youve had a very interesting visit yourself. Pleased to be here. You asked an importan...

Who wanted to be involved in latin america. He wanted to be a texan even though we would not let him. He was for a short time. That is all episodic. We cannot depend on where the president was raised. Are there structural changes we need to make sure the north american agenda is at a higher level than it is currently at and is focused . Yes. Thank you for that and for your contribution to the task force. That is what theyre getting at with the idea someone would be focused on north america. The ...

Not there. I we are developing and promised the principal sponsors of this law that we are going to develop a plan to get to 100 not have the we do resources. Congress has not given us the resources. We are developing that. I would like to see us get to a higher percentage of what is deans scanned what is being scanned right now. I look at what comes into the country and the method we have for screening it all, and it is pretty sophisticated. So i take away from that a pretty good story. Ok, yes...

800,000 barrels of oil. And republicans, and independents, and all offers, also, handle or go to facebook. Com, and, send us a email. Well get to your thoughts, but let me begin, with showing you a couple headlines, this is how they play it, democrats, stiff landrieu, on pipeline for green lobby, and unions, also snubbed over the Climate Change, and, now it is doomed and, the party, where environmental lists, have emerge he, triumphant, and, far beyond the small impact, and the slight effect exp...

It seems there is new momentum to consider supplying weapons to the government of ukraine, although that is something the Obama Administration and its european allies have resisted for a while. Where do you stand on this . Craig rep. Smight smith it is pretty clear the strategy russia has employed. They are going to try to militarily engage in companies underneath the surface, so it doesnt appear they are actually engaged. They will use third parties, bring their soldiers in in ways that we cann...