May have your attention, please . Thank you. Were very pleased to have today as our special guest wes bush, who is the chairman, ceo and president of Northrop Grumman. Northrop grumman as many of you may know is based in falls church, virginia, and its a company that is the fourth Largest Aerospace defense contractor in the United States. Its a company with about 26 billion market cap, and revenues approaching about 25 billiondollars and more than 65,000 employees and when our guest became the ceo in january of 2010, the stock was at a certain level. It is now up 116 since he became the ceo. So, very good. [applause] wes is, grew up in various places in the United States. Went to high school in West Virginia. He went to undergraduate mit. Got a degree in Electrical Engineering and got a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and joined the Aerospace Corporation which was entity affiliated with the u. S. Government. Later he went to trw where he rose up quickly and ultimately ran thei
German soldiers would be really reassuring. The initial response newsmakers said valenti, former governor of minnesota, will talk about key issues affecting the winking industries the banking industries. The amount of capital big banks should have on hand. Newsmakers, sunday at 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. On tuesday, president obama begins a trip to asia with stops in japan, south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. At the white house briefing, susan rice briefed reporters on the trip and took questions on ukraine. This is about 25 minutes. Thank you. Good afternoon. The president s trip to asia is an important opportunity to president e obama is rebalancing. Nearlye next five years, half of all growth outside of the United States is expected to come from asia. A region that includes several important u. S. Allies, developing democracies, and emerging powers. We increasingly see our Top Priorities tied to asia with access to new markets or promoting exports or protec