What gorbachev to do. Thank you, sir. What i would like to ask our panel is simply to take a minute each and give me your sense of the Lessons Learned on the entire imf experience and how they might apply today for some Lesson Learned, perhaps just professionally. Im going to start by asking myself this question. How good the anchors in 1985 have been so foolish as to believe that a president at the beginning of the president ial campaign, making a Foreign Policy speech that was almost totally different in total towards the soviet union than the tone he took in the first three years not to have in mind that politics might have sent in to do with it. But heavens, the media is so skeptical. Minute, minute, minute. A minute on the meaning of the impact of inf. The principal Lesson Learned in looking at some of the things we talked about here today as you must know the total range of your interest in you must be prepared to serve all of them equally well and not allow yourself to get tangled up in setting conditions that no one can meet unless it is your active to avoid negotiations. If you want negotiations, you must make it possible for your negotiating partner to get to the table. Thank you rain much. The one that i would take away is the importance, number one, of eliminating weapons you want rather than putting a limit on them in verifying that. Its much easier to verify this year than any concrete number. And therefore, i think we really have to get our minds off we putting women on types of arms, they trying to get rid of those we dont want. We are facing now a possible theory of stearate using chemical weapons. They shouldve been abolished five or 10 years ago if the treaty had been enforced. So it seems to me, go for abolition of these weapons with good, thorough verification. I worked with inf despite the fact that two or three years before we got it, but that would be acceptable. Rick, your turn. As the chairman of the global stearate u. S. A. , i have to agree with jack. I wont expound on that. You know, there was no way when i was deeply involved in the issue in the early 80s that i couldve foreseen gorbachev. Nor could i foreseen the treaty. The zero option when it was propounded was preposterous. I post it. So did the secretary of state. Reviewed this and i guess this is the lesson. We view this is largely a challenge and an opportunity and strengthen the alliance. We saw ourselves under threat. The doublecheck decision on deployment of the missiles was part of a broader political military exercise to strengthen the alliance to deal with whatever the next challenge we would face from the soviet union. What i have to say is you have to learn to pay that and thats exactly what the Reagan Administration did when they found themselves with somebody they can do business with. It could and Ronald Reagan may have been the only guy in the administration that believed in the near option that by god u. N. After. And here i have to agree with ros. Somebody with a big man with a backside if youre president of the United States can achieve a great deal. Thank you very much. Thank you all very much. Cant knock [inaudible conversations] y aerators institute . I think the Writers Institute is something thats very important within the culture. We are a culture of words, a voice says. Words are key to our imagination , our capacity to envision things. We ourselves are not completely tied to print on the page senseis of writing, but i think theres no other art form so utterly sensible than perhaps film, which we work with, too. But there is that thing in literature it just captures the human spirit. Commander of the u. S. Military operation in the pacific, admiral Samuel Locklear spoke with pentagon reporters about north koreas plan to launch a satellite figure this one in violation of two u. N. Security resolutions. He also talked about chinas decision to the Aircraft Carrier in the Obama Administration shifted a la terry resources for the pacific region. This is a halfhour. Well, good morning and allow hot. I am glad to be here to talk to you about the pacific command, where we are today to where we see ourselves heading in the future. Since the last time i was here, we continue to move forward on the rebalanced initiative after as directed by president obama. The rebalanced rows on the strengths of the entire u. S. Government, including policy, diplomacy, trade and of course security and that the area i work in. For me, the rebalanced has been and continues to be the strength of the relationships, adjusting our military posture and presents and employ new capacities to ensure we continue to effectively and efficiently contribute to the stability of the asiapacific as we protect u. S. National interests. Of course the keys to success of the innovative access agreement, greatly increased exercises, rotational presence increases come efficient force posture in yesterdays will maximize the dollars given to spend. Also by putting our most capable forces forward as always her newest, most advanced equipment, to ensure we effectively operate with our allies in part or as across a wide range of operations as we worked together for peace and stability. I was asked to keep his opening remarks a little shorter than the last time so i can get your questions. I picked to finish up with a couple of thoughts. Rebalances based on the strategy of collaboration and cooperation, not containment. The United States is a Pacific Power and remain a Pacific Power and we look forward to doing our part to keep asiapacific hopeful, peaceful and secure for decades to come. Thank you. I think well take our first question right here. My name is betty lint. Im with the world journal. Could you address the growing chinese assertiveness in South China Sea and East China Sea in china Just Announced theyre going to intercept [inaudible] are going to participate in talks with the chinese and what kind of message would you like to cover quite thank you for the question. Of course the issues that are being phased in the South China Sea and other areas in the North Central east asia, i think are quite complicated because of the nature of the territorial dispute. Some of them historic, some of them now driven by the need for access to resources in those areas and not to some degree has motivated some of the dvds you see there. The u. S. Position as you know is that we dont take sides on territorial disputes. As many of those around the globe, not just the South China Sea. But we do want them resolved peacefully without coercion and we call all the parties they are, including the chinese to ensure as they approach these problems that they do so in a way that avoids conflict, that avoids miscalculation, that uses vehicles available today through diplomacy and through those legal forums that allow them to get the Reasonable Solutions on these attackers earning to coercion or conflict. So it is import and i think as we go forward to ensure that all parties remain calm about these things and that we dont unnecessarily introduce were fighting apparatus into these decisions are discussions. I think its a broad question about north korea if i could. Its been a little while now its Kendell Young has taken over. Just wanted to ask, has there been any sign that north koreas military and Security Policy strategy has changed since hes come on board . Or d. C. As a continuation of how they act in their approach is under these predecessors . I think were still on the waitandsee stage is. I believe you can take a look at the last number of there have been i think a number assigned that might lead you to believe the new regime leadership is going to take i would say a rational approach to how they deal with their own economy and deal with their own people internationally. So i think that generally theres a feeling that we might be some hope there. However, we are approaching a potential violation of the u. N. Security Council Resolution and we encourage the leadership in north korea to consider what theyre doing on the overall security environment on the peninsula as well as in asia. Did you follow up anything new . We been hearing rumblings for a time. Anything new you can provide in terms of insight into lunches are things like that . I think youre tracking it pretty well for the media today there are indications of what they will call a satellite launch. We believe it is still the u. N. Security resolutions because of the missile theyll be fired and the implications it has for Ballistic Missiles activity somewhere down the road and the destabilizing impact it will have on the security environment throughout the region, not just dependent. Can you follow up on some of that . What is your assessment . They say they saw birth of her problems at their failed launch. What is your assessment . How could they have felt the problems . Juicier ran possibly helping them . And do you think hes doing this in response to hardliners in his own government . Why would he be doing this . Well, the professed reason is to probably do it in conjunction with the anniversary on the 17th, which is widely reported in the paper, in the newspapers. But you know, our assessment is that their desire to continue down this road is motivated by their desire to ensure that their capability and they are not a selfproclaimed nuclear state, their ability to demonstrate to the world that they have the capacity to build and have the missile technogy to be able to use it in ways that theyre choosing down the road. They said i said earlier would be very destabilizing not only to the region, but the International Security environment. So whos helping them in my assessment of the ability to be able to launch this missile . I have progressively gained Better Technology over time and progressively gained back during number of methods over a number of years and decades. The announcement of radar for the ally. Do you have an update on that program and other efforts underway or envisioned to increase broadly missile defense, our pasture there, and that of our allies and partners. Well, yes, i have nothing further to add they are can wanted to discuss that with our allies to determine the times and location so i have nothing more than that. When it comes to missile ballistic defense, theres a problem that affects our partners, allies in the region, as well as the homeland in that well continue to wait for opportunity to be able to strengthen our partnerships and our capabilities with our allies to be able to deal with the threats as they e emerge. Were going that today. Intercepters, anything else . At this point in time, im not prepared to talk about any of the details of that. I would just say that we continue to look for opportunities to improve our capabilities as the threat set changes and grows. [inaudible] india, first trip, give us a sense of what kind relations nay have with india and who will be your proprieties, and basically, u. S. Was included as a partner with [inaudible] how help you in your activities . Stating with the last question first. As far as the indian Ocean Organization that youve related to that we are, not a part of, but invited as an observer to it. In general, throughout the region, first you have to understand the breath and scope of that region. Its well over half the people in the world living in that region. All of the Major Economies in that region including ours. Seven of the ten largest armies in that region. You can put all the continue innocents in continue innocents in continents in the Pacific Ocean and still have room for another africa, another canada, another United States and another mexico. Thats just in the pacific. The indian ocean is vast as well. You have this really large, very dynamic, cant even call it a region. Its half of the world. Where you have historical ties between countries, bilateral, multilateral, and you have this theres no one Security Organization thats able to deal with things such as a nato, and i dont think youll get to that because its such a vast and diverse region. We have to rely in and support the multilateral organizations that allow us to capitalize on where we have like interests or be afraid to lead in that areas, and to the earlier questions. We very much support india, military india, taking a leadership in the security issues, in and around the indian ocean, and we are looking for opportunities to participate and operate with them where them where we can. Directed as all parts of the government have to seek a long term security Relationship Partnership with india, and that covers a lot of different areas, but in the military area, we look for opportunities to interoperate with each other, and were headed in that direction. Kevin. Assess chinas Aircraft Carrier because this this town we hear its a sign of, you know, inevitable conflict, or rickety soviet bucket not to worry about it. Should americans worry about this thing . Well, you know, my assessment is if i were china, and i was in the economic position that chinas in, and i was in a position of where i have to look after my Global Security interests, i would consider building an Aircraft Carrier, and i might consider building several Aircraft Carriers so the real question is whether we should be concerned with them or not, like any other country that builds Aircraft Carriers is whether or not those types of platforms will be successfully integrated into a Global Security environment thats a peaceful one. They have a role in maintaining the peaceful, Global Security environment. If the issue is that they are not part of that Global Security environment, then i think we have to be concerned about it. [inaudible] i think were hopeful they are part of the environment, and we are doing Everything Possible to bring them into the security environment in the way thats already fairly matured globally in a way that they are a productive part of that environment. [inaudible] from the times, admiral, since the strategy was changed to refocus effort towards your area of the world, way would you say are the most important capabilities youve actually been able to add to command than what you have before . Well, id like to know weve only been at the rebalance, you know, publicly for less than a year so strategies often take time to be able to get assets and policies in place. The most important thing was what we did in the beginning was the fact that we looked at the world, a post afghanistan, you know, area, and we said as we reshape the force for the future, where do our primary interests lie . I think the most important thing was that the president put out at strategy that said this was a priority for us now, saying that publicly to the world, and all levels of the government, incoming the military, removed forward to ensure our allies in the region that this is actually a prior my for us, and priority for us, and that were going to do it. I would note that the president was in cam cambodia after the election, and then he was in burma, and secretary clinton moves throughout the region as well as secretary panetta, and the amount of activities i do and my forces do is a prompt jump than what we did in the past, and were looking for opportunities to do more exercise. We are doing more of those things already, and thats viz l to the allies. I think its visible to the partners, and i feel it visible to the region. We oftenment to jump to, well, wheres the next aircraft carry your or the submarine. Thats the signal. We will, over time, as youve heard secretary panetta say, rebalance towards the pacific, and i mentioned opening remarks. Were rapidly moving the most capable assets into the region because of the Ballistic Missile defense threats we face and those things, so its about a holistic approach, and what i do on the military side is just one aspect of it. Its got to be tie into the economic side, whats happening in the diplomatic side, and so were working hard that accomplishes this strategy. A quick question. You started to do or plan to do rotational b52 deployments to northern australia. Well, youve seen the outcome of the what was there. We have a wonderful relationship with the australian counterparts, and the two countries we continue to look at opportunities where we could partner better to be able to provide, you know, provide a better security structure in that part of the world, which has growing important to the global and Economic Security environment. From west china, news agency of hong kong. You mentioned youd like to see a mature military to military relationship with china, and sec that pa panetta has invited chia to join the green pack as [inaudible] how do they respond to that, and [inaudible] regarding the military to exchange in 2013, and how would you deal with the new Chinese Military . Well, i first of all, let me say that i think the middle to middle relationship in the last couple of years, between us, have been quite historic. They have increased, and they have endured what in the past might have made them be truncated. They endured, you know, diplomatic issues that, in the past, might help stop them, and we continued to have the mill to mill. As i said before, i was invited to beijing twice, visited with my co