Remove the magnet from illegal immigration in five or 10 down years down the road you are dealing with the same thing. With the aflcio and some unions and leftleaning groups opposed to expanding the Guestworker Program i worry that the blanket pathways to citizenship or legal status where the want to call it and leave the guestworker part out of it and we dont solve any problem and gave politics are just as bad for us in the next 10 years. Quite frankly dont trust congress so if congress cant make the contracts, the first thing that will come down is who will be highskilled or if the was enforcement only and they said oh yeah by the way we are definitely going to do a lowskilled thing of future and do highskilled i wouldnt support the enforcement only because i dont trust them. I think they will stop after stop after that about this over the last couple of years when they did these peaceful approach is a lot of them failed. The immigration act that moved the countries of origin toward a green card, greenlaw stopped in the house. Had stopped after it passed in the house. Unfortunately there is a political strategy going on now. I personally think it only matters if its if its a road to an and i think thats always going the way its going now. Without, thank you all for coming. There will be orders for drinks in the lobbies if you want to come back. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] john mccains 2000 campaign when he ran for president is the most memorable campaign of any that i have ever covered. I mean it was just, we will never see it again and here he was you know facing george w. Bush who had all the face cards of the Republican Party backing him and the three republican governors in New Hampshire and all the money and john mccain held 114 and he stayed there until every question was answered. You could see the lightbulb going off in peoples heads. When will we get the patients bill of rights and john mccain would say we are going to get a patients bill of rights. The democrats are owned by the trial orders. Next question. It was just refreshing candor and you would see it in peoples response and then he was totally open to the press. I mean there was a candor and openness and a welcome is that no one had seen before and no one certainly have seen since. Now secretary of state Hillary Clinton on the u. S. Role in the world. Shes at the council of Foreign Relations today for now and will meet with president from the white house tomorrow, her last day as secretary. Her successor senator john kerry will be at the state Department Monday for a welcoming ceremony. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [applause] please take your seats. Good afternoon and on behalf of bob rubin, carla hell who is with us today, the entire board of directors and their members cant i want to welcoming you to the council on Foreign Relations and im richard haas president of cfr. Are those of you who dont know who we are, we are an independent nonpartisan Membership Organization of thinktank and a publisher and we are dedicated to improving the understanding of the world of the foreignpolicy choices facing this country. And today we are continuing what we have come to call secretary of state week here in the council. On tuesday night we were fortunate to hear from george shultz, who served as secretary of state for some six and a half years under president ronald reagan. And this afternoon we are honored to host Hillary Rodham clinton. During her last 24 hours as president obamas first president obamas first secretary of state and immediately afterwards and told she might be expected to party like its cartagena all over again. [laughter] we did a research and this is the eighth time that Hillary Clinton has spoken at the council and her third appearance in and her current incarnation as secretary of state. This afternoon speech is probably the most anticipated one she has given here and indeed it may be the most anticipated farewell address since 1796. [laughter] i suspect though that her views on untangling alliances might be somewhat different than george washingtons. Much has been made of the mile she has put in as the countrys 67 secretary of state. Youve seen the using the statistics. She has visited 112 countries and locked miles of flight time. More important than that madam secretary is what you have put into these miles and your 10 years coincide with what the most consequential events and decisions of this young century the balancing American Foreign policy toward asia, winding down the war in iraq and after the surge the war in afghanistan, contending with a difficult and dangerous transitions of the airport and building a Multilateral Coalition for tough sanctions against iran. You have also elevated the profile of traditional social issues women interment freedom and more on the seventh floor of the building you oversee. And if done all this and more against the backdrop of historical economic downturn that sharply limited every countrys room to maneuver. So i know i speak for everyone in this room and beyond when i say thank you for your dedicated service to this country. [applause] the way we are going to proceed as secretary clinton will deliver her speech after which we will have time given her schedule for a few questions. Madam secretary, the floor is yours. Thank you richard for that introduction and for everything you have done to lead this very valuable institution. I also want to thank the board of the council on Foreign Relations and all my friends and colleagues and other interested citizens who are here today, because you respect the council and you understand the important work that it does and you are committed to ensuring that we chart a path to the future that is in the best interest of not only the United States but the world. As as richard said, tomorrows my last day as secretary of state and the wood is hard to predict what any day in this job will bring i know that tomorrow my heart will be very full. Serving with the men and women of the state department and usaid has been a singular honor. And secretary kerry will find there is no more Extraordinary Group of people working anywhere in the world. So these last days have been bittersweet for me, but this opportunity that i have here before you gives me some time to reflect on the distance traveled and to take stock of what we have done and what is left to do. I think its important as richard alluded in his opening comments, what we faced in january of 2009. Two wars come to an economy in, traditional alliances fraying, are diplomatic standing damaged, and around the world people questioning americas commitments to core values and their ability to maintain our Global Leadership. That was my inbox on day one as your secretary of state. Today conclave the world remains a dangerous and complicated place and of course we still face many difficult challenges. But a lot has changed in the last four years. Under president obamas leadership we have ended the war in iraq, begun a transition in afghanistan and brought Osama Bin Laden to justice. We have also revitalized american diplomacy and strengthen our alliances. And while our economic recovery is not yet complete, we are heading in the right direction. In short, America Today is stronger at home and more respected in the world. And our Global Leadership is on firmer footing than many predicted. To understand what we have been trying to do these last four years, its helpful to start with some history. Last year i was honored to deliver the forest all lecture at the Naval Academy named for first secretary of defense after world war ii. In 1946, james forest all noted in his diary that the soviets believed that the postwar world should be shaped by a handful of major powers acting alone but he went on the American Point of view is that all nations professing a desire for peace and democracy should participate and what ended up happening in the years since his something in between or. The United States and our allies succeeded in constructing a Broad International architecture of alliances chiefly the u. N. The imf the world bank and nato that protected our interest and benefited people and nations around the world. Yet it is undeniable that a handful of major powers did end up controlling those institutions, setting norms and shaping international affairs. Now two decades after the end of the cold war, we faced a different world. More countries than ever have a voice in global debates. We see more paths to power opening up as nations gain influence to the strength of their economies rather than their militaries are going political and technological changes are empowering nonstate actors, like active this, corporations and terrorist networks. At the same time, we face challenges from financial contagion to Climate Change to human and wildlife trafficking that spill across borders and defy unilateral solutions. As president obama has said, the old postwar architecture is crumbling under the weight of new threats. So the geometry of global power has become more distributed and diffused as the challenges we face have become more complex and crosscutting. So the question we ask ourselves every day is, what does this mean for america . And then we go on to say how can we advance their own interests and also uphold a just, rulesbased international order, a system that does provide clear rules of the road for everything from intellectual property right to freedom of navigation to fair labor standards . Simply put, we have to be smart about how we use our power not because we have less of it. Indeed the mite of our military and the size of our economy and the influence of our diplomacy and the Creative Energy of our people remains unrivaled. No, its because as the world has changed so too has the leverage and power that can most effectively Shape International affairs. I have come to think of it like this. Truman and acheson were building the parthenon with classical geometry and clear lines. The pillars were a handful of big institutions and alliances dominated by the major powers and that structure delivered unprecedented peace and prosperity. But time takes its toll even on the greatest edifice. And we do need a new architecture for this new world. More Frank Gehry Ben formal greek. [laughter] think of it. Now some of his work at first might appear haphazard but in fact its highly intentional and sophisticated. Where once a few strong columns could hold up the weight of the world, today we need a dynamic mix of materials and structures. Now of course American Military and economic strength will remain the foundation of our Global Leadership or go as we saw from the intervention to stop the massacre in libya to the rate that brought bin laden to justice, there will always be times when it is necessary and just to use force. Americas ability to protect power all over the globe remains essential. And im very proud of the partnership that the state department has forms with the pentagon first with bob gates and then mike mullen and then leon panetta and marty dempsey. By the same token americas traditional allies and friends in europe and east asia remains a valuable partners on nearly everything we do and we have spent considerable energy strengthening those bonds over the past four years. And i would be quick to add the u. N. , the imf and the world bank and nato are also still essential. But all of our institutions and our relationships need to be modernized, and complemented by new institutions, relationships and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and modeled to the needs of a variable landscape. Like how we elevated the g20 during the financial crisis or created the climate and Clean Air Coalition out of the state department to fight shortlived pollutants like black carbon or work with partners like turkey, where the two listed up the first global counterterrorism form. We are also working more than ever with invigorated regional organizations. Consider the African Union in somalia and the arab league in libya, even subregional groups like the Lower Mekong Initiative that we created to help reintegrate verma into its neighborhood and to try to work across National Boundaries on issues like whether dams should or should not be built. We are also of course thinking about oldfashioned shoe leather diplomacy and a new way. I have found it and ive said it before, highly ironic that in todays world when we can be anywhere virtually more than ever people want us to actually show up. But while a secretary of state in an earlier era might have been able to focus on a small number of influential capitals, so bling between the major powers, today we fight said must take a broader view. And people say the meal the time i look at your trevor scheduled. Y. Togo . Well compound no secretary of state has ever been to togo. Togo has seized on the u. N. Security council. Its not just where we engage but with whom. You cant build a set of durable partnerships in the 21st century with governments alone. The opinions of people now matter as to how their governments work with us, whether its democratic or authoritarian. So in virtually every country ive visited, i have held town halls and reached out directly to citizens, so will society organizations, womens groups, business communities in so many others. They have valuable insights and contributions to make and increasingly they are driving economic and political change, especially in democracies. The state department now has twitter feeds in 11 languages and just this tuesday i participated in a global town hall and took questions from people on every continent including for the first time in the arctic of. So the point is, we have to be strategic about all the levers of global power and looked for the new levers that could not have been possible or had it not even been invented a decade ago. We need to widen the aperture of our engagement and let me offer a few examples of how we are doing this. First technology. You can be a 21st century leader without 21st century tools. Now when people organize prodemocracy protests with twitter and while terrorists spread their hateful ideology on line. That is why ive championed what we called 21st century statecraft. We have plunged in Interagency Center for strategic counterterrorism communication at state. Experts, techsavvy specialists from across our government, fluent in urdu arabic punjab e. And somali use social media to expose uptight contradictions and abuses including its continuing brutal attacks on muslim civilians. We are leading the effort also in Internet Freedom so it remains a free open and reliable platform for everyone. We are helping human rights activists in an internet environment communicate more safely. Because the country that built the internet often is leading the fight to protect it from those who would censor it or use it as a tool of control. Second, our nonproliferation agenda. Negishee think the new s. T. A. R. T. Treaty with russia was an example of traditional diplomacy at its best and then working it through the congress was an example of traditional bipartisan support at its best. But we also have been working with partners around the world to create a new institution, the Nuclear Security summit to keep dangerous materials out of the hands of terrorists. Be conducted intense diplomacy with major powers to impose crippling sanctions against iran and north korea. But to enforce the sanctions, we also enlisted Banks Insurance Companies and hightech International Financial situations. Today irans oil tankers sit idle and its currency has taken a massive hit. Now this brings me to a third lever, it economics. Everyone knows how important that is. But not long ago it was thought that business drove markets and governments drove geopolitics. Will, those two if they ever were separate have certainly converged. So creating jobs at home is now part of the portfolio of diplomats abroad. They are arguing for common economic rules of the road especially in asia so we can make trade a race to the top and not a scramble for the bottom. We are prioritizing economics in our engagement in every region like in latin america where you know we ratified Free Trade Agreements with colombia and panama. We also using economic tools to address strategic challenges. For example in afghanistan because along with the security transition in the political transition we are supporting an economic transition that is the private sector and increases Regional Economic integration. Is. Division of transit and trade connection we called the new silk road. A related lever of power is development and we are helping developing countries grow their economies not just through traditional assistance but also through greater trade and investment, partnerships with the private sector better governance and more participation from women. We think this is an investment in our own Economic Future and i love saying this because people are always quite surprised to hear it. Seven of the 10 Fastest Growing economies in the world are in africa. Other countries still are engaged in doing everything they can to help their companies with contracts in that emerging market. Other countries still are engaged in a very clear and relentless economic diplomacy. We should too and increasingly we are. An