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The japanese have demonstrated a great resiliency and ability to pull together in times of adversity. we are confident they'll overcome this challenge. >> the problems in japan of course led to questions about the safety of u.s. nuclear plants. there are 104 of them, some of which are on fault lines or near them, and some of them would be vulnerable to tsunamis. but officials at the white house briefing today said that all those things were taken into account when designing those plants and drawing up plans for those plants. at this point in time, they believe that nuclear facilities in the u....

Property here in menlo park just south of san francisco, the heart of silicon valley. and really what that means for the long term is that facebook is going to be adding more people. and people who are in the industry, people who follow technology, say this is really a true barometer of what you're seeing here in silicon valley. this was the most obvious example is with google announcing last week it is hiring 6,000 more workers just in 2011 alone. where you're seeing the primary growth here in silicon valley, really three factors. you talk about social networking of course led by facebook and...

Mentored both ram quu manual and david axelrod, so he's not unknown either. >> he's from chicago, but at the same time, has a former commerce secretary connections to business, connections to banking community which of course led to some criticism on the left. but he's known as a political figure. he knows how on for reelect people. >> the white house said there were three i think things that daley was bringing. first he would deal with the issue of the reputation for being too in-bred and insular. the same four or five people always in the room, same people that were there with the campaign, ...

>> that is not what your girlfriend said. >> they gave me the offer to do the snickers commercial and said it would be somewhere near the super bowl. which was wonderful. we thought that was great. it turned out to be not only on the super bowl, it was the first commercial on the super bowl before people go wandering aware. >> did you look at the script for that and say, wow i really like this? >> no, i have been eating snickers all my live, that and a bunch of young guys on a football field, it doesn't sound too shabby. >> this of course led to the saturday night live gig. >> i'm 90 years old...

Million bottles of tylenol pills, which of course led to the tamp er-proof bottles we all take for granted today. the 1996 ford recalls of eight million vehicles for fires and of course the well-publicized gm recall after their pickup trucks would spontaneously explode if hit from the rear. mr. chairman, this is an example of companies, both auto and non-auto, who over the years have faced clear challenges. in the case of the auto companies, we expect to see them again. we judge them not by whether or not they from time to time have unseen and developed problems in their vehicles, but how quic...