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Officials, journalists and a representative from the International Crisis group. Good morning, everybody. My name is john hamre and im very pleased to have all of you join us today for what is going to be a fascinating conversation. I was talking with our very distinguished speakers just as we were waiting for people to gather and i said you know, in washington, north africa is kind of a blank spot. So much in this region that we dont know. We tend to look out your appeared we tend to look at africa and the middle east. We dont tend to look at the mall grub and think about it in a systematic a...

>> about how to go and create the projects underway on the eve of the crisis and bring them back online or whatever. i think that's going to be a very intensive undertaking, but at the end of the day, i think that companies from around the world will have a good opportunity to contribute to the building of this new libya. >> thank you very much ambassador, we appreciate you sharing your time. i know it's a busy period for you. please join me in welcoming -- [applause] >> in 1844, henry clay ran for president of the united states and lost, but he changed political history. he's one of...