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Member, but the president of pakistan sis at the summit and e did meet briefly with our president today. president obama refuses to hold formal bilateral meetings with him until there is a deal made to manage those supply routes through pakistan into afghanistan. the "new york times" says the problem is how much pakistan wants to charge us, you and me, for safe passage of these nato supplies through pakistan into afghanistan. whaelts t what's the fee, is the question. nato used to pay, this is a conventional bribe, $250 per truck back in the day. but we've printed money and all these things, a...

>> keep in mind my discussions with president zardari were brief as we walked into the summit, and i emphasized to him what we emphasized publicly as well as privately. we think pakistan has to be part of the solution in afghanistan, that it is in our national interests to see a pakistan that is democratic, that is prosperous and that is stable, that we share a common enemy in the extremists that are found not only in afghanistan but within pakistan. we need to work through some of the tensions that have inevitably arisen after ten years of our military presence in that region. president zarda...

That are contingency plans in place to cope if greece leaves urt o the euro to leave a lehman-like shock to greece and the economy. >> everyone is keenly interested in getting that issue resolved. i'm not going to speculate what happens if the greek choose to exit because they've got an election and this is going to be an important debate inside of greece. everybody who is involved in the ga summit indicated their desire to see greece stay in the eurozone in a way that's consistent with the commitments that have already been made. and i think it's important for greece, which is a democracy, to...

And friends, the people of the city of chicago for their extraordinary hospitality and for everything that they've done to make this summit such a success. i could not be prouder to welcome people from around the world to my hometown. this was a big undertaking. some 60 world leaders, not to mention folks who were exercising their freedom of speech and assembly, the very freedoms that our alliance are dedicated to defending. and so it was a lot to carry for the people of chicago, but this is a city of big shoulders. rahm, his team, chicagoans proved that this world class city knows how to put ...

In chicago. chicagoans look at you standing there with chicago, chicago, chicago on the wall behind you. there is an undeniable sense of pride. in your view, how did reality match-up to fantasy in welcoming the world leaders to chicago? and did the demonstrators in any way on the streets undermine your efforts, mayor emmanuel's efforts, to project the image of chicago you would have liked to have seen? >> i have to tell you, i think chicago performed magnificently. those of us who were in the summit had a great experience. if you talk to leaders from around the world, they loved the city. mich...