The aspen institute. I am the executive director of the Strategy Group and formed and its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all be on cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch an important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say a word about that but first, recognize distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of the organization, former secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice whos here with us. And youl you will be hearing fm secretary rice and about half an hour she will be one of our conversationalists. The harvard emeritus professor could not be here with us but is very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to the former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill and mrs. Janet calling. Welcome. [applause] i also want to pay tribute to one of the people who form the embodies bipartisanship was involved in every effort
Here today on behalf of radio one to celebrate the life and legacy of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and i want to welcome each and every one of you to the ninth annual wreathlaying day of prayer memorial. It is an honor to be here. This is one of the most beautiful and serene memorials we have here in washington. It is exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial, and it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. Yes. Round of applause. One of those be who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hsbc graduate. He is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. We now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of humankind. Today, we want to talk about when the when the memorial in 2011, a new foundation, the memorial. Oundation was created , hope,ants of democracy and love. Lets all prepare to start the ceremony and prepared to enjoy ourselves. We are very blessed right now. We are ma
Cochair of our Organization Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. [applause] and you will be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour she will be one of our conversationalists our good friend could not be here to the former secretary of defense bill and janet cohen. Welcome. [applause] and those that are involved in every effort across partisan lines and that is former National Security advisor. And rahm emanuel we have worked together i think all of us agree the relationship with china will be the greatest challenge we face as a country in the next several decades. And in that relationship to establish full diplomatic relations, ed jimmy carter and Deng Xiaoping but most of that time to the democratic administrations, we all felt that we were seeking cooperation with china that was the basic strategy in recent years there is no question that both countries have swung from cooperation to a strategy of competition and that gets to the heart of our Vital National interest
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Its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all get cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch a very important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say word about that but first i want to recognize some very distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of our Organization Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice who was here with us. [applause] and youll be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour. She will be one of our conversationalists. Our other cochair, harvard ever does professor, could not be here with his buddies very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to our former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill cohen and mrs. Janet cohen. Welcome secretary. Janet, welcome. [applause] i want to pay tribute to one of i think one of the people who for me a bodies bipartisanship whos involved in every effort to