Czars caused during the transition into office and in the earlier months. And even the years of the presidency. We found this development of the phenomenon to be fascinating. And mysterious. And we spent a good number of years learning more about that. And when we discuss how early the presence of gob. I may clarify he can actually what we mean when we use the word czar. Tasks with coordination and responsibilities over a particular policy problem that said administration is intense on either solving or at least appearing to solve. What i want to talk about this afternoon is czars. What the pressures are that lead administrationes to create them. And what czars are able to accomplish. And talking about that a little bit in general. And particularly with respect to the experiences of george bushs post 9 11 czars. When the new complex problems facing the nation will become salient and creating both a political and policy need for action. Richard nixon with john love and william simon. An
Community weve kept our people safe. We have erased the visions in europe, weve built a loose based order that the benefits us all. But as ever challenges increase, we must adapt. To protect the values of our open societies and to support our partners this required commitment and solidarity the world is changing and we are changing. But one thing that will not change is our determination to stay and stand united. Thank you. [applause] thank you. That was a clear and concise message that is urgently needed. We are delighted that you could join us. I am the Senior Vice President here at the center and what a privilege it is to have your first public address as the secretary general in washington. What we thought we would do for the next 30 minutes or so is take you up on your offer to ask questions and move to the challenges that we see to the south but id like to ask you a few questions and i think the most challenging part of my job is to limit my questions. There is so much we can cov
Chance of winning. We have the expense of millions worth of dollars worth of discovery. The news press is out there covering this. Depending on a law firm, you get to know, good friends in the press, and they will start this drumbeat and they will make it harder and harder for you not to say, this is stupid. I have had contentious cases. They said, wait until you see what will happen, i will tell you we have talked to these consumer advocate groups and this is what you will see next month and tell your friends. It is a very implicit threat of blackmail. When we come after them, they should find a way to resist. In the case of my management, they were savvy about this game and were not going to be bullied. My colleague and i oversaw this. Steve gets credit. He is not here. We wrote an article in the journal of ethics saying we would not take settlements. We did that in part to make a chess move publicly that says, do not come to us with the settlements because we are not interested and
Youre watching book tv on cspan2. Heres our primetime lineup for tonight. Over the next few hours book tv breezy the international seven of the book. Panels addressing the current state of the trustee in publishing as well as the future of the book. First, a discussion titled reading is not an option with Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for young peoples literature. And director of the library of Congress Center for the book. This Years International summit was hosted by the library of congress and washington d. C. Earlier this year Walter Dean Myers was named as the third National Ambassador for and peoples literature this is a nonprofit arm, every child a reader. The notion of the National Ambassador would be someone who traveled the country on behalf of young peoples literature promoting it and also expanding the audience for reading in every way that we can think of. My proper today you already have. On the table in the back there is a bookmark which has walters photo and al
Seven or eight and may be taught his parents or caretakers are grandparents to reading skills. I could have done that. I think i could make a difference. Obviously as your continuing motivation, hopes he can make a difference. I tried to correspond with them. The system does not make it easy to correspond with these people because they are not allowed typewriters. There are only allowed a small list. Its difficult. Part of your second year as well. Travelling ambassador. Were also making an effort to send altered to other parts of the country. I heard a rumor youre going to making your first trip to south dakota. Of never been. Of the cut of book festival. And that will be a center. We also have you going to florida just to keep you on the east coast for part of this. In between each stop is a chance to try to see and people in some of the detention centers. I have another question for you. I see you are wearing a rather handsome metal. Would you . You can touch it. But it means we are